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At most companies I've been at, this role would be Product Manager based on what he described. Most places I have been that had Program Managers - they managed
by fred_is_fred 3y ago
At most companies I've been at, this role would be Product Manager based on what he described. Most places I have been that had Program Managers - they managed schedule interlocks, deliverables, helped coordinate between teams like engineering, docs, support, sales, etc. They also managed the required ceremonial material that large enterprises seem to require in order to deliver - like review slides, "sign off" docs, etc.
So is this really what a program manager at Microsoft does as described therein? If so that completely changes my view based on several non-Microsoft roles.