This is part 2 on Dara, the chief product office at HiveStack, an adTech company based in Montreal with over 150 employees. Dara is an incredible hustler and grinded his way from Associate Product Manager to VP of Product within three years. In this episode we talk about:

• The importance of questioning the why before jumping into execution

• Why it’s important to build a strong relationship with engineers, and how to do so

• The #1 important thing to focus on as a successful product manager

• Trade-offs on staying at a product large org vs. jumping to a smaller org as the first product hire

• The transition from individual contributor to product leadership

• What product strategy means

• How every PM can accelerate their product careers