Skill Profile

Product Roadmap

Product roadmap: NOW/NEXT/LATER, theme-based, outcome-driven roadmap

Product Management Product Strategy

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Product Management

Product Strategy

3/17/2026

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What is Expected at Each Level

The table shows how skill depth grows from Junior to Principal. Click a row to see details.

Role	Required	Description
Product Manager	Required	Understands the purpose and types of product roadmap (now-next-later, timeline, feature-based). Can read and interpret the roadmap. Helps keep the roadmap up to date.
Technical Product Manager	Required	Understands product roadmap structure and its connection to technical planning. Knows the difference between feature-based and outcome-based roadmaps. Can read and discuss the roadmap considering technical dependencies and constraints.

Role	Required	Description
Product Manager	Required	Independently creates and maintains the product roadmap. Balances short-term and long-term initiatives. Communicates the roadmap to different audiences (tech team, business, executives).
Technical Product Manager	Required	Independently creates product roadmap, balancing feature delivery with technical initiatives. Includes infrastructure work, tech debt payoff and platform improvements. Communicates roadmap to different audiences with appropriate level of detail.

Role	Required	Description
Product Manager	Required	Builds a multi-level roadmap system: strategic (year), tactical (quarter), operational (sprint). Manages dependencies between products. Adapts the roadmap to changing market conditions.
Technical Product Manager	Required	Shapes strategic product roadmap with technical architecture evolution. Plans 4-6 quarters ahead considering platform capabilities and migration paths. Defines investment balance between product, platform, and infrastructure.

Role	Required	Description
Product Manager	Required	Defines planning standards for the product division. Coordinates roadmaps across multiple products ensuring synergy. Establishes processes for roadmap governance and stakeholder alignment.
Technical Product Manager	Required	Defines roadmap framework for the division. Coordinates multi-product roadmap with shared platform dependencies. Introduces portfolio-level planning with technical capacity constraints. Trains TPMs on strategic roadmapping.

Role	Required	Description
Product Manager	Required	Defines the company's long-term product strategy (2-3 years). Shapes the vision and development direction for the product portfolio. Ensures alignment between product strategy and business strategy.
Technical Product Manager	Required	Shapes enterprise product-technology roadmap. Defines multi-year technology investment strategy. Coordinates roadmap alignment between business units, platform teams and infrastructure. Presents to C-level stakeholders.

Junior 2 requirements

Product Manager
Required

Understands the purpose and types of product roadmap (now-next-later, timeline, feature-based). Can read and interpret the roadmap. Helps keep the roadmap up to date.
Technical Product Manager
Required

Understands product roadmap structure and its connection to technical planning. Knows the difference between feature-based and outcome-based roadmaps. Can read and discuss the roadmap considering technical dependencies and constraints.

Middle 2 requirements

Product Manager
Required

Independently creates and maintains the product roadmap. Balances short-term and long-term initiatives. Communicates the roadmap to different audiences (tech team, business, executives).
Technical Product Manager
Required

Independently creates product roadmap, balancing feature delivery with technical initiatives. Includes infrastructure work, tech debt payoff and platform improvements. Communicates roadmap to different audiences with appropriate level of detail.

Senior 2 requirements

Product Manager
Required

Builds a multi-level roadmap system: strategic (year), tactical (quarter), operational (sprint). Manages dependencies between products. Adapts the roadmap to changing market conditions.
Technical Product Manager
Required

Shapes strategic product roadmap with technical architecture evolution. Plans 4-6 quarters ahead considering platform capabilities and migration paths. Defines investment balance between product, platform, and infrastructure.

Lead / Staff 2 requirements

Product Manager
Required

Defines planning standards for the product division. Coordinates roadmaps across multiple products ensuring synergy. Establishes processes for roadmap governance and stakeholder alignment.
Technical Product Manager
Required

Defines roadmap framework for the division. Coordinates multi-product roadmap with shared platform dependencies. Introduces portfolio-level planning with technical capacity constraints. Trains TPMs on strategic roadmapping.

Principal 2 requirements

Product Manager
Required

Defines the company's long-term product strategy (2-3 years). Shapes the vision and development direction for the product portfolio. Ensures alignment between product strategy and business strategy.
Technical Product Manager
Required

Shapes enterprise product-technology roadmap. Defines multi-year technology investment strategy. Coordinates roadmap alignment between business units, platform teams and infrastructure. Presents to C-level stakeholders.

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