Manage Your Product Career: Preparing for Leadership

Product managers are already managing products by strategically working with development teams, but how well do those skills translate into people leadership?
Lauren will share her experience moving from managing products to managing people—including how you can adapt your skillset to progress in your career,
the different challenges you might face, and whether you need to move into people management to grow in your career.

Bio:
Lauren Treasure is an experienced product leader in consumer technologies. She is currently the Chief Product Officer at Chatbooks, where she leads the product, UX, and research teams. She has also led product teams at Ancestry, both in DNA and family history; and at Orca Health, a startup focused on providing mobile tools for healthcare providers to improve the quality of care. She started her career as a political science researcher—proof that product managers can come from almost any background.