What is difference betweenTechnical Product Manager and Product Manager

Rajeev Kumar
1 min readFeb 23, 2019

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Technical Product Manager describes a person, not a role. Specifically, it describes a Product Manager who has a technical background and works on a technology product. It does not describe a Product Manager who needs to actually perform technical tasks, such as software architecting and coding. The same goes for a Product Development Manager. They are not actually developing the product — they are performing a Product Management role in close coordination with a Software Development Team.

In short, for a company to get the most value from the role, Product Managers must focus on product management, not development. But some Product Managers need to understand the company’s technology at a deep level and interface with the Development Team in order to successfully lead the strategy for the product. Companies may choose to call these people “Technical Product Managers” in order to attract the right candidate.

A technology-savvy Product Manager has huge advantages, such as:

  • Improved communication (and trust) from your development team.
  • Ability to understand tech trends, see how they impact your roadmap, and how they drive innovation.
  • Improved communication with your customers, for example when speaking with CIOs and CTOs.
  • Ability to understand technical challenges and make educated trade-offs with your team.’
  • Build credibility between Product and Engineering team by understanding stack challenges

Refrence — https://www.productplan.com/technical-product-manager/

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Rajeev Kumar
Rajeev Kumar

Written by Rajeev Kumar

Working as Senior Product Manager.

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