The presentation focuses on the essential skills for a good product manager, particularly in Berlin. The presentation discusses the importance of both hard and soft skills for product managers and provides an analysis approach to identify the most sought-after/demanded skills. The top hard skills identified include years of experience, technical understanding, data analysis skills, project management skills, and more. On the other hand, the top soft skills include collaboration, communication, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and strategic thinking. The content is relevant for individuals seeking to understand and develop the skills required for a product manager role, especially in the Berlin job market.

1. Which skills are essential for
a good product manager?
A quantitative approach to answer the question

2. This question is too broad and unspecificto be
answered - let’s break it down...
Which skills are essential for
a good product manager?

3. Roles that include
digital Product
Management discovery
& delivery tasks
Which skills are essential for
a good product manager?
Soft skills
Based on employer
requirements
Good enough to
land a job in Berlin
Hard skills

4. The new question could be answered with a
quantitative approach
What are the top hard & soft skills
employers seek in product managers in
Berlin?

5. Assess whether your existing skills align with the necessary soft and hard
skills required for a product manager position.
Am I equipped for a product manager role?
It's beneficial to identify the sought-after skills and incorporate them
into your training strategy if you're already in the role and want to
stay employable.
Which specific skills do I need to acquire?
Review your resume to emphasize the essential skills desired by
employers in product management. Doing so will increase your chances
of being noticed as a standout candidate.
Are my CV's product manager skills emphasized enough?
Why does finding an
answer to this question
matter?

6. Analysis
approach
Hard Skills Soft Skills
Locating 50 job listings across Berlin-based companies
specifically for product management roles involving either
discovery or delivery responsibilities.
Extract the essential job prerequisites typically emphasized as
Requirements Profile, Competencies, Qualifications, or Criteria
to Demonstrate Your Fit.
Categorize the job requirements into distinct sections: one for
hard skills and another for soft skills. Organize the data by
grouping similar traits under existing tags for each new skill
identified.
Determine the most sought-after hard and soft skills by
analyzing their occurrence frequency within the dataset.

7. 50 different
Companies
Adjust
Also Energy
Alteos GmbH
AUTODOC
Baobab Insurance GmbH
Bridgemaker GmbH
Bundesdruckerei GmbH
CEEZER Software GmbH
Contentful
Cosmo Beauty Brand House
GmbH
Delivery Hero
Deutsche Telekom IoT GmbH
Digital Charging Solutions GmbH
Enpal B.V.
Enter by baupal GmbH
FORMEL Skin
gematik GmbH
GK SOFTWARE SE
IBM iX
Kaia Health Software GmbH
Metacore
Mister Spex SE
MOIA
NeoTaste GmbH
neurocat GmbH
NeuroNation - Digitale
Gesundheitsanwendung
O'Donnell Moonshine GmbH
PAYBACK GmbH
Raisin
reisetopia GmbH
Restream
Riverty Group GmbH
Scalable GmbH
Semrush
sennder
sitzfeldt
Sony Music Entertainment Germany
Staffgroup
Talon.One
Tech Punk GmbH
Text Cortex AI UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Uhura Digital GmbH
Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH
Vimcar
VR Smart Guide GmbH
wefox
Wooga
Workist GmbH
Y1 Digital AG
Yoummday GmbH

8. (Junior) Product Manager (m/f/d)
(Senior) Product Manager (m/f/d) -
Routing
(Senior) Product Manager (m/w/d) Secret
Society – Teilzeit (50%)
(Senior) Product Owner / Projektmanager
(w/m/x) Health & Retail
Digital Product Manager (f/m/d)
Digital Product Manager (m/w/d)
Backend-Systeme
Group Product Manager (f/m/d)
Lead Product Manager
Product & Shop Manager
Product Manager - IT / Software (m/w/d)
Product Manager - Mobile Apps (m/f/x)
Product Manager - Produktentwicklung /
Projektmanagement / B2B / KI (m/w/d)
Product Manager -- AI Validation for ADAS
(m|f|x)
Product Manager (Enterprise solution Unit)
Product Manager (f/m/d)
Product Manager (m/f/d)
Product Manager (m/w/d)
Product Manager (m/w/d) Platform Strategy
Product Manager (Product Owner) (m/w/d)
Product Manager *In (m/w/d)
Product Manager at Tech Startup (m/w/d)
Product Manager Banknote (m/w/d)
Product Manager Corporate Mobility
Budget (m/f/d)
Product Manager with Design background
Product Manager, Merge Mansion
Product Owner E-Commerce (m/w/d)
PRODUKTMANAGER (M/W/D) KIEL/
REMOTE
Produktmanager Digital Health - Messenger
(Mensch*)
Produktmanager:in (d/m/w) Digital
Projektmanager:In digitale Projekte
46 different Job
descriptions
Senior (LiveOps) Product Manager
Senior Product Manager
Senior Product Manager - Supply Chain
Digital Platforms (m/f/x)
Senior Product Manager (f/d/m)
Senior Product Manager (m/f/d)
Senior Product Manager EMEA (m/f/d) from
now on Location: Berlin
Senior Product Manager IoT Connectivity
Senior Product Manager mit Expertise
Produktmarketing (m/w/d)
Senior Product Manager SaaS (f/m/x)
Senior Product Manager, Wallet, Fintech (All
genders)
Senior Product Manager/Owner - Payment
(m/f/d)
Senior Product Owner/Manager (d,f,m)
Senior Technical Product Manager - Finance
Platform
Senior Technical Product/Project Manager*
/remote (m/w/d)
Technical Product Manager (f/m/d)
User Experience Researcher / Product
Designer / Product Manager - Remote

9. Which are the
top hard skills?
0 % 20 % 40 % 60 % 80 %
Years of experience
English
German

10. Which are the
top hard skills?
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 %
Technical understanding
Experience shipping digital products/features
Data Analysis skills
Customer Research (user centricity)
Project management skills
Experience in in agile methodologies
UX/UI Design understanding
Decision-making based on data
Business knoweldge
Market analysis skills

11. Which are the
top soft skills?
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 %
Collaboration skills, being a teamplayer
Communication skills
Analytical problem-solving skills

12. Which are the top
soft skills?
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 %
Structure, handling complexity
Stakeholder management skills
Innovative thinking, creativity
Effective working style
Independent working style
Solution/outcome-oriented
Strategic thinking and planning abilities
Responsible, reliable
Conceptual skills
Enthusiastic

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