Most Important Skills For A Product Manager Engineer At A Fintech Company
For a Product Manager - Engineer role at a Fintech Company, Honorebel emphasizes the importance of flexibility and patience, recognizing personal challenges in these areas, while also highlighting the crucial ability to "learn very quickly" and to ask clarifying questions. Understanding the problem one is trying to solve and being adaptable to different work environments, whether corporate or startup-like, are also vital for success.
Product Management, Fintech, Problem-Solving, Adaptability, Continuous Learning
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Honorebel S. Walker
Product Manager - Engineer
Fintech Company
University of San Diego
Engineering - Electrical
Aerospace, Aviation & Defense, Finance (Banking, Fintech, Investing)
Product / Service / Software Development and Management
Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Flexibility and patience are crucial skills for navigating the dynamic demands of a Product Manager role, especially in a large organization.
2. The ability to rapidly acquire knowledge is essential for addressing diverse challenges and responsibilities in this field.
3. Understanding the underlying problem you're trying to solve is a key skill, regardless of whether you prefer a corporate or startup environment.
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What skills are most important for a job like yours?
That's a good question. I would say being flexible and being patient. I'm a very impatient person and sometimes I'm not as flexible as I would hope, or as I think the team needs me to be. So, those are probably the two most important things.
I think definitely being able to learn very quickly. Sometimes I get stuff on my desk, and it's not just my role at Visa. It's just the stuff that I do in general, where you have to have the ability to learn very quickly.
I think asking a lot of questions is kind of my forte. I ask as many questions as I possibly can if I'm not clear about something. So, I think that's probably some of the big ones.
Also, just understanding what problem you're trying to solve. Sometimes, in a more corporate setting, I know the audience, and some people may work in corporate, and some may not. Luckily for me, I had a good experience. I worked for a very corporate company, and I've had internships that weren't as corporate.
Astro Space, for example, was more of a late-stage startup. They didn't have a corporate structure yet; it was just more "build, build, build, build, who cares?" Whatever system you like, whether it's the corporate setting or the startup vibe, the ability to learn quickly will be in your favor.