Inside the Mind Of a Product Manager 

COMMUNICATION 40%

Conductor - Must keep the entire team on track

Motivational Speaker - Must convince & motivate team to work together on one vision

Diplomat - Negotiate & coordinate with different departments for a product release

Smooth Talker - Tactfully communicate progress to higher ups, can turn a roadblock into an insight or even an opportunity

DESIGN 20%

User Advocate - Understands what motivates certain actions of the users.

Sketch Artist - Can take his/her vision and creates an accurate mockup

ENGINEERING 20%

Code Whisperer - Has technical skill or can translate features into developer lingo

Manager - Runs SCRUM meetings and/or assigns work to engineers

BUSINESS ACUMEN 20%

Market Tester - Measures the success of a new product or feature and decides either to scrap it or expand it

Online Marketer - Has a plan to launch products to the market and knows how to get early adopters.