Product Management Coaches, Events, and Resources

My clients land interviews and offers at ~10x the market rate. Average application-to-offer rate = 17.6% vs 0.1-2% nationwide rate, while the application-to-interview rate = 32.7% vs 3% nationwide rate. As a tenured product leader with 8 years of experience at a hypergrowth D2C startup, I've owned 5 different verticals across a highly successful bootstrapped brand, served on 10+ hiring committees, and mentored several aspiring PMs. I'm excited to work with you on leveraging strengths, while quickly leveling up in growth areas. My favourite areas to coach are: PM career development, optimizing team processes to allow PMs to focus on strategy, visioning, resume critique, and interview training. I've had several candidates tell me I'm the hardest interviewer they've ever had, so if you can impress me, you can impress the company of your dreams!

After a few years of consulting at Accenture, I went all in on resources and learning about product, to then pivot to PM at Capital One. There are a lot of parallels between consulting and product management - stakeholder management, business analysis, and problem-solving. I want to help you break into product management and prepare you for the different types of interviews: product skills, product design, business analysis cases, and behavioral fit. I'm helped clients land offers at companies such as Asana and Capital One. Whether you're early or mid-career, technical or non-technical, I'd be happy to chat through how your experiences translate over to the product space and what additional skills are needed.

I can help with: 🔥 full PM recruiting process (strategy, resume, networking, behavior + case interviews, and offer negotiation) 💡 transitioning into PM from other backgrounds 🔑 starting a new job strong 📈 leveling up to get promoted 💰 deep dives on fintech and payments 🌎 succeeding in fully remote teams

I've interviewed and landed offers for multiple entry-level PM roles. Consumed a ton of PM content and know what's helpful and not. Happy to help anyone on a similar journey!

I’m a 3x founder and product leader from Meta, Oculus, BetterUp, and Shopify. I build products that transform lives and help people navigate career and life transitions. Specifically, I work with Product Managers that are aspiring and want to switch into product, that want to pass PM interviews, land a new role, thrive in their role and excel in product leadership, strategy, execution and influence and also not burnout along the way. For a decade, I launched 0 to 1 products used by millions in tech in Digital Health, Youth Wellbeing, Trust& Safety, Virtual Reality, Marketplaces, B2B SaaS, AdTech and more. As an entrepreneur at heart, I bootstrapped a SaaS company to $1M ARR, co-founded a nonprofit that has supported students and founders for over a decade, and grew a six-figure coaching business with an AI-powered well-being platform. As an educator, I developed the Product Management curriculum from scratch at General Assembly, served as an Entrepreneur in Residence for an AI Product Management Program and taught 300+ students on Maven through custom-made programs on careers, identity, burnout, and tech. Alongside tech, I spent a decade training and gaining experience in coaching, psychology, behavioral science, and holistic medicine. I have a coaching certification from Brown University and am trained in Internal Family Systems, yoga, meditation, Qi Gong and principles of holistic wellbeing rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine. So my approach to Product Management coaching and training isn't just to help you prep for interviews, but for you to find your authentic voice, confidence, leadership style, and reduce the stress and anxiety being in tech can create.

Based on my extensive experience at companies like Microsoft, Samsung, and various startups, I possess a unique combination of skills and expertise that makes me highly qualified to coach in the field of product management. I have gained a deep understanding of product lifecycle management, market research, and the importance of user feedback in shaping product development strategies. Furthermore, your time at Samsung has exposed you to a different facet of the industry, with a focus on mobile technology and consumer electronics. I have honed skills in product strategy, feature prioritization, and agile development methodologies, making you well-versed in the complexities of bringing products to market in a rapidly evolving landscape. All this experience helps in crafting better resumes, delivering more nuanced answers in interviews, and creating a more cohesive product management applicant.

I help product managers advance to senior PM, director, or VP roles without exhausting themselves trying to prove they're 'strategic enough.' With 17+ years in product leadership (Product Manager at Google/DoubleClick, VP of Product at DialogTech directing a $40M B2B SaaS platform), I know what separates senior ICs from product leaders. It's not more execution. It's learning when to ask strategic questions instead of just delivering. My clients are stuck doing strategic work but not getting credit for it, or they're in leadership roles but still operating like they need to prove they belong. I help PMs communicate strategy, build executive presence, and lead products and teams at scale.

I am a Product Management leader with nearly a decade of experience scaling digital platforms, building ad tech infrastructure, and driving product strategy across high-growth startups and tech giants like Yelp, Twitter, and Chartboost. My path into tech started in Civil Engineering, building physical infrastructure, before I successfully made the jump into product leadership. I know firsthand what it takes to identify transferable skills, reframe non-traditional experience into high-value product narratives, and pass competitive hiring bars. As a hiring manager across multiple tech companies, I’ve evaluated hundreds of candidates, led cross-functional teams of PMs and engineers, and managed products that drive hundreds of millions in revenue. I specialize in helping candidates pivot into tech, break into Product Management, master case and behavioral interviews, and position themselves for long-term career growth. Whether you are translating past experience into product language or prepping for high-stakes interviews, I offer clear, actionable strategies to help you land the role.

I have 10+ years of product management experience and conducted hundreds of interviews, seeing all kinds of success and failure—yes, there are patterns you can master. Currently Staff PM at Stitch Fix, previously product lead at TikTok, Pinterest and PayPal. I have helped 20+ people later to get in Facebook and Google through peer coaching and I know the pattern really well on how to impress your interviewers and hit all the right points. It applies not only to tier 1 companies like Google, Facebook, DoorDash, Pinterest, but also can be twisted slightly and help you get the job for start-ups. It's amazing how the formula works and I would love to help more people to get their dream jobs.

Avinash Mahalingam brings 14+ years of strategic product management , product coaching and business development experience across diverse global industries in USA, Canada and India, led AI platform innovation at RBC and earlier led several 0 to 1 Products at Amazon. He's passionate about empowering product professionals with practical insights gained from building and scaling successful products. He currently is the Co-Founder and CEO for an AI-powered Holistic Wellness Platform and leads a Product Management Course on Maven. Key Experiences & Expertise: 1- He led AI platform product development for an internal developer platform at a major Canadian bank, offering first-hand exposure to the intricacies of building and scaling AI-powered products. 2- At Amazon Freight, Avinash spearheaded the product strategy and launch of 4 0-to-1 products in billing and payments, demonstrating a proven ability to navigate the complete product lifecycle from inception to market. 3- A highly-rated mentor (4.9/5) who has guided 50+ product professionals 1:1 on career growth and skill enhancement, bringing a wealth of experience in nurturing product careers. 4- He Co-led product management courses for 60+ individuals in live cohorts.