“I wanna bet that I can hire new people right out of school and train them to be great product managers at Google faster than you can hire the people you prefer who are more experienced and senior.”
That was Marissa Mayer’s charter when she started the first APM program at Google, and that remained true when she became the CEO of Yahoo and started Yahoo’s own APM program.
Today, Yahoo (as part of Verizon Media) has one of the most established APM programs in the Bay, built on three key principles:
Opportunity: You’ll be placed into high-upside situations and are responsible for maximizing impact.
Mentorship: The APM program offers mentorship like no other. A cohort of ambitious PMs like yourself, access to director and VP level PMs around the company, regular talks with company executives, and professional coaching to direct your early-career trajectory.
Expectation: APMs are expected to win. That’s a direct quote from our APM director, and it sums up the reputation APMs have earned within the company.
Everything about the program is built to ensure you build, ship, and learn as much as you can.
Stay tuned over the coming weeks as we share articles written by our APMs (both past and present) about their thoughts on Product Management and the APM experience!
David Cai, APM1