English to Arabic Tech/Engineering Computers: Software

Jonathan Rochelle, 47, knows what Google can do for a small business. As group product manager for Google Docs, he is responsible for developing some of the Web giant's most innovative small-business softwareز

Group Product Manager is the most important non-executive position in a software company. In fact, it is more important and has higher impact on the company than many executive posts. A failed product can sink the company. A successful product can literally redefine the course of the business. Nobody is more responsible or more accountable for a product than the Group Product Manager. As a result, the job is characterized by massive success, massive failure, and little in between. Most GPMs are either promoted or end up leaving the company or being assigned to less hazardous duty within a short period of time.


GPM vs. Sr. PM role
You've just been promoted to Group Product Manager, what are you going to do now? Most people think: "I got promoted, because I did a good job as a product manager. Therefore, I should keep doing what I'm doing, but maybe work a little harder." That's a bad, bad, thought. You got promoted because you were a good Product Manager, but Group Product Manager is a different job. A Product Manager follows the general product strategy and implements the optimal marketing and product plan within the context of that strategy. The Group Product Manager is responsible for the product strategy. Failed product strategy = fired GPM.