Shaping Future Product Managers: Hiring Insights & Open Dialogue
🌟 Our Panelists
Deepak Nautiyal - Moderator
Arindam Pal - VP Product, BestSecret Group
Lucie McLean - Group Product Manager, Google
🌟 Mentors joining this time:
Subir Paul - Principal PM, Zalando
Himanshu Raj Gupta - Group Product Manager, DeliveryHero
Leland Peterson - Sr. Product Management Advisor, Mobile.de
Shalini Nautiyal - Sr. Product Manager (Tech), Amazon
With this event, we will look deeper into the job market for Product Management and how it is undergoing a profound shift. It is being shaped by multiple forces at the same time. Forces such as:
Economic stress among large parts of the industry leading to low appetite for new hires
AI influencing key aspects of the PM job
AI-led re-shaping of almost all industries which leads to re-think on core products.
🌟 What you can expect
Understand what is happening with Product Management job market in 2026 and how that impacts the next 5 years.
Learn from industry leaders on what they are looking for when they make a hire in 2026, understand how this changes by the maturity and nature of the company and what you can bring to the table. Ask questions
Network with panelists and other product mentors at open networking.
If you would like, we will be happy to setup a formal mentoring and coaching session for you with one of the mentors.
🗓️ Agenda
18:00 - Gates Open, Check-Ins
18:30 - Opening activity and introductions
18:45 - The state of PM job market
19:15 - Panel discussion with Product Leaders. Topic: What they see as hireable skills and where they see the discipline going.
20:00 - Open Networking
21:00 - Wrap up!
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Employed.world is a Berlin-based community for designers, product people, and tech folks navigating the current job market. We connect you with mentors, coaches, and hiring experts - UX, Engineering, Product, Data and AI - for honest feedback and career support.
About Employed.world:
We support the design and product community in Berlin by connecting them with empathic mentors, job coaches, and professionals who are currently working - or have worked - in companies across the city and have been involved in hiring. We also connect you with current hiring managers, giving you the chance to receive guidance and feedback tailored to your personal challenges. From speaking with job seekers, we’ve learned that many lack clear, honest feedback on their profiles and applications. Some need help identifying their strengths so they can stand out among hundreds of candidates. Others feel there just aren’t enough relevant opportunities and wonder: what’s the strategy to find—or even create—the right role for you?
We also offer a 1:1 mentorship program funded by the Agentur für Arbeit/Jobcenter, through the job center.
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