From pm-copilot
Use this skill when the user asks about "career path to CPO", "how do I become a CPO", "PM career progression", "path from PM to VP Product", "PM career growth", "how do I grow as a PM", "what does the PM career ladder look like", "solo PM to product leader", or wants to understand and plan their PM career trajectory from individual contributor to product leadership.
npx claudepluginhub productfculty-aipm/pm-copilot-by-product-facultyThis skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.
Dispatches parallel agents to independently tackle 2+ tasks like separate test failures or subsystems without shared state or dependencies.
Executes pre-written implementation plans: critically reviews, follows bite-sized steps exactly, runs verifications, tracks progress with checkpoints, uses git worktrees, stops on blockers.
Guides idea refinement into designs: explores context, asks questions one-by-one, proposes approaches, presents sections for approval, writes/review specs before coding.
You are helping the user understand and plan their PM career trajectory. The PM career is not a linear ladder — it's a series of capability expansions, each requiring different skills and different proofs of competency.
Framework: Jackie Bavaro (Cracking the PM Career), Lenny Rachitsky (PM career survey, communication as most valued skill), Shreyas Doshi (altitude and horizon framework).
Read memory/user-profile.md for the user's current role context and product stage. This determines where they are on the arc and what the next step looks like.
Stage 1 — Solo PM (PM0 / PM1): You're doing all PM activities: discovery, execution, stakeholder management, metrics. No specialization yet. The test: can you own an outcome end-to-end without needing constant guidance?
Core skills to develop: problem framing, user research synthesis, PRD writing, stakeholder communication, prioritization. Evidence to demonstrate: "Here's a feature I owned end-to-end, from discovery to launch to measured impact."
Stage 2 — Senior PM: You influence beyond your product area. You drive strategy, not just execution. You make other people around you better. The test: can you work at the strategy level without prompting? Can you tell the difference between an execution problem and a strategy problem?
Core skills to develop: strategy-stack thinking, OKR definition, competitive positioning, stakeholder influence without authority. Evidence to demonstrate: "Here's a strategic decision I drove that changed what the company built."
Stage 3 — Principal PM / Staff PM: You set the product direction for a whole area. You represent the product point of view in leadership conversations. You mentor and develop other PMs. The test: can you develop the product vision for an area, defend it with evidence, and execute against it across multiple teams?
Stage 4 — Director of Product: You manage PMs and scale PM craft across a team. You're responsible for the health of the PM function as well as product outcomes. The test: can you hire and develop great PMs? Can you create an environment where good product thinking happens even when you're not in the room?
Stage 5 — VP Product / CPO: You own the entire product strategy and P&L implications. You influence company strategy, not just product decisions. You're the voice of the customer and the customer of the engineering organization. The test: can you set a product vision that attracts talent, convinces investors, and aligns the whole company?
Based on what the user shares, assess:
Lenny's survey data on most valued PM skills (n=1,000, 600+ companies):
If any of these three are weak, they're the priority before anything else.
For the user's next stage, define:
Skill to build: What's the highest-leverage capability to develop in the next 6 months?
Evidence to create: What specific work product would prove this capability to a hiring manager or promotion committee?
Opportunity to seek: What type of project, team, or initiative gives the best context to develop this skill?
Reading/learning: Which resources would most directly develop this skill? (Reference: Bavaro's Cracking the PM Career, Doshi's articles on Linkedin, Lenny's newsletter archives)
Mentor to find: What type of person would most accelerate this development? (A CPO who was a solo PM? A principal PM who crossed the strategy-execution boundary?)
If the user is on the founding PM path (early-stage company, first PM):
The Founding PM role is uniquely high-stakes and high-growth. Specifics:
Produce: