PPG Newsletter - 9/18/2022
Leadership apps due soon, GBM 1 review, career panel coming up, and more!
Hello everyone! It was wonderful to meet many of you at our 1st GBM this past Wednesday! You can find the slideshow here.
First up, TL;DR for this week:
Leadership Applications
Apply here!!! Form provides description of open roles
Accepting applications until Sunday the 25th at 11:59pm ET
Interviews start Wednesday, September 21st
GBM #1
Please fill out this When2meet so we know when to plan future events
Here’s the slideshow from our first GBM
Please make sure to join our Club GroupMe for more impromptu events and updates!
Professional Event #1 - Job Panel (RSVP here!!!)
Date: Wednesday, September 28th
Time: 7:30pm to 9pm ET
Location: The Lippincott Library Seminar Room (rm 242)
Overview:
Hear from current PMs and PM interns who’ve worked at firms like Microsoft, Uber, Paypal, and more, about their experiences as PMs, the recruiting process, and how to be a successful PM.
Jobs
Internship and Job Database (not ours but it’s from a reputable company) - Has over 40 different internships related to Product Management or tech that you can check out!!!
Exponent - This is a PM interview prep website (with 1:1 coaching as well as lots of recorded interviews and articles) that Penn has provided for free through the Career Center
Anyway, here’s wonderwall the newsletter!
Penn Product Group Leadership Applications
With the start of PPG this semester, we have lots of fantastic initiatives that could use amazing people like you running them. As of now the following roles are open:
Roles:
VP of Marketing
Responsibilities: Creating the newsletter, building out the design templates for future newsletters/presentations/social media posts, Managing social media accounts and marketing events
Preferred Background: Experience with Canva or Photoshop; Experience in Social Media Marketing
VP of Projects
Responsibilities: Shaping the first iteration of our Projects Committee with Frank and Jessey, managing the cohort to ensure projects are on time and completing their goals, and building out a mentorship network for the future to have alumni of the program and others with relevant experience review current members' projects and progress
Required Background: Experience as a PM at a well-known startup/large firm or experience successfully shipping a product or features
VP of Professionalism
Responsibilities: Will help develop recruitment resources and professional events; mainly focused on recruiting guides, case workshops, case partners, and resume reviews as well as job panels
VP of Events
Responsibilities: Will plan social events alongside Frank + Jessey and start planning the larger professional events for this Spring (Company Visit/Speaker Event)/Fall 23 (Career Fair/Hackathon)
2 VPs of Consulting
Responsibilities: Developing the committee and speaking with other clubs to determine the best way for us to build and run this committee. Also in charge of securing our first project for the Spring (only focused on 1 project to start)
VP of Technology
Responsibilities: You get to make the website, create our social accounts (manage users, passwords, 2fa), and manage data for club research (i.e. think interest form data analysis, etc.)
Required Background: Know how to use Excel
Although we’ll be accepting applications until Sunday the 25th at 11:59pm ET, we’ll begin interviewing people on Wednesday September 21st. If you’re interested in growing the club, learning how to lead, or just honestly want to try something new, we strongly encourage you to apply no matter your experience with PM or your college year!
APPLY HERE!!!
PPG GBM #1
We had an amazing turnout for our first GBM! Over 20 people came and it was fantastic to see all of your wonderful faces!
If you missed it, most importantly, make sure to fill out this when2meet so we can determine the best days of the week to do events for the club and ensure that you’ll be able to make it!
Based on the feedback, we’ll also have someone come in to chat about their experiences as a PM next GBM :D Please feel free to send more feedback about the GBM to pennproductgroup@gmail.com as well!
Also, make sure to sign up for our clubwide group chat here!
Finally, please enjoy the club photo below and you can always check out the slideshow here.
PPG Professional Event #1 - Career Panel
Save the date for September 28th as we’ll have some early in career Product managers talk about their product management experience. You’ll get a chance to hear from current PMs and PM interns who’ve worked at firms like Microsoft, Uber, Paypal, and more, about their experiences as PMs, the recruiting process, and how to be a successful PM.
The event details are included below and please RSVP here.
PPG Social Event #1 - Club Social
Will be sometime in later September/early October. More info soon!
Professional Resources
Internship and Job Database (not ours but it’s from a reputable company) - Has over 40 different internships related to Product Management or tech that you can check out!!!
Exponent - This is a PM interview prep website (with 1:1 coaching as well as lots of recorded interviews and articles) that Penn has provided for free through the Career Center
Our job database - We’ve consolidated a bunch of links as well as deeper information on different PM jobs that may be helpful
Good Articles/Newsletters
Newsletters
Books
Cracking the PM Interview (THIS IS YOUR BIBLE!!!!)
All the best,
Frank and Jessey
PS - Feel free to reach out to us at pennproductgroup@gmail.com with any questions, concerns, thoughts, or other stuff!
