Meet the Working Group

Written by, and for, Product People

Under the guidance of Mayank Yadav, who has built products at Facebook, eBay, and Uber, a team of Product professionals gathered to discover and define the principles for a new era.

The Manifesto in Numbers

11

Working Group Members

1

Manifesto Facilitator

73

Meetings

6

Clubhouse events

22

Substack entries

Working Group

Mayank Yadav, Working Group Lead

Lead Product Manager

Mayank is a Product Manager with 10+ years of experience building online marketplaces which includes Facebook, Uber (first 5 PMs at Uber), eBay, and Handy (marketplace for home services).

Ashok Bania

VP of Product

1

Felix Watson Jr.

Product Manager

8

Victoria Ku

Senior Product Manager

6

Marily Nika

Product Lead

3

Sparsh Agarwal

Director of Product

5

Harbani Malhotra

Director of Product

4

Diego Granados

Product Manager

7

Soumeya B

Executive Product Manager

Shilpa Vir

Senior Product Manager

2

Andrew Nguyen

Head of Product

9

How the Product Manifesto Was Created

Discovery:

We began with the hypothesis that Product Managers today need an up-to-date, unifying set of principles, and started conducting research into this idea.

Community:

At a very early stage, we opened the door to the wider product community so PMs of diverse backgrounds could contribute their ideas and suggestions.

Working:

Members of the working group were decided. Working as PMs, they set about defining the main challenges faced by Product People today.

Production:

After the problems are defined, it’s time to start thinking about the solution. Actionable advice was distilled covering the entire product creation process.

Feedback:

An earlier version of the Product Manifesto was soft-launched to this community, with feedback gathered through a survey.

Launch:

The Product Manifesto is now ready for the world, and we commit to uphold its principles.

Follow the Journey of the Product Manifesto