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🎙 Guest Overview
Nesrine Changuel, PhD, is a product management expert with over a decade of experience at major tech companies like Google, Spotify, and Microsoft. Her work has been instrumental in building large-scale, user-focused products that reach millions. Beyond her technical expertise, Nesrine is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, mentoring the next generation of tech leaders and empowering women in product management through speaking, coaching, and advising.
✨ Episode Focus
In this episode, Nesrine shares insights on building scalable products that genuinely resonate with users. She discusses the role of empathy, cultural awareness, and team diversity in creating products that people connect with.
🔍 What you’ll hear about
⏰ Chapters ⏰
00:00 Introduction and guest overview
01:40 Nesrine’s career journey and transition to product management
05:10 key principles for building large-scale, user-focused products
08:20 managing scalability without losing user-centered focus
12:55 biggest challenges in creating scalable and delightful products
15:45 how empathy and emotional connection shape great products
17:15 why diversity and inclusion matter for innovation
19:20 women's role in product innovation, and how can organizations better support them
21:00 the most common challenges that women face in tech leadership, and how Nesrine overcame them
24:20 navigating challenges in global product management (AI, new technologies, Product Management redundancy)
28:10 Product Management knowledge areas and top skills
31:45 areas of product management that we should focus on to stay relevant in the industry
34:45 advice for aspiring product managers
38:30 final thoughts and where to connect with Nesrine
Links:
Youtube: https://youtu.be/lTYZsePNcd0
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