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Santosh 

Kaur Dhanjal

Product Consultant

iproduct Consulting Limited

I have over 10 years + product management experience driving growth and retention across B2C and B2B publishing, affiliate commerce and subscription businesses. I've led the development of scalable digital products across web, mobile and CMS platforms, delivering content management tools, personalised customer experiences, workflow automation and product transformation. As a mentor, I enjoy helping product managers develop their product thinking, leadership skills and confidence to accelerate their careers.
Enterprise
Scale-up
Senior
B2B
B2C
Media
Mobile
Career progression
CV advice
Finding my first job in product management
Help finding a new job
Leadership skills
Personal development
Product discovery
Product skills development
Product vision
Roadmapping and prioritisation
Stakeholder management
Strategic thinking
Team management
Transitioning into product management

Career Progression

  • Progressing from Associate PM → PM → Senior PM → Group PM → Director
  • Identifying capability gaps for promotion
  • Creating development plans and growth milestones
  • Developing leadership identity and personal brand

CV Advice

  • Writing product-focused CVs
  • Quantifying product impact and outcomes
  • Showcasing leadership achievements
  • Tailoring CVs for Product Manager, Senior PM,
  • Optimising CVs for Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)
  • Structuring product case studies and achievements
  • Highlighting metrics and commercial impact

Finding My First Job in Product Management

  • Transitioning into product from other careers
  • Identifying transferable skills
  • Building a portfolio without product experience
  • Preparing for entry-level interviews
  • Networking strategies
  • Finding internships and Associate PM programmes
  • Building a learning roadmap

Help Finding a New Job

  • Job search strategy
  • Target company selection
  • Recruiter engagement
  • LinkedIn optimisation
  • Salary negotiation
  • Interview preparation

Leadership Skills

  • Leading through influence
  • Building trust
  • Executive communication
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Leading distributed teams
  • Decision making under uncertainty
  • Developing leadership habits

New Product Development

  • Product lifecycle management
  • Opportunity identification
  • Idea validation
  • Customer discovery
  • MVP definition
  • Product launch
  • Scaling successful products

Personal Development

  • Leadership mindset
  • Confidence building
  • Resilience
  • Managing imposter syndrome
  • Time management
  • Goal setting
  • Continuous learning
  • Customer interviews
  • Problem discovery
  • User research
  • Experiment design
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Discovery techniques
  • Prioritising customer problems
  • Discovery metrics

Product Operations

  • Product operating models
  • Product governance
  • Portfolio management
  • Product analytics
  • Planning processes
  • Product reviews
  • Team operating rhythms
  • Workflow optimisation
  • Scaling product operations

Product Skills Development

  • Product strategy
  • Discovery
  • Delivery
  • Prioritisation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Product analytics
  • Roadmapping
  • Experimentation
  • Metrics
  • Commercial thinking
  • Technical fluency
  • Product leadership fundamentals

Product Vision

  • Creating compelling product visions
  • Aligning vision with company strategy
  • Vision communication
  • Strategic storytelling
  • Long-term planning
  • Customer-centric vision development
  • Vision execution
  • Measuring strategic progress

Roadmapping and Prioritisation

  • Outcome-based roadmaps
  • Prioritisation frameworks (RICE, MoSCoW)
  • Balancing strategic and tactical work
  • Managing competing priorities
  • Portfolio prioritisation
  • Dependency management
  • Capacity planning
  • Communicating roadmap decisions

Stakeholder Management

  • Influencing executives
  • Managing conflicting priorities
  • Executive presentations
  • Building alignment
  • Negotiation
  • Managing difficult stakeholders
  • Cross-functional leadership
  • Communication strategies
  • Decision facilitation

Strategic Thinking

  • Product strategy
  • Competitive analysis
  • Market analysis
  • Scenario planning
  • Portfolio strategy
  • Business model innovation
  • Strategic prioritisation
  • Long-term planning
  • Metrics-driven strategy
  • Connecting product strategy to business outcomes

Transitioning into Product Management

  • Career transition planning
  • Identifying transferable skills
  • Creating a learning plan
  • Building a product portfolio
  • Networking
  • Interview preparation
  • Understanding the product management role
  • Developing core product competencies
  • Landing your first product role

Product Leadership

  • SVPG Books
    • Inspired
    • Empowered
    • Transformed
  • Reforge – Advanced programmes on product strategy, growth, leadership and organisational design.

Product Communities

Podcasts

YouTube Channels

Recommended Books

  • Inspired — Inspired Marty Cagan
  • Empowered — Empowered Marty Cagan
  • Transformed — Transformed Marty Cagan
  • Continuous Discovery Habits — Continuous Discovery Habits
  • The Lean Product Playbook — The Lean Product Playbook
  • Escaping the Build Trap — Escaping the Build Trap
  • Cracking the PM Interview — Cracking the PM Interview
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