# Lenny Skills

> Product management skills from Lenny's Podcast - 86 actionable skills across hiring, strategy, growth, leadership, and more Use when this capability is needed.

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- Category: Marketing & Growth
- Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/lenny-skills

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# Lenny Skills - Product Management Knowledge Base

A comprehensive collection of 86 actionable product management skills extracted from Lenny's Podcast (297 episodes).

## Skill Categories

### 1. Hiring & Team Building (13 skills)
- Writing Job Descriptions
- Conducting Interviews
- Evaluating Candidates
- Onboarding New Hires
- Building Team Culture
- Running Effective 1:1s
- Having Difficult Conversations
- Delegating Work
- Managing Up
- Building a Promotion Case
- Negotiating Offers
- Finding Mentors & Sponsors
- Career Transitions

### 2. Product Strategy (10 skills)
- Writing North Star Metrics
- Defining Product Vision
- Prioritizing Roadmap
- Setting OKRs & Goals
- Competitive Analysis
- Writing PRDs
- Problem Definition
- Writing Specs & Designs
- Scoping & Cutting
- Working Backwards

### 3. Growth & Metrics (4 skills)
- Measuring Product-Market Fit
- Designing Growth Loops
- Pricing Strategy
- Retention & Engagement

### 4. User Research (4 skills)
- Conducting User Interviews
- Designing Surveys
- Analyzing User Feedback
- Usability Testing

### 5. Marketing & Brand (5 skills)
- Positioning & Messaging
- Brand Storytelling
- Launch Marketing
- Content Marketing
- Community Building

### 6. Sales & Partnerships (4 skills)
- Founder Sales
- Building Sales Team
- Enterprise Sales
- Partnership & BD

### 7. Communication (5 skills)
- Giving Presentations
- Written Communication
- Stakeholder Alignment
- Running Offsites
- Media Relations

### 8. Decision Making (5 skills)
- Running Decision Processes
- Planning Under Uncertainty
- Evaluating Trade-offs
- Post-mortems & Retrospectives
- Running Effective Meetings

### 9. Execution (3 skills)
- Shipping Products
- Managing Timelines
- Cross-functional Collaboration

### 10. Technology & AI (6 skills)
- AI Product Strategy
- Building with LLMs
- Evaluating New Technology
- Platform Strategy
- Technical Roadmaps
- Managing Tech Debt

### 11. Design & Engineering (5 skills)
- Platform & Infrastructure
- Engineering Culture
- Design Systems
- Running Design Reviews
- Design Engineering

### 12. Advanced PM Skills (12 skills)
- Developing Product Taste
- Systems Thinking
- Product Operations
- Marketplace Liquidity Management
- Vibe Coding
- Energy Management
- Coaching Product Managers
- Behavioral Product Design
- Organizational Design
- User Onboarding
- AI Evaluation (Evals)
- Dogfooding

### 13. Career & Personal (5 skills)
- Startup Ideation
- Product-Led Sales Strategy
- Managing Imposter Syndrome
- Personal Productivity
- Organizational Transformation

### 14. Startup Skills (5 skills)
- Designing Team Rituals
- Fundraising Strategy
- Startup Pivoting
- Sales Compensation Design
- Sales Qualification

## How to Use This Skill

When working on product management tasks, I can help you with:

1. **Strategic Planning**: Define vision, set OKRs, prioritize roadmaps
2. **User Research**: Design interviews, analyze feedback, run usability tests
3. **Team Leadership**: Hire effectively, run 1:1s, build culture
4. **Growth**: Design growth loops, optimize retention, pricing strategy
5. **Execution**: Ship products, manage timelines, collaborate cross-functionally
6. **AI Products**: Strategy for AI/LLM products, evaluation frameworks

## Example Prompts

- "Help me write a PRD for [feature]"
- "How should I structure user interviews for [problem]?"
- "Help me define OKRs for Q1"
- "What's a good framework for prioritizing our roadmap?"
- "How do I measure product-market fit?"
- "Help me prepare for a difficult conversation with [stakeholder]"
- "Design a growth loop for [product type]"

## Source

Skills extracted from [Lenny's Podcast](https://www.lennyspodcast.com/) - 297 episodes featuring top product leaders from companies like Airbnb, Stripe, Figma, Notion, and more.

Database: [refoundai.com/lenny-skills](https://refoundai.com/lenny-skills/)

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