How the Product Manager Role is Changing in 2025 | Jiaona Zhang (CPO Linktree)

My guest today is Jiaona Zhang, CPO of Linktree. JZ is the Chief
Product Officer of Linktree and a guest lecturer at Stanford. We
had a great chat about AI’s impact on PM managers and super ICs,
the shift towards PM specialists, and whether becoming a creator
can help advance your PM career. (00:00) Find what makes you
happy in your PM career (01:44) AI's impact on PM managers and
super ICs (04:03) How to balance strategy and execution (08:24)
Streamlining PM tasks with AI (13:28) Creating strategy docs and
PRDs that work (16:50) Your career is your most important product
(22:55) The shift from PM generalists to specialists (23:58)
Exploring JZ's Career Odyssey framework (25:49) Why you shouldn't
just optimize for comp and title (31:12) Does the creator economy
actually work? (44:19) Can being a creator help advance your
product career? Get the takeaways:
https://creatoreconomy.so/p/how-the-product-manager-role-is-changing-jiaona-zhang
Where to find Jiaona: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jz LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jiaona/ Subscribe to this channel –
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