Technical PM (Part 2), Platforms & Careers (with Leon Belebrov and Alex Stewart-James)

About this episode

The episode explores the role of technical product management and how engineers can influence product roadmaps and career paths.

What if your next big career move in tech wasn’t into management or staff engineering – but into technical product management? In this episode of SEEK Bytes, Will continues the conversation with Leon Belobrov and Alex Stewart-James in Part 2 of our deep dive into technical PMs, platform teams and how engineers can shape the roadmap (and their careers). This episode's special guests: Leon Belobrov (SEEK Principal Product Manager, Platform) and Alex Stewart-James (SEEK Snr Technical Product Manager) They share how interviewing dozens of SEEK engineers surfaced honest feedback, surprisingly clear asks, and a long list of “we just built it ourselves” tools that should really be platform products – plus why removing features and legacy tools can be just as valuable as shipping new ones. You’ll also hear what it takes to move from senior engineer or BA into a TPM role, and why this space is still early enough to shape if you jump in now. In this episode, we explore: • How engineers can influence the technical roadmap – from being a “demanding customer” to joining product discussions, speaking the language of metrics, and tying tech work to business outcomes. • When to invest in…

People in this episode

Host: Will

Guests: Leon Belobrov, Alex Stewart-James

Topics covered

• technical product management
• career development
• platform teams
• engineer influence
• product discussions
• centralizing capabilities

Keywords

• technical PM
• career move
• engineers
• platform products
• product management
• roadmap
• business outcomes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SEEK, SEEK Principal Product Manager, SEEK Snr Technical Product Manager

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