What Tamar Yehoshua thinks about product management

@tamar-yehoshua · 13 positions · 0 changes of mind

Chief Product and AI Officer at Atlassian; previously President of Product and Technology at Glean, Chief Product Officer at Slack, and a VP leading product and engineering for Google Search.

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7 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Tamar Yehoshua has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 10 Sept 2026

   Our readingThe AI builder is a real job: some startups now hire builders instead of product managers or designers.

   startupsdesignhiring

   Their wordsAnd the AI builder job is real. There are startups that are not hiring PMs or not hiring designers. They are hiring builders.

   ↗Roles aren't converging—they're expanding | Tamar Yehoshua (Atlassian CPO) (Lenny & Friends Summit, San Francisco, 10 September 2026)youtube.com 1st of 13 in this recording

3. 10 Sept 2026

   Our readingA product manager's job is the same as it always was: finding product-market fit and building products people love.

   Their wordsSo the job of a PM is really the same as it always was. What is your job? It's to find product market fit. It's to build products that people love.

   ↗Roles aren't converging—they're expanding | Tamar Yehoshua (Atlassian CPO) (Lenny & Friends Summit, San Francisco, 10 September 2026)youtube.com 3rd of 13 in this recording

5. 10 Sept 2026

   Our readingProduct managers no longer need to take meeting notes, chase action items or tell go-to-market teams when things launch, because tools do that now.

   Their wordsWell the PM used to be the person taking notes in meetings, following up on action items, communicating with go to market when things are going to launch. They don't have to do that anymore. We have tools that can do that.

   ↗Roles aren't converging—they're expanding | Tamar Yehoshua (Atlassian CPO) (Lenny & Friends Summit, San Francisco, 10 September 2026)youtube.com 5th of 13 in this recording

7. 10 Sept 2026

   Our readingWhether a product manager should write code or steer the team depends on the type of product and the phase it is in.

   Their wordsSo we've done a bunch of experiments. We've organized teams in different ways, measured outputs, and the answer that we have come to is it depends. It depends what type of product it is. It depends on what phase in the product it is.

   ↗Roles aren't converging—they're expanding | Tamar Yehoshua (Atlassian CPO) (Lenny & Friends Summit, San Francisco, 10 September 2026)youtube.com 6th of 13 in this recording

9. 10 Sept 2026

   Our readingProduct managers should build an agent to write their weekly reports instead of writing them by hand.

   Their wordsI hope most of you are not writing weekly reports by hand anymore. And if you are, you probably don't want to admit it, but please go and write build an agent to do it.

   ↗Roles aren't converging—they're expanding | Tamar Yehoshua (Atlassian CPO) (Lenny & Friends Summit, San Francisco, 10 September 2026)youtube.com 7th of 13 in this recording

11. 10 Sept 2026

    Our readingA large company should help its existing product managers become AI-native rather than only hiring people who already are.

    startupshiring

    Their wordsWhen I talk to people at startups, they tell me hire people that are AI native. Well, we have a lot of PMs already who are amazing PMs at Atlassian. So, we want them to become AI native.

    ↗Roles aren't converging—they're expanding | Tamar Yehoshua (Atlassian CPO) (Lenny & Friends Summit, San Francisco, 10 September 2026)youtube.com 10th of 13 in this recording

13. 10 Sept 2026

    Our readingThis is probably the best time to be a product manager, and product managers will probably still be here ten years from now.

    Their wordsI think this is the best time in the world to be a PM. I think it's super exciting. I am an optimist and I think we'll all be here 10 years from now.

    ↗Roles aren't converging—they're expanding | Tamar Yehoshua (Atlassian CPO) (Lenny & Friends Summit, San Francisco, 10 September 2026)youtube.com 13th of 13 in this recording