Rising Tide

Annie Dunham: Curiosity Creates Opportunities

Episode Summary

This week’s guest is a true trailblazer. While the Product Management position has existed for nearly a century the role was new to the male dominated tech industry in the early 2000s right as Annie Dunham was entering the workforce. Today Annie Dunham is the VP of Product Management at ProductPlan as well as a thought leader in product management and author of IMPACT: Spark Your Product Success with an Impact-First Mindset. In this episode Annie shares how her love of exploration and curiosity has fueled her career. Enjoy!

Episode Notes

Connect with Annie Dunham on LinkedIn

Check out Annie's e-book IMPACT

• 4:56 - Writing her book IMPACT
• 11:26 - Trying to figure out her next step in college and post college
• 18:37 - First exposure to the tech world
• 29:58 - Excitement that she felt she had found what she was supposed to be doing
• 32:55 - How she gained the respect of CEO and executives
• 39:26 - How Annie found footing in the grey space of product management and leaned into the ambiguity to grow herself and her career
• 42:29 - The scariest move of her career
• 46:39 - Having a strong support network to navigate through the biggest career transition
• 1:01:13 - Balancing confidence with an openness to feedback as a product manager
• 1:05:09 - The one thing she wants you to take away