Upleveling your PM career w/ Shobhit Chugh - CEO of Intentional Product Manager

Episode notes

In this episode, Shobhit Chugh, former Google PM and founder of Intentional Product Manager , shares practical strategies for moving beyond execution and becoming a standout product leader—even when you don’t have formal authority or a supportive manager. Key Takeaways 1. Don’t Mistake Productivity for Progress Just being busy doesn’t mean you’re growing. Like Amazon’s press release approach, define what you want to be known for before the next review cycle. Align your work to that vision and offload or eliminate tasks that don’t serve it. 2. Influence > Delegation Product managers can’t “delegate” in the traditional sense. Find teammates who want to own tasks you shouldn’t be doing—for their own growth. Example: Shobhit handed off API spec writing to an engineer aiming to become a PM. 3. Make the Strategic Urgent Block time doesn’t protect strategic work—deadlines do. Make public commitments (e.g., “I’ll present this strategy next Thursday”) to create urgency and accountability. 4. Think in Terms of Leverage Focus on high-leverage activities like: Continuous customer research (not just during discovery phases). Repeated communication of long-term vision.