An Engineer’s Take on Product Management with Aniket Naravanekar, Chief Product Officer at Cheq

Episode notes

A big shoutout to all product leaders. Welcome to the Product Leaders Podcast by Fireart with your hosts, Dima Venglinski and Tolik Nguyen. Every episode is a deep dive into different aspects of product leadership to enhance the end-user experience. In this episode, Tolik is joined by Aniket Naravanekar , Chief Product Officer at CHEQ , a social payment platform that connects consumers to food and beverage businesses. Aniket is a computer science engineer who has transitioned to product management. He shares insight on the pros and cons of having an engineering background in a product management role and details on the product at CHEQ. Topics we discuss: Does a background in engineering help in product management? Selling to different sets of audiences Always have a value differentiator Complexities of a product managers role Hot Takes and Key Highlights: Does an Engineering Background Help in Product Management? Aniket answers the question by saying that it depends on the situation. For instance, at the product development stage, an engineering background helps to talk to the engineers in a language they understand.

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