At the helm with Shipra Mahindra

In an interview with Shipra Mahindra, a Senior Product Manager at Octopus Deploy, she discusses her career path, which began as a software engineer and evolved through roles like Scrum Master and Product Owner, eventually leading her to pursue an MBA to enhance her decision-making skills. Her passion for solving complex, customer-centric problems led her to product management, where she enjoys bringing clarity to ambiguity and collaborating with teams to deliver customer-pleasing solutions. As a Senior Product Manager for Configuration as Code, her role involves a dynamic routine of customer interactions, market research, and ideation with design and development teams to enhance product value. She emphasizes the importance of prioritization based on customer feedback and market trends, aiming for a 60% feature adoption rate, and evaluates success by aligning outcomes with set goals. Despite the challenges, she finds satisfaction in the role and expresses no desire to switch jobs, though she would consider a design role if necessary, given its similarity to product management.