Associate Product Manager L1
Supports projects someone else owns, and learns how we find and shape the right work.
What we expect at L1
| Scope | Parts of a project another product manager owns, such as writing stories, gathering research, preparing release notes and supporting training. |
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| Independence and judgment | Asks early when something is unclear. Needs help deciding what matters most and when to say no. |
| Customer and problem discovery | Takes part in customer and support conversations, takes clear notes, and learns how the people who use KODE do their work. |
| Business and strategy | Learns KODE's business, our customers and the healthcare coding domain, and how each project connects to them. |
| Shaping and delivery | Writes clear stories with acceptance criteria, keeps the project record current in Linear, and checks released features against what was asked for. |
| AI-assisted delivery | Uses approved AI tools to draft stories, notes and research summaries, and checks every result before relying on it. |
| Communication and influence | Writes clear updates and takes feedback well. Shares what they learn from customers with the team. |
Growing toward L2 Product Manager
What changes on the way to the next level. Use it in your quarterly career conversation to pick one or two areas to practice.
| Own a small project |
Take a small project from brief to release with less guidance, and close it out cleanly. |
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| Find the real problem |
Go beyond the request. Ask why, look at how customers actually work, and describe the problem before the solution. |
| Connect work to the business |
Explain how a project helps customers and KODE, and what success looks like in numbers. |
| Make trade-offs |
Practice deciding what's in and out of scope, and explain your reasoning to the project lead and the business. |
| Speak up |
Share your view in planning and reviews, and ask the questions others might not. |
| AI-assisted delivery |
Choose the right AI tool for each task, such as drafting a brief or building a prototype, and learn to spot typical AI mistakes. |
At every level
Every product manager's work gets reviewed, whatever their level, and leading a project is an assignment, not a promotion. Read more on the product management overview.