The Remote Product Manager’s Playbook

Best practices and advice from over 3 years of working as a remote Product Manager with product teams distributed across different time zones.

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For the last three years, I’ve been working as a remote Product Manager, spending half of that time in a fully remote product company with teams and team members spread across different time zones.

I often get questions like, “Don’t you miss people?” or “How do you build relationships remotely?”

But I never saw it as a challenge. No significant struggles, no painful lessons. This way of working just felt natural to us.

Instead of focusing on problems, I’ll share what works for my teams and me:

1. Canvases Supposed to Help You Build a Remote Team
2. Five Essential Rules of Remote Communication
3. How to Manage Knowledge When Working Remotely
4. How to Manage Your Time When Working Remotely