Hi everyone, This group is great! For the past few days, I’ve been following and learning from posts here. I want to say a big thank you to the volunteers.
Please help me review my profile for the exceptional promise category.
Background:
6+ years in Information Technology, below is a detailed breakdown:
1+ years as a Solutions Specialist
3+ years in Product Management role
1+ years as a Product Leader (Head of Products for Company A)
LOR
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Letter from the CEO of an EDTech company I worked with.
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Letter from a Head Of Products of a Technology Innovation Company who I have worked with previously.
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Letter from the CTO of a Financial firm who was formally my boss in Company A
MC docs
Evidence of Leading Products and Innovation in Company A: I briefly discussed how we started the product team and my role. I attached documentations of internal processes and roadmap introduced by me
Media recognition of the company’s innovation/Personal Publication: I had to state how innovative the company’s approach was to digital technology and that I am a major key player, so these media mentions are relevant evidence to meet this criterion. Also, the attached screenshots and links mentioned my name in them. I attached screenshots from 3 major media outlets, and I added a brief description of what these media houses do, their target audience and details about the publication.
Personal Media mentions: In this docs, I spoke about various virtual spaces I had spoken in professionally and different panels I had to sit on as a professional in my field. The pieces of evidence I attached were:
- screenshots of the LinkedIn message when the community leader contacted me for a panel discussion.
- a screenshot and links to various twitter spaces I was invited to as a guest speaker.
- a screenshot of email correspondence to sit at a panel for newly graduated product managers and the thank you message I got for the panel sitting.
Salary and Contracts: A brief history of how my earnings evolved since I started my career in tech. I attached:
- Payscale report showing what an Average person in my role earns
- 6 months payslips for my current job
- Details about the benefits being paid to me in my current job.
OC1 docs
Proof of innovation: I spoke about the product team, the products we have built and my role and briefly described 3 major products implemented while leading the team. (just to prove how innovative the solution was). I attached just a link(not the screenshot) to the Figma designs of these products. The other evidences I attached to this document were:
- screenshot and link of one of the products being launched. I showed the target audience, monthly visits, and a brief description of the publication and the link to the publication
- Screenshot of One pager that describes the challenges we are solving and our solutions.
I received a reference letter from a Vice President and Head Of Information Technology of Company A, which spoke about my leading the product team and development and the company’s revenue tied to these products.
Proof of products in the market: I reiterated that I built the product team from scratch before showing the pieces of evidence. Docs attached:
- Screenshot of the flagship product web app and link to the web app
- Screenshot from banks that showed transactions and revenue generated within a period
- Screenshot from Google’s Play and App Store console dashboard showing product acquisitions and channels(major sales) and product performance (number of app downloads)
- Play Store and App Store screenshot of the app and link to the Play Store and App Store
OC2 docs
Evidence of teaching at a product management school: Here, I spoke about the Ed-tech company, what it does, and my role as a product management facilitator. Docs attached:
- Screenshot of my offer letters
- Link to the website
- Screenshot of email correspondence for the different cohorts I taught
- Screenshots and links to students I mentored attribute their success to my mentorship.
- Links to virtual classes I taught.
Here I wanted to know if the LOR I got from the company’s CEO would be enough.
Other docs
- My CV
- Personal statement