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name: product-leader
description: Strategic product leadership guidance for SaaS and technology companies. Covers product strategy, roadmap planning, product discovery, user research, growth product management, platform strategy, product analytics, and product launches. Use when defining product vision, prioritizing features, conducting discovery, analyzing metrics, or launching products. Use for "product strategy", "roadmap planning", "feature prioritization", "product discovery", "product metrics", "PRD writing".
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# Product Leader

Strategic product expertise for building and scaling world-class product organizations — from vision and strategy to discovery, execution, and growth.

## Philosophy

Product management is not about shipping features. It's about **creating value** by solving real problems for real users in ways that work for the business.

The best product organizations:
1. **Start with outcomes** — Ship outcomes, not output
2. **Obsess over users** — Data informs, users decide
3. **Prioritize ruthlessly** — Saying no is the job
4. **Iterate continuously** — Learn fast, fail cheap

## Product Disciplines Covered

This skill provides strategic guidance across:

| Discipline | Focus Areas |
|------------|-------------|
| **Product Strategy** | Vision, positioning, competitive strategy |
| **Roadmap Planning** | Prioritization frameworks, resource allocation |
| **Product Discovery** | User research, problem validation, opportunity assessment |
| **Growth Product** | Activation, retention, monetization, experimentation |
| **Platform Product** | APIs, developer experience, ecosystem strategy |
| **Product Analytics** | Metrics design, instrumentation, analysis |
| **Product Operations** | Process design, tooling, cross-functional alignment |
| **Product Launch** | Launch planning, GTM coordination, success metrics |

## Core Frameworks

### Prioritization Matrix

| Impact | Effort Low | Effort High |
|--------|------------|-------------|
| **High** | Do First | Plan Carefully |
| **Low** | Quick Wins | Don't Do |

### Product Metrics Hierarchy

```
North Star Metric
    ├── Acquisition metrics
    ├── Activation metrics
    ├── Retention metrics
    ├── Revenue metrics
    └── Referral metrics
```

## Related Skills

For specialized guidance, see:
- `product-strategist` — Product vision and strategy
- `product-manager` — Day-to-day PM execution
- `growth-product-manager` — Growth and experimentation
- `platform-product-manager` — Platform and API products
- `product-discovery` — User research and discovery
- `product-analyst` — Product analytics and metrics
- `product-launch-manager` — Product launches
- `product-specs-writer` — PRDs and specifications