Confidential briefing
Confidence: High
Maya
Prepared for your Product Manager Discovery
What stands out
Across separate conversations, Maya returned to ownership unprompted each time — wants responsibility for outcomes rather than delivery.
It matters here because decision making happens close to delivery teams — the same ground, reached from the other direction.
Recommended next step
Meet Maya
Suggested first conversation:
- What ownership actually looks like inside your delivery teams.
- Which leadership behaviours bring out their best work.
- How the work here connects to something they'd care about.
You've not met before.
What we've learned
Ownership
When Maya describes work they were proud of, it is nearly always this: wants responsibility for outcomes rather than delivery.
Raised unprompted more than once, with different examples behind it.
Leadership
Described in specifics rather than principles — consistently prefers supportive leadership over hierarchical management.
Revisited deliberately, and Maya did not soften it.
Mission
Repeatedly prioritises meaningful healthcare impact — and the examples behind it were about decisions, not responsibilities.
Heard across separate conversations months apart, described the same way each time.
Why we're confident
We expected leadership to be the deciding factor for Maya. Repeated conversations pointed at ownership instead, and it has held every time since.
- Ownership, leadership and mission each read the same way from Maya's side and from yours, separately.
- We have watched Maya across several Discoveries, not only this one.
Their expectations sit at £104,000.
Worth discussing first
- What ownership actually looks like inside your delivery teams.
- Which leadership behaviours bring out their best work.
- How the work here connects to something they'd care about.
- How decisions get made, and where they get written down.
- What would make the first year successful here.
Context
Where they are today
Maya is currently a Senior Product Manager, based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Their employer is theirs to share once you've both agreed to talk.
Where they've operated
Mostly healthcare, energy and consulting.
Maya has moved from VP Product to Senior Product Manager over 7 years — widening responsibility rather than lateral moves. Not looking, but would take the right conversation. Status: in your Relationships.