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Recruiter Insights: 3 Things a Frontier AI Company Is Looking For When They Interview

June 24, 2026

Heidi Ram, founding member of The Product Recruiter, has been spending a lot of time recently recruiting PM talent for companies on the bleeding edge of AI product development. Here's what those kinds of companies are looking to see and hear if you score an interview.

Your 2026 TPMA Board Nominees - Voting Has Started!

June 18, 2026

Meet the 8 candidates nominated to fill 4 open TPMA Board seats. Each nominee has provided a video and a short reason on why they should be elected. Check out their pitch, some highlights about who they are and why they're running, and then cast your vote!

Four Ways I'm Helping Shape an Evolving Product Org

June 17, 2026

"Most of my teammates had never worked with a PM, and some had never heard of the role prior to joining the company. Rather than treating the ambiguity as an obstacle, I saw it as an opportunity to define how Product could (and should) support the business, while growing my own craft."

Product Star Spotlight: Boma Tai-Osagbemi, HelloFresh's Global Director of Product Management

June 14, 2026

The Global Director of Product Management at HelloFresh, Boma Tai-Osagbemi, shares how adaptability, systems thinking, and a refusal to let titles define his work eventually led him to where he is, and what he's learned along the way. "I've also become increasingly skeptical of solutions that arrive too quickly...You have to think about what happens after the feature ships, who it affects, what they'll do differently, and what that does to everything else.That second-order thinking is a habit I'd recommend to any PM. "What happens next?" is usually more useful than "What do we build?""

My AI Cheat Code: Using Zapier, LLMs & APIs to Collapse A Manual Day into Two Automated Hours

June 14, 2026

For this month's AI Cheat Code, Samara Ali takes a detailed walkthrough of how she set up a 5-step Zapier workflow to enable efficient insight gathering, and focused decision-making. "Going from a full day to under two hours wasn't about the AI being smarter than me. It was about removing the fifty-five minutes of mechanical work...so I could focus on the five minutes that mattered."

I Also Feel Behind on AI, and I'm a Senior PM Leading an AI-Powered Product

May 14, 2026

Senior PM, Nelson Jong talks through why you're probably not as far behind as you think you are with the whole AI thing, and provides some perspective and guidance-through-experience on how to get the wheels turning. Start by prioritizing the things that matter to YOU at YOUR stage - everything else is noise. Tackle the basics - maybe try some of these tools and use cases - and get reps in. You'll know when you're ready for the next level. No regrets, just lessons.

Want to join the TPMA board? Apply or nominate someone you know!

May 11, 2026

We're looking for dedicated product management leaders in our community to join our board of directors and help shape the future of the Toronto Product Management Association.

The Unconference: Everything You Need To Know

May 3, 2026

Want to speak at Toronto Product Con on May 28? Submit your proposal lead an Unconference Session by May 26.

TPMA Celebrates National Volunteer Week (April 19-25)

April 29, 2026

TPMA celebrates National Volunteer Week (April 19-25) by recognizing the individuals who power its 3,500+ member community. From building connections to developing leadership skills, this post highlights why volunteers get involved, the impact they create and key career lessons learned along the way.

An Unconventional Path to Product: Jacqueline Matsui from Bell Media

April 12, 2026

Jacqueline Matsui, Product Manager at Bell Media, shares the unconventional journey that led her into product; a path that began not in tech, but in Diaspora Studies at the University of Toronto and hands-on work with NGO’s in India. She didn’t plan to become a product manager — she discovered the role by following a curiosity for how technology shapes human behavior.