Founded in March 2001, the Toronto Product Management Association (TPMA) is a not-for-profit organization that facilitates learning, mentoring, and networking opportunities for product managers across Greater Toronto Area.
Our mission
Helping product people in the Greater Toronto Area navigate the complexities of a career in product management and the challenges people experience as they start their product career, advance their product career, become a product leader and grow as a product leader.
The role
As one of several Editors for our monthly blog columns, you are responsible for curating and collecting content - in your area of ownership - tracking ideas and submissions, assembling, copy-editing and publishing a regular column that keeps our community informed, engaged, and expanding.
Term
5 months (April ‘26 - August ‘26)
Time commitments
On average 4-7 hours every month
What kind of content you'll oversee:
We’re looking for editors to cover a few different “themes”. Depending on what appeals to you most, or aligns most with your skills and experience, you could be the editor for monthly publications of one or more of the following Product Management themes:
- Product Rockstar Spotlight - The inspiring stories and turning points of the country’s most successful product professionals.
- Problem/Solution - How PMs of varying experience have solved problems in products & organizations.
- My AI Cheat Code - How PMs are using AI to build better, build smarter, and be better at their jobs.
- Recruiter Roundtable - Pithy thoughts, info, and advice from those who know the hiring landscape best.
- Think Pieces - Thought leadership, unique perspectives, and intelligent takes from the community’s brightest.
What you’ll do:
- Be the dedicated owner of a monthly or bi-monthly “column”
- It’s yours; own it, and make sure it’s awesome (of course with collaboration from others on the team)
- Help source contributors & review/select pitches
- Be the front-line screener, and be the primary for identifying the best pitches and pieces for publication
- Leverage your professional and personal network to source top tier people and their insights
- Content review, editing, iterating, and publishing
- Work with contributors to tune their concepts and drafts into their most captivating end product - flow and focus, spelling and grammar, as needed
- Assemble content and provide drafts to TPMA Managing Editor and/or Director for final review before publishing
- Hit the big button and publish out to the world
- Make recommendations for optimal engagement
- Provide informed, inspired suggestions for topics and angles that will generate the most interest from inside and outside the TPMA community
- Help the Managing Editor and Director craft a calendar that drives engagement and growth of both readership and membership
What you'll gain:
- Meaningful impact on core content from a prominent thought leadership brand for Product Management in North America
- Ongoing exposure to and interaction with some of the most active and engaged members of the PM community
- Free membership and access to TPMA in-person events (excludes workshops).
- Opportunity to work directly with and get mentorship from the experienced Product Leaders on the TPMA Board of Directors
- Build your personal and professional brand with a very wide reach through networking
- Directly contribute to a growing community of Product Managers in Toronto, 3rd Largest Tech Hub in North America
- Invest in the ability to build a strong team and nurture relationships with a broad group of stakeholders, which is essential for Product Leadership roles in the future
If you are interested in this role, please email us at volunteers@tpma.ca. Please share a little about yourself, why you are interested in volunteering with us, and your LinkedIn profile. Don't forget to get your TPMA membership—to become a volunteer, you must be a member.
