Jon Jensen

How to get into Product Management

This episode is with Jon Jensen 2.0. He is the Director of Product, Private Markets at Shareworks by Morgan Stanley. You’re probably wondering why the “2.0”? Well, that’s because there was a Jon Jensen already working at Instructure when he arrived and we had to come up with some way to differentiate them.

Jon and I worked at Instructure at the same time, but didn’t get the opportunity to work together. He worked on a different product for a different product market. So we worked in the same building and talked gardening and canning lots, but weren’t doing any producting around each other. I’ve always enjoyed chatting with Jon and this conversation was no exception. Jon has some great advice for how get into Product. He also shares valuable experiences and things he’s learned on his journey though product. I’m especially fond of his emphasis on working with other departments in the company. It’s such an important piece that we haven’t really touched on yet in this podcast, so I’m super glad he brought it up.

As a special treat, you also get to hear from my good friend Jiminy Cricket. Mr. Cricket sang a song through most of this episode. The weather is starting to shift and the daylight is leaving us, so I don’t know how many more outdoor socially distant recordings I’ll be able to do… so Jiminy won’t have a ton more opportunities to sing for you, but I assure you that he will show up again in a few weeks.