Coach LLC

Product 360

If you are a Product Management professional in the Enterprise SaaS space looking to elevate your PM craft with the support of a coach and mentor, you have come to the right place.

My name is Victor Chan, and I founded Product 360 Coach LLC as a way to give back to my profession after a rewarding 33-year product career in Silicon Valley (at ServiceNow, Oracle, and Siemens).  

Having spent most of my career in my favorite role of PM player-coach, where I continued to personally lead product innovations while managing a PM staff, I developed deep empathy for the immense challenges PMs face in our demanding roles, as well as valuable insights into the kind of coaching and mentoring support PMs need not only to survive, but to thrive.  

Upon early retirement, in addition to starting my PM Friday blog where I share PM best practices in long form articles, I decided to build on my extensive on-the-job coaching/mentoring experience by training with the Center for Executive Coaching to become a Certified Executive Coach, and boy am I glad I did it.  It was exactly what I needed to complete my vision of offering a professional-grade coaching experience to my clients.

If you are intrigued by the transformative power of executive coaching but prefer a coach with PM domain experience, or if you are wondering what it takes to become a world-class PM and would love to have a mentor show you, I invite you to schedule a free 30-minute exploratory meeting with me to see if we might be a good fit for each other.

Cheers!

My Qualifications

Silicon Valley Pedigree plus International Experience

BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley, MS in Engineering Management from Santa Clara University. Director and Senior Director level PM executive for Enterprise Software at ServiceNow, Oracle, and Siemens. Also held technical executive roles as Engineering Director and Chief Architect.

2-year foreign assignment in Munich, Germany to lead a global product introduction into 30+ countries.

Led pre-M&A technical due diligence and post-M&A team integrations.

Classically Trained Leader

MS in Engineering Management for managing people, business, projects, and product innovation. Siemens Leadership Training Program for High Potentials. Certified Agile Scrum Master and Product Owner. As Agile Coach I supported 30 teams migrating to Agile Development.

Blog article: Rewiring Your Brain for Leadership using the MOI Model: Motivation, Organization, Innovation

Blog article: An Unforgettable Lesson on Teamwork from Lego Blocks

Blog article: Can Your Leadership Pass the Prima Donna Test?

Professionally Trained Coach

Completed professional Executive Coaching Certificate program with the Center for Executive Coaching.

Even before becoming a professional coach, I logged thousands of hours of 1-on-1 and team coaching over my career as a manager/mentor/coach. (See testimonials section below)

Blog article: Why Enterprise SaaS Product Management is so Hard, and How Mentor Coaching Can Help

Blog article: If Product Development is a Team Sport, Where the Heck are our Team Coaches?

User Experience (UX) Advocate

Led the design of the revolutionary Customizable Agent Workspace at ServiceNow. Led UX research teams on international customer visits. Trusted advisor to highest value customers, helping them craft their agent and customer user experiences. Customer Journey Mapping coach.

Blog article: Why We Never Seem to Have Enough UX Designers in Enterprise Software

Blog article: Could QE/QA be the Missing Piece of Our Software UX Puzzle?

Podcast: “Experience Design at ServiceNow” - on Apple Podcast, on Spotify

PM Best Practices Nerd

Lifelong student of PM best practices in strategy, leadership, innovation, and design. Author of PM Friday blog where I share the gems of my PM craft in long-form articles. As part of my writing process, I continue to learn emerging best practices as I conduct research to supplement my own knowledge.

Blog article: How Practicing Product Management as a Craft Enriched My 30-Year Career

Blog article: An Essential 15-Minute Work Life Balance Check-up for Product Managers

Blog article: “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” — the Foundation of my PM Craft

Innovation and Strategy

10 issued U.S. patents in enterprise applications, contact centers, and telecommunications.

Chief Architect of the first Unified Communication (UC) application to lead the Gartner Magic Quadrant. Pioneered the first Oracle Skills Based Routing engine. Pioneered the first Oracle Integration Self-Service Application for citizen developers with revolutionary ease-of-use. Led mission-critical Agent Workspace product design and development at ServiceNow involving dozens of designers and hundreds of engineers.

Blog article: Tell-tale Signs Your Product Org Needs a (dedicated) Strategist

Testimonials 360

Testimonials from PM, Dev, UX, QA, Platform, Pre-sales, Customer Success, Product Coach, ....

Testimonials from PM, Dev, UX, QA, Platform, Pre-sales, Customer Success, Product Coach, ....

Coaching Topics

In our coaching sessions you will always be in the driver’s seat, and we will prioritize whatever is top-of-mind for you, whether it is a burning challenge, an important decision, or a development goal.

In addition, for clients looking to elevate their PM craft with the help of a mentor, here is a short list of topics I have found to be especially relevant to Enterprise SaaS PMs. We can incorporate some of these topics (as well as others) into our coaching sessions depending on your specific needs.

Pricing

I am keeping things simple with pay-as-you-go pricing to maximize flexibility for busy PMs. Although there are no contract periods or a fixed number of use-it-or-lose-it meetings, it is worth highlighting that coaching relationships deliver maximum benefits over time (typically over 3 - 6 months). Therefore, it is recommended that recurring appointments (typically weekly or bi-weekly) be booked in advance to ensure availability. Individual (self-pay) and corporate-sponsored coaching engagements are both welcome. There is a $50 fee for meetings cancelled less than 24 hours in advance.

Exploratory Session

Free - 30 minutes

Take advantage of this free 30-minute session to explore whether coaching is a good idea for you and whether we are a good fit.

Coaching+Mentoring

$200 - 50 minutes

For individual contributor PMs to first line managers in an Enterprise SaaS PM role looking to elevate their PM craft.

Making professional coaching accessible to our future product leaders

Executive Coaching

$400 - 50 minutes

For product executives (Director level and above) who want a “thinking partner” who understands their challenges in the Enterprise SaaS space and can be a trusted advisor on strategy, key decisions, and leadership topics.

Note: Speaking engagements and other consulting services available upon request.

Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding Product 360 Coach, please feel free to contact us. We will typically respond within 24 hours.

(To book an appointment please see “Pricing” section above.)