Naomi Gleit

Naomi Gleit is head of product at Meta, joined as employee #29, and is the longest-serving executive at Meta other than Mark Zuckerberg. She’s been at the center of some of the company’s most foundational products, including Facebook’s early growth team.

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Career (separate track) Skills

To transition into a product management role without a traditional background, secure any position at a high-growth company and prove your capabilities by performing PM tasks voluntarily before formally applying.

"I ended up going, sort of the analogy, I went to the second floor most days after work, asked if there were any projects that I could help out with. It was very early days. There was always more to do..."
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Operating Cadence & Communication Skills

Effective cross-functional alignment on complex projects requires the establishment of a single 'canonical' document that serves as the definitive source of truth.

"Of course, I'm sure there's hundreds of docs associated with the project, but there needs to be one canonical doc. Everyone should know exactly where the canonical doc is. That's the one place I can g..."
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