James Effarah
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James Effarah

Head of Product @ Odicci, ex-Activision Blizzard
5.0
(2 reviews)
❤️‍🩹 The PM game is broken. There's only 3-4 secrets to breaking into and succeeding in product management.
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$70 / month

For those looking to 💯❌ their PM careers through smarter product management practices & coaching.

3 calls per month (25min/call)

Unlimited Q&A via chat

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About

✌️ Forget everything you’ve ever heard about product management.

🐝 Forget about all the buzzwords.

🧠 Forget about all the advanced stuff.

8 out of 10 tech companies focus on the wrong things in their product strategy.

Actually, most tech companies don’t even have a product strategy.

They’re so distracted by "magical" and advanced frameworks that they forget to master the basics first.

95% (not 80%) of your results will come from 5% of your actions.

Even if you’re a PM at a BigTech firm, there’s likely something you’re missing or doing wrong.

Tired of feeling like your months of hard work has come to nothing, or "learnings"?

If your answer is yes, we might be a fit.

❤️‍🩹 The PM game is broken.

🕵🏻‍♂️ There's only 3-4 secrets to breaking into and succeeding in product management.

🎮 Who else but a gaming PM to teach you how to play the game?

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Hey 👋

I’m the Head of Product for Odicci’s retail Gaming as a Service platform.

I’m leveraging my gaming & eCommerce experience from Activision Blizzard & Bodybuilding.com to deliver fun, interactive, experiences to shoppers and an intuitive, frictionless, B2B SaaS interface to marketers.

I've worked on enterprise mobile games such as Candy Crush, as well as B2C fitness apps like BodyFit. My 8+ years of expertise spans from product team leadership, facilitating product trios (PM, dev, design), end-to-end product development, and large scale infrastructure migrations (Google Cloud Platform).

Outside of work, I dedicate some time to mentoring MBA students aspiring to pivot into product management roles.

🎲 Ready to play the PM game?

What mentees say

5 out of 5 stars

James was a great mentor as he quickly tried to grasp where i was at, what kind of experiences, strengths and challenges I had, and tried to create indvidualized plan. He had insightful advices on product management topics whether it was in terms of job searching or day-to-day tasks, I believe he will be of huge help to anyone making their first steps in product management.

Shalva

Shalva

Standard Plan • 3 months

5 out of 5 stars

James is a great mentor and I gained a lot from his expertise in product management and his experience in Oxford MBA.

Katja

Katja

Standard Plan • 1 month