What we’re about
The Product Group is the world’s most engaged product management community, bringing together product managers, leaders, and enthusiasts to connect, share experiences, explore challenges, and exchange ideas. Founded by Jeremy Horn, The Product Guy, The Product Group has been thriving since 2009.
What Happens at Our Meetups?
Our monthly in-person gatherings create a space for engaging, no-pressure discussions about the challenges and opportunities in product management today.
- Roundtable Format: Conversations explore topics like stakeholder management, AI-driven workflows, and product strategy.
- Featured Product Spotlight: Companies and teams showcase their products, gaining valuable feedback and insights from a room full of passionate product professionals.
🌍 What Happens Beyond?
The Product Group goes far beyond local events. We also host TPG Live (YouTube), our flagship livestreamed roundtable series featuring global product leaders tackling the most urgent product topics, from AI adoption and experimentation to stakeholder alignment and org design. Catch replays, join live Q&As, and stay at the edge of the conversation.
Plus:
- Join our Slack group to connect with product people every day http://slack.theproductgroup.org
- Browse our Recommended Books list at https://kit.co/TheProductGuy/books
- Become a Product Management Mentor at [http://TheProductMentor.com](http://theproductmentor.com/)
- Read the latest Product Management News and Insights at The Product Guy blog at https://tpgblog.com/
Always Free to Attend
We are committed to keeping events 100% free to ensure open access to product knowledge and community. We rely on the support of sponsors and our members on The Product Way.
Who Should Join?
- Product Managers at all levels
- Aspiring PMs looking to break into the field
- Senior product leaders shaping strategy and teams
- Anyone passionate about building and improving products
Support the Community
Support on Patreon keeps The Product Group free and accessible around the world—and unlocks exclusive content for you.
Patrons gain access to:
- PM Select: Trusted personal referrals to hiring managers and decision makers
- Full-length uncut interviews
- Deep-dive TPG Live recaps with actionable strategies
- Member-only templates and frameworks
- Mentorship, career growth tools, and more
Ready to grow faster and lead smarter?
Explore your options: https://www.patreon.com/TheProductWay/membership
Upcoming events
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- Network event
Leveling Up in Product: AI-Augmented Judgment and Redefining Seniority
·OnlineOnline206 attendees from 13 groups✨ Support The Product Group & TPG Live and gain full access to the video, frameworks, and deeper member-only exclusive insights? Join The Product Way on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheProductWay/membership
- What does product judgment look like when the tools are intelligent and the titles no longer mean what they used to?
In this TPG Live roundtable, we will explore how product managers stay sharp, strategic, and grounded as AI becomes a central part of their daily work. From research and planning to prioritization and communication, intelligent tools are reshaping how PMs operate. The challenge is using these tools to extend your thinking without replacing it. Learn how top product teams are enhancing their judgment, accelerating workflows, and staying anchored in customer needs, ethics, and long-term clarity.
We will also examine how the meaning of seniority in product is evolving. Years in the role and team scope no longer define leadership. Strategic clarity, cross-functional influence, and sound decision-making under pressure are emerging as the real signals of senior performance. This session will focus on how to grow with intention, and how to shape career paths that reflect what actually matters in fast-moving organizations.
- What sets the most effective product leaders apart in 2026?
- How do you grow your impact when the org chart is no longer your roadmap?
This session brings together timely insights and practical guidance from product leaders who are evolving with the work. Whether you are embracing new tools or defining your next level, you will leave with strategies you can put into action right away.
Start your 2026 with clarity. Join us live, bring your questions, and be part of the conversation.
RSVP now to join us live, ask your questions, and take part in the discussion. If you cannot attend live, you will receive a link to the full recording and recap.
Post questions / comments in the YouTube Chat to participate in the real-time conversation.
📹 ON CAMERA MEMBERS:
- Jeremy Horn [aka The Product Guy]: Founder & Organizer, The Product Group https://linkedin.com/in/TheProductGuy
- Lairai Karnik: Product Manager - Robotics, Globus Medical https://www.linkedin.com/in/lairaik/
- Byron Benton: Head of Product, Alpha Labs Technologies https://www.linkedin.com/in/byronbenton/
- Gopal Masilamani: Director of Product Management, Equinix https://www.linkedin.com/in/gopalmasilamani
- Udit Kashyap: Product Manager, Eagle Eye Networks https://www.linkedin.com/in/udrak/
🔍 KEY TOPICS:
- AI-Augmented Judgment: How Product Managers Stay Smart in a Tool-Driven World
- Redefining Seniority in Product: Beyond Years, Titles, and Scope
- Insights from top product professionals
- Tips, tricks, and best practices for all-levels of product enthusiasts.
- And more...
AI-Augmented Judgment: How Product Managers Stay Smart in a Tool-Driven World
As AI and automation reshape the product management toolkit, one question stands out. How do PMs stay sharp and strategic while using increasingly intelligent tools? In this roundtable, we will explore how to integrate AI without losing product intuition or judgment. Learn how top product leaders use AI to improve research, planning, and decision-making, while staying anchored in customer needs, ethics, and strategic clarity. Discover how to lead effectively in a world where tools are powerful but critical thinking is still essential.
Redefining Seniority in Product: Beyond Years, Titles, and Scope
What makes a senior product manager truly senior? It is not just time in role or number of features shipped. This roundtable will explore the deeper qualities that define product leadership today, from strategic thinking and team mentorship to cross-functional influence and sound judgment under pressure. We will also examine how to create more transparent growth paths, especially in flat or fast-changing orgs, so that product professionals can develop with clarity and purpose.
Would you like to be considered for a Featured Product slot? If so, email Jeremy Horn at jeremydhorn@gmail.com
Join Our Community
- Join us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TheProductWay/membership
- Mentor a Product Person: https://TheProductMentor.com
- Recommended Reading: https://kit.co/TheProductGuy/books
- TPG Product Spotlights: https://kit.co/TheProductGuy/tpg-spotlights
- Slack: https://communityinviter.com/apps/theproductgroup/the-product-group
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Product Work Is People Work
Beahive Beacon, 6 Eliza St, Beacon, NY, USMetrics, features, and strategy matter — but the hardest parts of product work usually aren’t technical. They’re human.
Join us for an honest, energizing roundtable about the people side of building products: navigating disagreement, earning trust, aligning stakeholders, and making progress when incentives, emotions, and power dynamics don’t neatly line up.
Special guest: Tyler Walker will talk in the second half of the evening about how his team at Groundfloor Finance implemented Scrum, hated it, then started kicking ass with it.
This month, we’re focusing on the truth many PMs learn the hard way: product work is people work.
We’ll talk about the conversations behind the specs — the ones that shape decisions long before anything ships. Expect real stories, thoughtful dialogue, and practical ways to handle the messy, relational parts of the job that rarely make it into frameworks or job descriptions.
(Plus pizza!)
You’ll walk away with:
- Strategies for navigating conflict and disagreement productively
- Ways to build trust and influence without formal authority
- Techniques for aligning stakeholders when goals don’t match
- Stories from other builders about hard conversations—and what they learned
Join us for our monthly in-person roundtable of The Product Group Hudson Valley, a local chapter of one of the world’s longest-running product management communities.
Who should attend: Product managers, aspiring PMs, product designers, founders, engineers, and anyone whose work sits at the intersection of people, decisions, and products—whether you’re just starting out or leading teams.
Takeaway: Learn practical, human-centered approaches to moving work forward when alignment isn’t automatic.
Format: Interactive roundtable discussion. Everyone participates, shares experiences, and learns from one another.
This is your invitation to:
- Be a part of a growing Hudson Valley product community
- Connect with thoughtful local builders and leaders
- Leave with insights you can apply immediately in your work
Want to support The Product Group?
Join us on Patreon to unlock exclusive content, PM Select (curated personal intros to hiring managers), and help grow this global community:
https://patreon.com/TheProductWay/membership
About Tyler Walker: Tyler is a full-stack software engineer and mobile expert. A Scrum and Agile convert (but not a freak about it), he’s lead multiple full-stack and mobile teams. Tyler is dedicated to creating user-centric software and healthy engineering culture.
About the venue: Inspired by the coworking and localism movements in the early aughts, Beahive is a pioneering network of hives for work and belonging — the first and only of its kind in the Hudson Valley, one of only a handful in all of NY, and one of probably only a few hundred in the world when it opened.3 attendees
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