In this episode of Exiting Academia, I walk through what it actually looks like to move from a Life Sciences PhD into a Senior Product Manager role. The core of the conversation is translating academic training into product work: how you frame your research experience as problem discovery, how you show you can prioritize, and how you communicate impact to non-academic stakeholders. I also emphasize the mindset shift—industry isn’t about being the world expert on one narrow topic; it’s about making good decisions with imperfect information and aligning people around outcomes. I also get practical about the transition: what to highlight on your resume and in interviews, how to talk about experiments and data as product bets, and why “soft skills” like stakeholder management and clear writing are often the differentiator at the senior level. If you’re a grad student or PhD wondering whether product management is realistic for you, this episode is meant to give you a clear, repeatable way to tell your story—without apologizing for your academic background.