James S.
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Break into Consulting | Best practices for moving pre-sales > consulting!
Studied at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Worked at Amazon
Hiring Manager
Available May 28 at 11:00 AM UTC
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James’s Management Consulting Qualifications
Experience level: Case Team Leader
10+ people coached for Management Consulting
Open to working with clients outside the U.S.
James has helped clients get into these companies:
I have the unique blend of transitioning to PM from a sales engineering -> management consulting -> Amazon product manager role. Aside from the coaching in my weekly 1:1's with the two junior PM's I manage, I also conduct learning sessions with my alumni org (illinoispm.com) of 20-30 university students, and I regularly mentor over 50+ students at Carlmont High School. Throughout my entire 10 year career, I have also had 30+ informal sessions to help friends and family optimize their resumes for ATS, and specific job roles.
James can help with:
LinkedIn Review
Salary Negotiation
Case Interview Prep
Promotion Strategy
Presentations
Resume Review
Frameworks
Networking Strategy
Behavioral Interview Prep
James also coaches for Product Management, Project Management, and Accounting. View all.
About James
James is a product leader and former L6 Senior Product Manager (AI/ML) with Amazon. His unique value add is that he successfully pivoted from Pre-sales -> Management Consulting -> Product Management. Therefore, he specializes in helping people cross over into Product from other fields (including Consulting, Sales, Engineering, Program, Marketing, Legal, Support, and Operations). He's interviewed 75+ PM candidates while with Amazon (bar raiser), been the hiring manager for 3 positions, 1:1 mentored 10+ PM's, and has coached over 100+ people. He finds joy in helping others crack their PM/consulting interviews and has had 5+ mentees land offers at FAANG companies in the last few months.
Why do I coach?
I can offer a unique perspective, going from technical pre-sales, to management consulting, to Amazon PM, and to now managing $70M in ARR, to interviewees looking to break into PM and consulting from the outside. I have also worked in AI/ML, mobile and web products, and across various industries (B2B, B2C, e-commerce, fintech, to name a few). Aside from my qualifications, I get a ton of joy in following up with my mentees to see them crack the interviews at FAANG/consulting, and to help set a better course for their careers and lives. We grow by giving back.
Work Experience
Product Lead
BlackLine
2022 - Present
Hiring Manager
Senior Product Manager
Amazon
2020 - 2022
Admissions Committee Experience
Management Consultant
Accenture
2018 - 2020
Admissions Committee Experience
Solutions Engineer
Oracle
2017 - 2018
Solutions Engineer
Oracle
2015 - 2017
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelors, Business
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James has helped clients get into these companies: