Building Products

About this book

Building Products: How to Build Winning Tech Products, Lead High-Performing Teams, and Grow a Career That Stands Out reads like a practical masterclass from an industry-leading product manager who has spent years building and scaling real products. This is not another book on the theory of product management. It gives you a clear, honest guide to the things that matter most for modern tech product managers: building products people actually love, working well with the teams who bring those products to life, communicating in a way that earns the trust of executives and stakeholders, and intentionally growing a career that doesn’t blend into the background. Drawing from her experience at Interswitch, Andela, Flutterwave, and Raenest, Tobi Otokiti opens up about what product management really looks like behind the scenes. She walks readers through the realities of shipping products used by millions, balancing customer issues with ambitious roadmaps, and working with cross-functional teams under pressure. Along the way, she highlights the everyday nuances that make the difference—balancing trade-offs, navigating real constraints, and connecting product choices to what the business and customers actually care about. But this isn’t just a book about products; it’s a book about you. Tobi shows how you can build your most important product which is your career. She shares from her personal journey, going from an “accidental” PM to a trusted product leader: someone who can speak confidently to executives, navigate stakeholder expectations, handle difficult conversations, and be seen as a strategic partner, not just an executor. By the time you’re done, you won’t just understand product management better; you’ll feel more equipped to build products, lead teams, and shape a career whose impact is impossible to ignore.