If you’ve worked as a product manager, or even researched job postings looking for your first product management position, you’re probably familiar with most of the the basic product management skills. These include the ability to learn about your market and develop an accurate profile of your target customer, research the competitive landscape, deliver a strong operating plan for your product, and drive its development to successful completion.

But what you might not realize is that you can develop all of these skills and still not be a highly effective product manager. Why? Because there are also several other soft skills you will need to succeed in product management. We don’t talk about them as often as we do the more traditional skills, and they don’t typically show up in product manager job descriptions or postings.

Nevertheless, these skills will play an important role in your success as a product manager. So let’s discuss them.