Project vs Product Work: when is your work done

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0100

This is one of the pet peeves that some people working with me might have noticed: when engineers can only think of “PM” meaning “Project Manager”. There’s a role called “Product Manager” for a reason - you’re building a digital product that involves endless projects.

The reason why it triggers me is because there’s a fundamental gap between finishing a task and owning an outcome. One is project thinking, the other is product thinking. As a hiring manager representing in-house teams (like I do at Worksome or did at SumUp before), this is one of the main things I look for.

Engineering on Adrián Moreno Peña | VP of Technology @ Worksome ⸱ Product & Engineering Leader (Copenhagen)

Project vs Product Work: when is your work done