Your summary is not a biography. It is a positioning statement. If you can make a recruiter nod in six lines, the rest of the CV gets read with trust.
The 6-Line Template
- Line 1: Target title + lane (e.g., "Product Manager | B2B SaaS | Payments").
- Line 2: Years + domain credibility (industry, customer type, regulated environment).
- Line 3: Scope (team size, stakeholders, regions, scale).
- Line 4: One standout outcome with a number.
- Line 5: Second outcome with a number (different dimension).
- Line 6: Tools/skills grouped (not a shopping list).
A Worked Example
Product Manager | B2B SaaS | Identity & Access
5+ years building workflow products for mid-market + enterprise teams.
Owned roadmap across onboarding, permissions, and audit readiness.
Shipped self-serve provisioning that cut onboarding time by 34%.
Improved retention +6.1% by redesigning activation + lifecycle nudges.
Tools: Jira, SQL, Amplitude, Figma | Methods: discovery, experiments, OKRs.One small upgrade
If you are switching industries, keep the title constant and change the lane: "Data Analyst | Healthcare" becomes "Data Analyst | FinTech". Your bullets will do the heavy lifting.
Common Mistakes
- Writing in first person ("I am a...")
- Using soft adjectives instead of scope ("highly motivated", "results-driven")
- Listing every tool you have ever touched
- Forgetting to say what level you operate at
A good summary makes the recruiter's next click easy: it tells them which roles to shortlist you for.
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