Occupation
Product Manager
Product managers define the vision and direction for a product, setting product strategy and building roadmaps that align engineering, design, and business teams. Working closely with stakeholders, they use data analysis to prioritize features and typically run development cycles through Agile/Scrum frameworks. Found in tech and software companies at every level from associate to senior, this role suits strategic thinkers who can bridge technical and business perspectives.
Duties & responsibilities
- Define product vision and strategy aligned with business objectives and customer needs
- Prioritize features and build roadmaps by analyzing data and user feedback
- Lead cross-functional teams including engineering, design, and business stakeholders through development cycles
- Run experiments and measure product impact using analytics and A/B testing
- Translate customer and stakeholder requirements into clear specifications for engineering teams
- Partner with customers and conduct user research to understand workflows and pain points
- Guide products from concept through launch, iterating based on adoption and performance
What Product Manager roles involve, from employers’ own postings.
How much does a Product Manager make?
Employers posting Product Manager roles list a median of $217,000 a year (middle half $175,000–$252,000), from 300 postings that state pay.
80% of open Product Manager roles publish a range. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it. Which states’ postings state pay
Who is hiring for Product Manager roles?
373 open Product Manager roles from 162 employers; the most at Intuit, Menlo Ventures Portfolio and AlphaSense, and in California, New York and Georgia.
From employers’ own postings, as of.
Product Manager in the job market
Last checked October 27, 2026
- Open roles
- 373
- Employers
- 162
- Median pay
- $217,000
- Disclose pay
- 80%
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Open Product Manager roles (373)
Product Manager
Acxiom
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Product Manager
Hearst Communications
San Francisco, CA
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Product Manager, Connections
Notion
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $238,000 – $250,000
This Product Manager role at Notion focuses on identifying customer problems and building collaborative AI products that feel simple and intuitive at scale. You'll work across design, engineering, and go-to-market teams to shape Notion's next major capabilities while balancing user experience, business impact, and technical complexity.
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Private Assets Product Manager - Sustainability and Climate
MSCI
Full-time · New York, NY · $138,000 – $179,000
This product management role at MSCI involves building AI-powered sustainability and climate solutions for private markets investors and managers, spanning strategy development, market analysis, and go-to-market execution across physical risk, transition risk, and nature risk. It suits experienced product managers with deep expertise in sustainability, private markets, financial services, and emerging AI capabilities who can drive product development end-to-end.
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Product Manager
Citigroup
Tampa, FL
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Product Manager
Cohere Health
United States
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Product Manager
Rockwell Automation
Mequon, WI
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Staff Product Manager, AI Infrastructure (Fleet Management)
Crusoe
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $215,000 – $260,000
Crusoe seeks a Staff Product Manager to own the product strategy for their GPU and CPU fleet management systems, defining how they provision, monitor, maintain, and optimize servers at scale. This role suits someone with deep infrastructure operations expertise who can translate complex operational needs into scalable products while leading cross-functional teams in a rapidly growing AI infrastructure company.
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Staff Product Manager, AI Management
Kong Company
San Francisco, CA · $175,000 – $210,000
Kong seeks a Staff Product Manager to lead the strategic direction and execution of their AI Management platform, focusing on agentic AI capabilities, LLM routing, and developer experience. This role suits experienced technical product leaders who thrive in high-velocity environments, can translate complex infrastructure concepts into product strategy, and excel at driving cross-functional alignment.
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Software Product Manager
LeoLabs
Remote · $171,000 – $194,000
This role leads the product strategy and commercialization of LeoLabs' Space Domain Awareness software platform, working with government and commercial customers to translate complex orbital operations challenges into scalable products. You'll own the product roadmap, customer relationships, engineering partnerships, and go-to-market execution for a mission-critical intelligence tool used by satellite operators and national security organizations.
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Where Product Managers commonly go next: Product Development Manager, Senior Product Manager.
Senior Product Manager
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
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Senior Product Manager
Workday
Boulder, CO
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Senior Product Manager
Cambia Health Solutions
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Senior Product Manager
Acxiom
Remote/Homebased
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Product Development Manager
U.S. Bank
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Senior Product Manager
Torc Robotics
Ann Arbor, MI
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Senior Product Manager
Rockwell Automation
Mequon, WI
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Senior Manager of Product Development, NOYZ
Beachhouse
Full-time · Los Angeles, CA · $120,000 – $130,000
This role leads the full product development lifecycle for NOYZ's fragrance innovations, from initial concept through market launch, working closely with leadership and cross-functional teams. It suits an experienced beauty product developer comfortable moving fast in a startup environment and managing multiple concurrent projects with formulation, testing, packaging, and regulatory partners.
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Senior Product Manager
Juniper Networks
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Senior Product Manager
Motorola Solutions
Schaumburg, IL
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What employers state they pay
Median
$217,000
Middle half
$175,000 – $252,000
From 300 of 373 open roles — the 80% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
Who employers are hiring
- Entry3%
- Mid15%
- Senior40%
- Lead / Staff / Principal29%
- Management10%
- Executive3%
From 346 roles whose posting states a level.
Skills Product Manager postings ask for
Measured from the 373 open roles, not from a curated list.
- Data Analysis50 roles13.4%
- Product Management47 roles12.6%
- Product Strategy35 roles9.4%
- SQL35 roles9.4%
- A/B Testing33 roles8.8%
- Agile22 roles5.9%
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)21 roles5.6%
- Machine Learning21 roles5.6%
- Generative AI15 roles4.0%
- API Design14 roles3.8%
Where Product Manager roles are
Among the 240 of 373 open roles we could place on a map.
- California107
- New York82
Employers hiring Product Managers
162 in total, most open roles first.
Intuit50 roles- MPMenlo Ventures Portfolio14 roles
- AAlphaSense8 roles
- MMastercard8 roles
The Home Depot8 roles- LLSEG7 roles
- CCrusoe6 roles
- RReddit6 roles
Reports on Product Manager hiring
- California Opened 787 New Roles This Week, Up 11.5% From 706Oct 27, 2026
- 18,599 Roles Opened and 8,090 Closed This Week, With Michigan Nearly TriplingOct 24, 2026
- Ohio Postings Slip to 230 New Roles, Down 12% in a WeekOct 22, 2026
- Product Manager Posted Pay Median Drops to $192,500 From $220,000Oct 21, 2026
- Minnesota New Postings Rose 50% This Week as the Wider Count FellOct 21, 2026