Product Management Job Trends
An analysis of the Product Management job market
Introduction
Have a quick glance at many of the online job postings for product management positions.
There are seemingly endless variations and inconsistencies, but it is possible to uncover the trends and realize the primary types of product management jobs with the proper understanding.
This review provides a brief analysis of the product management job market and segmentation of the jobs according to the four different schools of thought in product management.
The Technical Product Manager
By viewing open product management positions related to software development, you may get an impression that the product manager is a highly technical role that works closely with the engineers and requires computer programming skills — a technical product manager.
The Technology approach to product management considers product management as an extension of product development and, at times, even subservient to product development.
Under the Technology approach, product management practitioners are expected to be technically proficient. Indeed, many are former engineers who perform various activities that support…
