roles

Primary Role:

Owns a product area and drives roadmap execution

Reporting Relations:

Reports to Director/Group PM

Decision Making Authority:

Owns roadmap within defined domain

Stratigic Planning

Contributes to quarterly planning

Team Management:

None (IC)

Meeting Involvment:

Drives product reviews; cross-functional alignment

Project Management:

Leads launches within domain

Communication:

Cross-functional stakeholder comms

Professional Development:

→ Principal PM / Lead PM / GPM

Primary Role:

Manages multiple PMs and owns a product portfolio

Reporting Relations:

Reports to Director/VP

Decision Making Authority:

Roadmap authority across portfolio

Stratigic Planning

Drives portfolio-level planning

Team Management:

Manages 2–5 PMs

Meeting Involvment:

Leadership team contributor

Project Management:

Oversees parallel product tracks

Communication:

Org-wide alignment

Professional Development:

→ Director of Product

Primary Role:

De facto head of product in small org or startup

Reporting Relations:

Reports to CEO/Founder

Decision Making Authority:

Full product decision authority

Stratigic Planning

Owns company product vision

Team Management:

May manage 1–3 PMs/designers

Meeting Involvment:

Executive team participant

Project Management:

Owns all product initiatives

Communication:

Internal + external (customers/investors)

Professional Development:

→ Head of Product / VP