M1M1 — Manager (Team Lead)
Product Management Product Lead / Group Product Manager
Manages a team of PMs and is responsible for an entire product line or significant area.
What this level means
Front-line people manager of a single team; owns delivery, coaching, and execution.
- Scope
- A single team
- Autonomy
- Manages within established goals
- Complexity
- Day-to-day delivery and people issues
- Impact
- Team output and health
- Decision rights
- Owns team execution, hiring input, performance
- Leadership
- Direct people management of one team
- Typical experience
- 3–6 yrs
What you'd do
- Coaching PMs
- Cross-product strategy alignment
- Owning a product portfolio roadmap
- Leading cross-functional product initiatives
- Ensuring product line profitability
- Developing and executing product strategies
- Managing product lifecycle from concept to launch
- Driving cross-departmental collaboration
- Coach and develop PMs
- Align cross-product strategies
- Own and manage product portfolio roadmap
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Team coaching
- Strategic alignment
- Product portfolio management
- Cross-functional leadership
- Profitability analysis
- Lifecycle management
- Strategic execution
- Collaboration
- Product portfolio strategies
- Leadership and team development
- Cross-functional strategy
- Profitability management
- Product lifecycle management
- Strategic execution
- Collaboration techniques
- Product line management
- Leadership
- Team development
- Product strategy
- Portfolio management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Strategic alignment
- Profitability management
- Lifecycle management
What good looks like
- Evidence of leadership potential
- Experience in managing other PMs
- Strong strategic management skills
Common titles
Manager, Product ManagementProduct Management ManagerManager, Product ManagerProduct Manager ManagerProduct Management Product Lead / Group Product Manager
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 17-0000 — Architecture & Engineering Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.