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Product Management Career Ladders
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● Product Manager
● Senior Product Manager
● Principal Product Manager
● Senior Product Manager
● Manager, Product Management
● Sr. Manager, Product Management
● Director, Product Management
● Vice President
Individual Contributor Manager
* The highest manager titles usually manage across disciplines, not just product managers

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● Product Manager ● Product Manager
● Director, Product Management
● Vice President, Product Management
Individual Contributor Manager
* The Product Manager title is made up of multiple levels (L4 - L7)

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● Associate Product Manager
● Product Manager
● Senior Product Manager ● Senior Product Manager
● Group Product Manager
● Director, Product Management
● Sr. Director, Product Management
● Vice President, Product Management
Individual Contributor Manager
* The Associate PM and PM titles are made up of 2 and 3 levels, respectively

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● Associate Product Manager
● Product Manager
● Senior Product Manager
● Principal Product Manager ● Group Product Manager
● Director, Product Management
● Sr. Director, Product Management
● Vice President, Product Management
Individual Contributor Manager

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● Program Manager 1, 2
● Senior Program Manager
● Principal Program Manager
● Partner Program Manager
● Senior Program Manager Lead
● Principal Program Manager Lead
● Principal Group Program Manager
● Partner Director, Program Management
Individual Contributor Manager
* Microsoft uses the title Program Manager instead of Product Manager; each title has 2 or more levels

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● Associate Product Manager
● Product Manager
● Senior Product Manager
● Director, Product Management
● Sr. Director, Product Management
● Director, Product Management
● Sr. Director, Product Management
● Vice President, Product Management
● Sr. Vice President, Product Management
Individual Contributor Manager
* Salesforce is one of the few firms that allows Director/Sr. Director titles for individual contributors

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● Associate Product Manager
● Product Manager 1, 2
● Senior Product Manager ● Senior Product Manager
● Group Product Manager
● Director, Product Management
● Sr. Director, Product Management
● Vice President, Product Management
Individual Contributor Manager

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● Associate Product Manager
● Product Manager 1, 2
● Senior Product Manager 1, 2 ● Senior Product Manager 1, 2
● Group Product Manager
● Director, Product Management
● Vice President, Product Management
Individual Contributor Manager

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