product management

American  

[prod-uhkt man-ij-muhnt] / ˈprɒd əkt ˈmæn ɪdʒ mənt /

noun

1. 1. the act, process, or task of planning, developing, and delivering products or services (often used attributively).

      Her 20 years of experience in product management includes positions at medical and biotechnology companies.

      We're shifting to a more formal product management process, using business software instead of just going with the flow.

   2. a department or group of people responsible for this task at a company.

      He's been head of product management at the company for six years.

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Other Word Forms

• product manager noun

Etymology

Origin of product management

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

“It’s been a lot of dinner table anxiety,” said Babith Bhoopalan, who worked for Microsoft in product management and customer experience before founding his own consulting company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

“In the past, I had to pay nanny taxes, and every year TurboTax would ask me, ‘This is unusual, does this apply to you?’” says Keela Robison, TurboTax’s vice president of product management.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

“Our goal is to protect the helpfulness of Search for people who want information quickly, while also giving websites the right tools to manage their content,” Ron Eden, Google’s principal for product management, said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

"Any new controls need to avoid breaking search in a way that leads to a fragmented or confusing experience for people," the company's principal for product management, Ron Eden, said in a statement.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

He last served as YouTube’s vice president of product management since 2016 and was in charge of the company’s music and premium, as well as its subscriptions and commerce efforts.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024