product management

[prod-uhkt man-ij-muhnt]

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.

Other Word Forms

• product manager noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of product management¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

In 1975, its subsidiary Echo Inc. unveiled the first gasoline-powered model in the U.S., said Wayne Thomsen, Echo’s vice president of marketing and product management.

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“It’s beginning to mature into creators really building businesses,” said Thomas Kim, YouTube’s director of product management for creator monetization.

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Positions in product management, applied sciences, electrical engineering and other fields were also eliminated.

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In 2019, Bynes graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising with an associate’s degree in product management.

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Trace One, a product management software company, studied the number of food recalls in the U.S. between 2020 and 2024 and found that the number of recalls grew from 454 to 547 per year.

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