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

That didn’t stop investors from hitting the sell button again, especially after Anthropic released new tools that included more-powerful coding assistants and functions that can be used for corporate tasks such as product management.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 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

"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

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

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