The PM Role Isn't Dying — It's Relocating

The Future of Product Managers

TLDR: The classic PM role — sitting upstream, translating customer insights into specs for engineers — is eroding fast. Shipping has gone from expensive to nearly free, which means the filtering function PMs traditionally served is no longer needed in the same way. The question isn't whether the role survives, but what shape it takes next.

The future of Product Managers