product development manager

Product development managers coordinate the development of new products from beginning to end. They receive briefings and start envisioning the new product considering design, technical and cost criteria. They conduct research on market needs and create prototypes of new products for untapped market opportunities. Product development managers also improve and boost technological quality.

The most in-demand skills for this role include product life-cycle, design management, market research, industrial research and development, combine business technology with user experience, manage budgets. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives product development manager a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.