Principal Product Manager Career Path
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Based on 23 Jobtrees users who were a Principal Product Manager in their career, on average, they have 4.96 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 4.2 years on average and earn NA per year on average in this more senior role.
0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Principal Product Manager are Product Manager, Technical Program Manager and Consultant. Product Manager, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs.
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How can I become a
The most common career steps to get to Principal Product Manager are Senior Product Manager, Director Of Product Management and Product Manager based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
Senior Product Manager, the most common step before Principal Product Manager, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
While Senior Product Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Principal Product Manager that is an overwhelmingly common path. This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Principal Product Manager so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
While Senior Product Manager isn't from the same job family as Principal Product Manager, Scientist - General, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Director Of Product Management also being a common career path to Principal Product Manager.
What should I know about the career path
Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Senior Product Manager being on the path to and from Principal Product Manager. This is common when people move to companies of different sizes or choose to return to a function they fit well with.
Principal Product Manager is part of the Scientist - General job family which has a variety of unique role within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.