# Market evidence report — product-development-manager

Source: **28 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 28), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 16 | 57 % |
| senior | 7 | 25 % |
| lead | 5 | 18 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 9 | 32 % |
| 2 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 5 | 18 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Word | 4 | 14 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Office | 3 | 11 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | product development | 15 | 54 % |
| 2 | data analysis | 11 | 39 % |
| 3 | project management | 10 | 36 % |
| 4 | regulatory compliance | 6 | 21 % |
| 5 | budget management | 3 | 11 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continuous improvement | 3 | 11 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | team leadership | 6 | 21 % |
| 2 | cross-functional collaboration | 5 | 18 % |
| 3 | product development | 5 | 18 % |
| 4 | process improvement | 4 | 14 % |
| 5 | project execution | 3 | 11 % |
| 6 | stakeholder communication | 3 | 11 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 28 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

**Insufficient evidence** — 28 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Product Development Manager | 3 |
| (Senior) Product Development Manager (gn) - Protein Powder Category More | 1 |
| Director of Product Development | 1 |
| Director of R&D and Product Strategy | 1 |
| Director of Research and Development – Portfolio Management | 1 |
| IT Product Development Manager | 1 |
| Manager - Product Development | 1 |
| Manager New Product Development Sourcing | 1 |
| Manager, Combination Product Development | 1 |
| Manager, Product Development | 1 |
| Product Design & Development Manager | 1 |
| Product Development & Production Manager (Mandarin speaking) | 1 |
| Product Development Lead, Apparel | 1 |
| Product Development Manager - Packaged Industrial Refrigeration Systems | 1 |
| Product Development Manager Job | 1 |
| R&D- Application Development Manager | 1 |
| R&D Manager Leadership Development Program, Solid Tumor | 1 |
| Research & Development Manager | 1 |
| Research and Development Value Creation Manager | 1 |
| Senior Director, R&D Management | 1 |
| Senior Manager, Product Development | 1 |
| Senior Manager, Product Development - Critical Infrastructure & Advanced Manufacturing | 1 |
| Senior Manager, Research & Development | 1 |
| Senior Manager, Research & Development in Delran | 1 |
| Senior R&D Manager, Nutraceutical Formulations | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.