San Francisco Product Management: AI, Product Strategy, Stakeholder Management Lead 715 Roles -- January 2026
BetaSan Francisco's January 2026 product management market shows 724 open roles across 364 employers, with AI/ML PM positions reaching 25% of demand - the highest concentration among tracked cities. Remote and flexible arrangements account for 87% of postings, while the 44:1 senior-to-junior ratio marks the most competitive entry-level market.
This report analyzes 715 Product Management job postings from 357+ companies tracked via direct employer career pages and job board aggregators. Our coverage skews toward tech-forward and scaling companies; large enterprises using enterprise hiring platforms may be underrepresented. Coverage varies by section and is noted throughout.
Key Takeaways for Hiring Managers
Compensation
17% of roles with disclosed salary ranges
Overall Distribution
25th Percentile
$181K
Median
$210K
75th Percentile
$230K
IQR (Spread)
$49K
Advertised Salary by Seniority
Advertised Salary by Role
Employers Hiring for Product Management Roles
Biggest Gainer
Uber
+3pp
New This Month
Amazon, Airwallex, SoFi
Biggest Decline
Waymo
-1pp
Market interpretation: Uber leads with 5 open PM roles, gaining 3 positions from December. Fintech firms Airwallex, Capital One, and SoFi appear prominently, along with Amazon. The hiring distribution is relatively broad, with the top 5 employers accounting for 12% of tracked postings.
Industry Distribution
63% of roles with industry data
Biggest Gainer
Mobility & Transportation
+5pp
Biggest Decline
Crypto & Web3
-3pp
Fintech leads at 20%, followed by Mobility and Transportation at 14%. Mobility gained 4 percentage points from December while AI/ML as a standalone category declined 4 percentage points, suggesting AI talent may be shifting into established verticals. Coverage is 64% of roles with industry classification.
Role Specialization
Biggest Gainer
ai_ml_pm
+12pp
Biggest Decline
technical_pm
-13pp
Core PM roles lead at 41%, with AI/ML PM at 25% - the highest AI/ML concentration among tracked cities. AI/ML PM demand rose 11 percentage points from December while Technical PM declined 13 percentage points, suggesting reallocation of technical product talent toward AI initiatives. Growth PM (11%) and Platform PM (9%) round out the specializations.
Seniority Distribution
Junior: 0-2 years | Mid-Level: 3-5 years | Senior: 6-10 years | Staff/Principal: 11+ years (IC track) | Director+: Management track
Biggest Gainer
Director+
+3pp
Biggest Decline
Staff/Principal
-2pp
Senior-to-Junior Ratio
43:1
Senior+ roles per Junior role
Entry Accessibility Rate
9%
Junior + Mid-Level roles combined
Senior roles account for 60% of demand, with Director+ at 20% and Staff/Principal at 13%. The 44:1 senior-to-junior ratio is the most competitive entry-level market among tracked cities. Director+ roles gained 5 percentage points from December, possibly driven by organizational restructuring following January layoffs.
Company Maturity
62% of roles with company age data
Growth-stage companies (6-15 years) lead hiring at 50%, followed closely by Mature companies at 41%. Young companies under 5 years account for only 9% of roles, reflecting the market's shift toward established organizations with proven business models.
Ownership Type
63% of roles with ownership data
Private companies represent 53% of hiring, with publicly traded firms close behind at 40%. The relatively even split suggests opportunities across both venture-backed growth companies and established public enterprises in the San Francisco market.
Employer Size Distribution
58% of roles with company size data
Enterprise companies (1,000+ employees) account for 54% of PM hiring, with Scale-ups at 26% and Startups at 20%. This distribution reflects larger organizations' capacity to maintain hiring during an uncertain economic environment with elevated layoffs.
Working Arrangement
Onsite: office full-time | Hybrid: mix of office and remote | Remote: work from anywhere | Flexible: employee chooses arrangement
95% of roles with known working arrangement
Remote leads at 43%, followed by Hybrid at 24% and Flexible at 20%. Only 13% of roles require full onsite presence. The 87% flexibility rate indicates San Francisco employers continue to prioritize location flexibility to attract talent, despite some high-profile return-to-office mandates elsewhere.
Skills Demand
49% of roles with skills data
Skills insight: AI skills lead at 25% - the highest of any tracked city - followed by stakeholder management (17%), product strategy (16%), and roadmapping (15%). SQL (14%) and data analysis (13%) reflect continued emphasis on data-informed product decisions. The most common skill pairs combine cross-functional collaboration with roadmapping and product strategy.
Market Context
Methodology
This report analyzes direct employer job postings for Product Management roles in San Francisco during January 2026.
Data collection:
- 1.Over 700 roles from 364+ employers aggregated from multiple sources
- 2.Recruitment agency postings identified and excluded (2% of raw data)
- 3.Jobs deduplicated across sources to avoid double-counting
Classification:
- 1.Roles classified using an LLM-powered taxonomy
- 2.Subfamily, seniority, skills, and working arrangement extracted
- 3.Employer metadata enriched from company databases where available
Limitations:
- 1.Not a complete census of the market - some roles may not be captured
- 2.Skills analysis based on 349 roles with skill data (49% coverage)
- 3.Salary data available due to pay transparency law
- 4.Working arrangement based on 196 ATS-sourced roles (Adzuna excluded due to truncated descriptions)
Data coverage:
85%
Seniority coverage
Roles with seniority level classified
95%
Arrangement coverage
Roles with working arrangement known
49%
Skills coverage
Roles with skills extracted from description
73%
Employer metadata
Roles with enriched company data
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