Traditional consumer product companies have
always considered product management to be
a marketing role, which is why it seems to make
sense to put product management there. And it
does make sense—if the marketing department
is defining and delivering products and not just
promoting them. Alas, as we explored earlier,
many technology companies consider the term
“marketing” to be synonymous with “marketing
communications.” So if the Marketing department
is only about delivering products but not defining
them, product managers should be elsewhere.