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What is the right PM to Eng ratio? I’m the first PM and we have 8 engineers and 1 Designer.

Katherine Man
HubSpot Group Product Manager, CRM Platform2y
The ideal product manager to engineer ratio can vary from company to company and even team to team, but it usually depends on the company size, product complexity, the sk...
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Aaron Bloom
Bluevine Senior Director of Product Management | Formerly Xero, Practice Fusion10mo
I haven't found a universal formula for the right PM : Engineering ratio. I’ve worked with everything from one developer to much larger teams - both can be effective in t...
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Ingo Wiegand
Samsara Vice President of Product Management - Safety4y
The right PM to Eng ratio depends on a couple of different factors, many of which can from my perspective be boiled down to 1) the overall stage and scale of the company...
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DJ Chung
Shopify Senior Staff Product Manager3y
Don't think there's a "right" ratio, but I would say 1 PM to 6-12 engineers is a good ratio. I think beyond 12 engineers, it gets a little difficult for a PM to stay on t...
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Saikat Paul
Asana Former Head of Product Operations | Formerly Adobe2y
I honestly don't think there is a right ratio. Team makeup should not be decided by arbitrary industry averages, but rather based on the nature and complexity of the prob...
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C. Todd Lombardo
Co-author Product Roadmaps Relaunched | Formerly Openly, MachineMetrics, ConstantContact, Vempathy, Fresh Tilled Soil2y
I generally go by this guide7 to 10 engineers for every 1 designer1 product manager for every 7 to 10 "makers" (designers + engineers)It's never a hard and fast rule as e...
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Tamar Hadar
Senior Director of Product | Strategic Planning, Mentoring | Formerly The Knot Worldwide, Trello (Atlassian)5mo
Every PM dreams of a steady, sustainable flow of work that leads to great outcomes. The tricky part is finding that “sustainable pace.” On one end of the spectrum, you ha...
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Sam Friedman
Eventbrite Senior Director of Product2y
In my experience, there is no golden ratio or right answer to this question. Many factors determine what the "right" ratio is depending on the industry, org structure, si...
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Yogesh Paliwal
Cisco Director of Product Management1y
TL,DR: Without knowing specifics of your situation, it seems like you have right ration for now. Long version Process don't decide business, business decides processes D...
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Milena Krasteva
Walmart Sr Director II, Product Management - Marketing Technology4y
1:10 is what has been used as a rule of thumb in my experience. A PM wears many hats. If you don't have a program manager (pgm/tpm) 30% - 40% of the PM's time may be goin...
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