Just make sure it's really a product manager position and not a project manager position if you decide to go in that direction. A product manager (IMO) "owns"

Just make sure it's really a product manager position and not a project manager position if you decide to go in that direction. A product manager (IMO) "owns" the product, where a project manager tends to wander around trying to facilitate things or implement some kind of agile, scrum, or other methodology...constantly messing around with burn-down charts and such. I don't have anything against real project manager positions, but most companies I've dealt with just don't properly utilize the role. The companies I've dealt with tend to have project managers embedded in too small of a team or teams to really add any value. In the long run a product manager is a good career choice if you can get in with the right place, they're going in the right direction, and they're developing the right products. But I don't see how you escape politics in a real product manager position. If this is "your" product that is being developed (you essentially own it), then you're going to have to sell your vision and to get the resources you need/want. You'll probably also ruffle some feathers in the process.