Management without domain knowledge is there for other reasons. One of them probably includes speaking to the outside world: customers, people who certainly don

Management without domain knowledge is there for other reasons. One of them probably includes speaking to the outside world: customers, people who certainly don't have domain knowledge. It's not strange that this kind of job may require as many FTEs as doing actual work. Maybe what is strange is calling it 'management', and implying a hierarchy. I've experienced corporate cultures in a few places, and Americans do love their hierarchies! If that bothers you, you could consider a job in a place where this is less so.