That's usually what happens: assigned product people to engineering teams who focus on what the engineering team works on, then they report one level higher. Y

That's usually what happens: assigned product people to engineering teams who focus on what the engineering team works on, then they report one level higher. You shouldn't be seeing a new decision-making Product person every month or so - that's bad news bears. It gets to this state naturally if your product is fairly large and has loose/well-defined modules that are distinct from one-another.