I’m a PM and this is spot on. The PM is not some sort of authoritarian decision maker that tells the team what to build (like this article seems to say), the PM

I’m a PM and this is spot on. The PM is not some sort of authoritarian decision maker that tells the team what to build (like this article seems to say), the PM should be a close ally of the team. He/she will work closely with their team to define the roadmap and prioritise work that will have the biggest impact for customers and the business. When The PM is doing a great job, it should be so obvious for the engineers what problems they need to solve next and understand why they need to solve it.