Model PMs Earn 60% Premium Over Peers; Under 75 People Globally Have the Depth
aakashgupta · x · 2026-11-11
Aakash Gupta published a complete guide to the Model PM role, the highest-paying PM sub-field.
- Scraping PM listings across 95 company career pages, he found Model PMs command a median base pay premium of roughly 60% over non-AI PMs, consistent across mid, senior and staff levels.
- Scarcity: Madhu Guru, former product lead for Gemini and Veo (now senior director of AI at Meta), estimates fewer than 75 people globally have the required depth.
- The guide covers what the role is, backgrounds of model PMs, which labs are hiring, day-to-day work at top labs, key skills and how to get hired.
- Includes Cat Wu (former Claude Code product head) on building model intuition: talk to the model extensively and ask it to explain its own behavior.
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