Product Manager
Decide what gets built and why, sitting between customers, designers and engineers.
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- Typical pay
- €46k–€98k
- Usual education
- Degree or experience-led
- Outlook
- Rarely an entry-level job — most people arrive from support, analysis, design or engineering.
A day in the life
Talking to users, writing up problems, prioritising ruthlessly, unblocking the team and saying no more than yes.
Ways in
- Graduate scheme
- Move across from analysis or support
- Associate PM programme
What to study at 16
The subjects you choose for the final years of secondary school can shape which degrees, exams and careers are easiest to reach. This is about choosing courses, not choosing a school.
Spain
Bachillerato de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
Portugal
Ciências Socioeconómicas
France
Bac général — spécialités
Germany
Oberstufe — Leistungskurse
Netherlands
Profiel Economie & Maatschappij
Poland
Liceum — rozszerzenia
Skills that matter
Best courses to take
The study routes that lead most directly into this career.
BSc Business Management
Broad grounding in how organisations work: strategy, finance, operations and people.
Commercial grounding for the role.
Helpful school subjects: Maths, Economics, English
BSc Computer Science
Programming, algorithms, systems and theory — the widest door into tech.
Best if you want to work on technical products.
Helpful school subjects: Maths, Computer science, Physics
Places that hire for this
Adyen
Product ownership in payments
Bliss Applications
Portfolio-led internships in digital product and interface design.
Euronext Lisbon
Small Lisbon team with graduate roles in listings, market data and operations.
Feedzai
Internships in Coimbra and Lisbon frequently convert into full-time roles.
Revolut
Product roles in a fast-scaling fintech
SAP
Enterprise product management
Scalable Capital
Broker and app product teams in Munich and Berlin.
SIBS / MB WAY
Payments operations and product traineeships across Multibanco and MB WAY.