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There’s a lot of chatter about AI ‘replacing’ product managers. While it’s great for clicks, I think it misses the real story. AI isn’t coming for our jobs; it’s coming for the tedious parts of our jobs.
Think about the hours we spend on tactical, repetitive tasks: transcribing user interviews, writing first-draft user stories, summarizing endless feedback threads. These are critical inputs, but the manual work is draining. AI is rapidly becoming a world-class co-pilot for this kind of synthesis and generation, freeing us from the busywork.
This is a massive opportunity. By offloading tactical execution, we’re freed up to focus on the truly irreplaceable parts of product management: deep customer empathy, stakeholder diplomacy, market intuition, and setting a compelling strategic vision. Our role is shifting from ‘backlog administrator’ to ‘problem-space expert’. Instead of drowning in tickets, we can invest more time in high-value discovery and strategy. Smart platforms that help synthesize user research, like what we’re building at https://leera.io, are designed to accelerate this very shift.
This elevates the entire role, but it also raises the bar for what a great PM needs to be.
So, where have you started using AI to automate tactical work, and how are you reinvesting that time to become more strategic?