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Senior Data Product Manager | AI, SaaS & Data Strategy | Duluth, MN

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Month: September 2026

Data Product Manager Salary Negotiation: Why I Left $47K

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I accepted a data PM role at $138K, only to discover the same company hired a PM for $185K with nearly identical responsibilities. The mistake? Negotiating within the wrong salary band. Here’s what I learned about positioning and anchoring.

Published September 2, 2026
Categorized as Data Product Management

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