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Will AI replace director of products?
Based on live job postings — updated November 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting director of products. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 222 live director of products openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 50% of current director of products openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
222live openings
50%ask for AI skills
21%remote
153companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: Communication, Product Management, Influence, Collaboration, Organization, Product Strategy — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Scopely | 10 |
| Epic Games | 8 |
| Elastic | 7 |
| WPP | 7 |
| Affirm | 4 |
| Ethos | 4 |
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