Model PM pays a $345K median base.
That's 60% more than PMs outside AI.
AI‑native PM $258K
AI platform PM $231K
Applied AI PM $222K
PM outside AI $216K
I found 46 open model PM roles.
Only 1 of the 46 postings mentions a PhD, and only 8 ask for Python or SQL.
The most common ask is evals, in 76% of them.
fewer than 75 PMs in the world have the depth for AI‑native product work.
- Pick what the model gets better at
- Identify a model weakness.
Mid‑level: $371K vs $200K (+86%).
Senior: $345K vs $200K (+73%).
Staff and principal: $317K vs $235K (+35%).
- Compile 10 failure cases.
- Write correct answers for each.
- Run both cases on two models and compare.
- Turn "better" into an eval
- Read the transcripts of failed runs
- Write down how the model should behave
- Make the ship call
- Launch it to developers and users