Ashney Market WatchIndiaProduct Manager Issue of 2 November 2026

Product Manager hiring in India picks up pace, with 32% more new roles posted

970 open roles across 426 companies, but the job still goes mostly to people with experience to show for it.

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Experience asked 6 yrs

is what the typical role asks for. 25% ask for 10 years or more.

75% of open roles state years
New roles, 30 days +32%

399 new roles in the last 30 days, against 302 the 30 days before, at the same companies.

Companies read for 60 days or more
Open roles 970

at 426 companies hiring in India.

Issue of 2 November 2026

This week's read

There are 970 open Product Manager roles in India right now, spread across 426 companies. New postings are up 32% over the last 30 days compared to the 30 days before. The weekly count has been climbing most weeks since mid September and the latest week matches the highest point so far, so the pace has not slowed.

This is not an entry level market. The median minimum experience asked for is 6 years, and 1 in 4 postings want 10 years or more. Three out of four postings state a years requirement at all, so most employers are being specific about where they draw the line.

GSK, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Paytm and Axis Bank are among the biggest employers hiring for this role, and together the top 8 companies hold 24% of all open roles. The rest of the market is spread thin across hundreds of other companies, so it pays to look beyond the biggest names too.

If you want to work from home, options are limited: only 3% of open roles are remote. On skills, AI and machine learning is named in 31% of postings, well ahead of anything else, and Agile is named in 37%. Jira and Scrum both show up in more than 1 in 10 postings, so familiarity with how teams actually run sprints is clearly expected.

Pay is rarely stated in these postings, so there is not enough data to say what the market pays. Roles stay open a median of 26 days, giving you a rough sense of how long a posting tends to stay live before it is filled or pulled.

What this means for you

Three things you can act on this week

  • Experience is the real filter

    The median minimum ask is 6 years, and a quarter of postings want 10 years or more. If you are earlier in your career, look for the 1 in 4 postings that do not state a years requirement.

  • Remote is rare

    Only 3% of open Product Manager roles in India are remote. Plan your search around on-site or hybrid roles unless you are specifically filtering for the small remote slice.

  • AI and Agile show up most

    AI and machine learning appear in 31% of postings and Agile in 37%. Jira and Scrum each appear in more than 1 in 10. These are the terms worth having ready in your resume and interview answers.

Momentum

New Product roles each week

Last 30 days: 399 new roles, against 302 the 30 days before (+32%). Each week counts the same companies, and a role counts as new only in the week it was posted, so a careers site we start reading never shows up as growth.

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See the numbers
Week startingNew roles
7 Sep77
14 Sep69
21 Sep69
28 Sep88
5 Oct102
12 Oct107
19 Oct81
26 Oct115

Who is hiring

The companies with the most open Product roles

426 companies are hiring. The top eight hold 24% of the open roles.

CompanyOpen rolesChange in new roles
GSK 45
Kotak Mahindra Bank 37
Paytm 36
Axis Bank 33
Amazon 31
Bajaj Finance 18
Mastercard 16
LTIMindtree 14

Change compares new roles in the last 30 days with the 30 days before, shown where a company posted 25 or more in the earlier 30 days. Staffing agencies are left out. A company name links to its Ashney company page where there is one.

What they ask for

The technology Product roles ask for most

Ask Rate is the share of roles that name a skill, from 916 postings read in full. Ways of working (methods such as Agile, tools such as Jira) are listed apart; office tools and soft skills are left out.

AI and machine learning31%
SQL12%
Azure DevOps5%
AWS5%
Python4%
Azure4%

Ways of working

Agile37%
Jira15%
Scrum13%
Confluence6%
SAFe6%
OKRs3%

Industries named most: SaaS 15%, Fintech 12%, Payments 11%. Certifications named: CSPO 4%, Professional Scrum Product Owner 2%, PMP 1%. 3% of open roles say they are remote.

Cite this report

Ashney Market Watch, "Product Manager hiring in India, 2 November 2026", ashney.ai/market/pm/india
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How we count

Ashney reads companies' own careers sites directly, hourly, not job boards. A role posted for many cities counts once, and staffing agencies are left out. A role counts as new in the week it was posted, and every change is measured at the same companies in both periods, so a careers site we start reading never shows up as growth. The written read is by the Ashney Intelligence Engine from this issue's numbers only, and every number and employer in it is checked against them before it is published. This report is written weekly; issue of 2 November 2026.

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