How To Become An Assistant Product Manager, Marketing Manager: What It Is and Career Path

What is an assistant product manager, marketing manager and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

Quoted experts

Tobias Sellier,

Sachin Tuli

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being an assistant product manager, marketing manager. For example, did you know that they make an average of $50.79 an hour? That's $105,649 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 10% and produce 33,700 job opportunities across the U.S.

What general advice would you give to an assistant product manager, marketing manager?

Tobias Sellier

Senior Director, American Public Power Association

There are exciting opportunities to work for community-owned, not-for-profit, hometown public power. From engineers and customer service representatives to lineworkers and administrative professionals, there are many opportunities. And utility employees, being essential workers, even during these challenging times, there are still many jobs that will need to be filled.

ScoreAssistant Product Manager, Marketing ManagerUS Average

Salary

7.8

Avg. Salary $105,649

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

7.5

Growth rate 10%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

3.1

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.23%

Asian 8.15%

Black or African American 3.04%

Hispanic or Latino 8.67%

Unknown 5.32%

White 74.58%

Gender

female 59.88%

male 40.12%

Age - 38

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 38

Stress level

7.5

Stress level is high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

9.0

Complexity level is advanced

7 - challenging

Work life balance

3.5

Work life balance is poor

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become an assistant product manager, marketing manager

Explore assistant product manager, marketing manager education requirements

Most common assistant product manager, marketing manager degrees

Bachelor's

74.4 %

Master's

17.7 %

Associate

3.0 %

Start to develop specific assistant product manager, marketing manager skills

Skills	Percentages
Competitive Analysis	10.90%
Brand Management	10.03%
Product Development	9.05%
Product Management	8.93%
Marketing Campaigns	7.87%

Complete relevant assistant product manager, marketing manager training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 1-3 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New assistant product manager, marketing managers learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as an assistant product manager, marketing manager based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real assistant product manager, marketing manager resumes.

Research assistant product manager, marketing manager duties and responsibilities

Re-Brand and manage secondary Instagram account focuse on product across multiple store locations.
Promote to research target market customers and competitors and develop solution and sales strategies for on-premise and SaaS enterprise applications.
Provide statistical analysis and technical responses to customer RFQ.

Apply for assistant product manager, marketing manager jobs

Now it's time to start searching for an assistant product manager, marketing manager job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

Average assistant product manager, marketing manager salary

The average assistant product manager, marketing manager salary in the United States is $105,649 per year or $51 per hour. Assistant product manager, marketing manager salaries range between $71,000 and $155,000 per year.

Average assistant product manager, marketing manager salary

$105,649 Yearly

$50.79 hourly

How do assistant product manager, marketing managers rate their job?

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Assistant product manager, marketing manager reviews

A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2023

Pros

Solve tough problems, work on agile teams, outlet for creativity,

Cons

high expectations, constantly evolving technology, broad range of topics to learn (product management specifics, industry, technology, software development methods

A zippia user wrote a review on May 2019

Pros

Overseeing printing For direct mail. Packaging design Developing hot mail list.

Cons

Unreasonable deadlines.

What is an assistant product manager, marketing manager and how to become one

What general advice would you give to an assistant product manager, marketing manager?

Assistant product manager, marketing manager career paths

Key steps to become an assistant product manager, marketing manager

Explore assistant product manager, marketing manager education requirements

Most common assistant product manager, marketing manager degrees

Start to develop specific assistant product manager, marketing manager skills

Complete relevant assistant product manager, marketing manager training and internships

Research assistant product manager, marketing manager duties and responsibilities

Apply for assistant product manager, marketing manager jobs

How did you land your first assistant product manager, marketing manager job

Average assistant product manager, marketing manager salary

How do assistant product manager, marketing managers rate their job?

Assistant product manager, marketing manager reviews