Product2026
2026 Product Leadership Hiring Report
Directional 2026 read on product leadership hiring at venture-backed SaaS.
Hiring Demand
First VP Product and CPO searches accelerating in 2026. Board-led CPO searches leading the executive category.
Where the pool is thin
AI-native VP Product with regulated-market experience is the tightest sub-market we track.
This report is directional editorial intelligence based on Recruits Lab's active engagements, candidate conversations, compensation trends observed in offers, and years of executive recruiting experience. It is not a real-time labor market dataset. Read the full methodology.
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