# Engineering Managers' Involvement in Product Decisions

DevFeed: [Engineering Managers' Involvement in Product Decisions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-3-product-battles-84-of-ems-lose-32322.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.manager.dev/newsletter/business-oriented-em>)

Author: Anton Zaides

Published: 2026-08-11T06:01:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Manager.dev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/manager-dev.md>)

Topics: [Product Management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/product-management.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/context.md>), [Claude](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude.md>), [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>)

Tags: [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/context.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [engineering-manager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-manager.md>), [product-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-management.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that engineering managers should participate more actively in product decisions and business discussions. It cites a survey of more than 950 engineering managers, finding that 45% of experienced managers were barely involved and only 16% were very involved in product decisions.

## Source excerpt

Only 1 out of 6 EMs is involved in product decisions