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title: 'PMM, Marketing Manager, and Head of Marketing are not the same job — and conflating them creates overload, not efficiency.'
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# PMM, Marketing Manager, and Head of Marketing are not the same job, and conflating them creates overload, not efficiency.

## Claim
Product Marketing Manager, Marketing Manager, Head of Marketing, not the same job. Not even close. They all sit under 'marketing,' but work, mindset, day-to-day, almost nothing overlaps.

## Mechanism
Each role has a distinct focus: PMM connects features to pain points and measures adoption; Marketing Manager owns channels and demand gen; Head of Marketing sets strategy and aligns with the CEO. When one person does all three, it's overload, not efficiency.