Agree with this. In fact, Lead Data Scientist roles often become de facto PM roles, where the LDS basically spends their time prioritizing the important research questions DS has to solve based on customer and business needs.

I've been hearing from multiple people that this is a gap that's really hard to fill right now -- PMs who can work with heavy DS and AI products. It's much easier to train experienced data scientists to be PMs than the other way round.