Can't stand list managers. Give me mature developers, architects, product managers, and jira. If someone wants to help take notes, that's fine. But dont confuse that with leadership.
To me this just shows a misunderstanding of what project management is (and is not). Good PMs do to a certain extent manage a list of tasks, dates, and features. But it's a small part of what they do.
And just because a lot of us would rather not spend half the day emailing C-level folks in our organization does not mean that it's not important.
And just because a lot of us would rather not spend half the day emailing C-level folks in our organization does not mean that it's not important.