Corporate development > Product Management?

Been working in corporate development & strategy (work on both deals and corporate strategy) in a mid-cap publicly traded company for approximately three years. I am going to have the opportunity to make the move to product management if I so desire.

Product manager is something I have always been interested in, it is a market I know quite well (done a deal and processed several others) and I generally enjoy the industry at large. Also, product management/marketing are the “front-office” type roles within my industry.

I’m curious to hear anyone with experience or different perspectives on making this move. I am leaning towards taking it but it is a tough decision. Threw some random thoughts below.

Pros:
Learning curve
Closer to the products and customers, arguably more rewarding work
Opens future leadership opportunities beyond finance
Better hours
Focusing on one market
Still look at deals and own the strategy
Become a subject matter expert
Get away from modeling and ppt
Really like the head of the business unit
Better hours

Cons:
Enjoy corporate development and strategy work
Corp dev jobs are difficult to get, might not be able to get back in
Don’t know that I will enjoy every aspect of the PM job
Going to be acquisitive in the future
Politically, finance has tried to get me to go over to their group a couple times
Less visibility into the company and bigger picture issues

I’d love to hear others thoughts and experiences.