BPMA surveyed companies in a variety of industries, the majority of which had 500 or more employees, with over half in the software industry. 83% of respondents were product management leaders at the director level or above.

Seeking to better understand the current state of DE&I in the field of product management, BPMA surveyed product leaders and found that there are 1/3 as many BIPOC product managers as there are BIPOC people in the overall population, and that more diverse teams may outperform less diverse teams. BIPOC people are historically underrepresented populations including Black, Latino, Native American and Pacific Islanders.

In this session, we’ll walk through the financial benefits of diverse teams, the results of BPMA survey and look at tools to successfully facilitate diverse workers and teams.

• 35 min speaking time

• 15 min small group

• 20 min group Q&A