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Does gender play a role
in product management?
A bit about me
Amanda Ralph
Product Management ‘evangalist’, mentor and
that product chick
@thatproductchic www.thatproductchick.com au.pinterest.com/thatproductchic/
So why talk about gender?
#prodmgmtwomen #thatproductchick
In numbers too big
to ignore
• Can we really afford to ignore 50% of the population?
• Women control and influence household purchasing
decisions. Gender diversity brings new perspectives into
your product strategy and design considerations
• Diverse teams (both Board, Executive and general) are
more innovative, resulting in better products, better
business performance and a strategic and competitive
advantage in market
• Failure to consider gender in product design can also lead
to very real omissions (and associated failures and costs)
in product efficacy
Gendered Innovations Stanford University
Why women matter
McKinsey Women Matter
Diversity improves profitability
Skema Business School Observatoire de la féminisation des entreprises
Are the known benefits of gender
diversity reflected in the world of
product?
OVERT
You could be forgiven for thinking that
the role of product manager is an
exclusively male affair
Apparently to be a product manager you need to
wear a tie (or at least know HTML)
I’ll stick with my
pearls thank you.
Have a good amount of
facial hair
Being a cartoon guy seems to help
…even cats seem to get greater representation
Cats.
Help!
So how does product management
stack up in terms of the numbers?
63% male
The 2016 Pragmatic Marketing Survey found that 63% of product managers are
male. This increased to 79% among more senior PMs, those earning above $200k.
Pragmatic Marketing 16th Annual Survey Results
The survey
supports more
general findings
in Australia
The higher up the
organisational hierarchy,
the more pronounced the
inequality of gender
representation.
Workplace Gender Equality Agency Statistics
“As women move up the corporate ladder
they are increasingly isolated because there
are fewer and fewer women the more senior
they go,”
www.moneymanagement.com.au/expert-analysis/editorial/women-finance-breaking-down-barriers-and-stereotypes
Looks like a
scene out of
Mad Men.
COVERT
Many aspects of product management
are covertly male
Women product managers need to overcome
implicit and unconscious bias
Women’s leadership is evaluated differently
to men’s
abrasive too assertive
pushy bossy outspoken
You need to let others shine
ability to execute confident self-starter
shows initiative problem solver
aggressive delivery nailed it smart
The evaluating manager’s
gender isn’t a factor.
performance review gender bias
Performance Feedback – not the same for women
and men
performance review gender bias
Loaded Language?
A study of performance reviews found that, compared with men, women receive:
2.5 TIMES
as much feedback about having an aggressive communication style
2.4 TIMES
as many references to team accomplishments
ABOUT HALF
as many references to their having vision
ABOUT HALF
as many references to their technical expertise
ONE THIRD
as much feedback linked to business outcomes
Stanford University, Clayman Institute for Gender Research
How does it affect women’s career
progression within product management?
• It puts a very real barrier to women progressing in their product
management careers
• Within S.E.T. sectors, in particular, it is one of the reasons many women
exit their product careers early
• Labour supply is not the issue
Gender bias turns up at work in feedback WSJ
What does it mean for women product
managers trying to deliver product initiatives
across an enterprise?
To be an effective product manager you need
to lead and communicate.
You need to influence and direct – strategy,
teams and work streams.
And work across a diverse and often complex
group of stakeholders, negotiating and
building trust.
Ironically, the very skills core to a product
manager’s role are often couched as ‘soft’
What does it mean for women venturing into
product start ups?
Investors preferred entrepreneurial ventures pitched by a man than an
identical pitch from a woman by a rate of 68% to 32% in a study
conducted jointly by HBS, Wharton, and MIT Sloan.
PNAS Investors prefer entrepreneurial ventures pitched by attractive men
“Male-narrated pitches
were rated as more
persuasive, logical and
fact-based than the
same pitches
narrated by a female
voice.”
And it only gets worse if you are unlucky
enough to be an ‘attractive’ woman
Clearly chicks can’t
be good looking
and smart
PNAS Investors prefer entrepreneurial ventures pitched by attractive men
Think you’re immune?
“I’m not biased”
Unconscious Bias - A highly effective toolbox
Both men and women implicitly associate men
with leadership
Younger respondents have a stronger implicit association between men and leadership.
Unconscious Bias - A highly effective toolbox
“I want every little girl
who’s told she’s bossy,
to be told instead she
has leadership skills –
Sheryl Sandberg, CEO Facebook
DESIGN
Why gender matters in product design
Gender in product design
Who’s buying your products?
• Globally, women control or influence
household consumption
• Women constitute the fastest growing global
market, worth over $20T*
• In China, female earnings are projected to
grow from $1.3T in 2010 to $4T by 2020**
** The female economy in China and India
* The female economy
Global Buying Power of Women
The solution is not
‘pink’ products
Zzzz…
Your products must be designed to solve for
a customer need and job to be done
Utility and aesthetics
And not just in categories traditionally thought to be ‘pink’
And this needs to translate across the E2E
product/service proposition
Mamamia - Women Have the Buying Power
Why does it matter?
Don’t let unconscious bias unhinge your
product strategy
• Unconscious bias drives our behaviours and decisions
• It drives them in relation to our colleagues
• It drives them in relation to our customers
• It is why we need to be aware and conscious in our decision making
What can be done to even the
playing field?
Awareness is key
The words we use can
be a window into our
conscious and
unconscious thoughts.
They can be
indicators of bias.
Women need to
help each other
Be supportive.
Share experiences.
Mentor.
Sponsor.
Lead.
Women need to be proactive in
managing their product management careers
• Don’t hold yourself back – work outside your comfort zone and take
the opportunities that come your way
• Be explicit about your career aspirations and choices. Ask for and
participate in professional development and training
• Keep real-time records - objective metrics and compliments that you
can use in your performance conversation
• Use these records to publicly celebrate successes – personal and team
• You are not going to be able to please everyone all the time – respected
versus liked
• Don’t undermine yourself – be quietly confident
• Watch out for being unfairly assigned ‘office housework’. Be strategic
about what you say yes to and what you say no to
What works to overcome bias
We need to sponsor
female talent
We need men and women
to actively sponsor female
talent within the product
management community
Always two there
are, no more, no
less. A master and
an apprentice..
Skills and approaches that can help overcome
bias
• Know your product portfolio financials and metrics – metrics are hard to
argue against; they build your credentials and can bridge divides based on
stereotypes or biases
• Actively engage stakeholders early and frequently – even the tough ones.
• As a product leader, actively hire for diversity and inclusion. Be
conscious of your inherent bias.
• Support your team to work across (and up) your organisational structure
Place your screenshot here
Be aware.
Check your own
biases
And contribute to making
the product management
community inclusive and
diverse.
Reflectiveof the communities in which our products thrive!
Thank you!
Any questions?
You can find me at thatproductchick@gmail.com
www.thatproductchick.com
Further reading
• Earning your "Geek Cred": Advice for Women in Product Management, May 8, 2014, Michelle Harper
• Gender Differences in Product Management, 23 July 2013, Natalie Yan-Chatonsky
• Technology’s Man Problem, 5 April 2015, Claire Can Miller
• Portraying Women in Product Management
• What I talk about when I talk about Women in Product, 19 September 2015, Merci Victoria Grace
• What Women Bring to Tech Product Management: Advice From a Pro, 15 May 2013, Jessica Schimm
• The Role of Women in the Software Industry: A Global Disgrace, 4 February 2016, Greg Prickril
• Why She Buys – the female factor, Bridget Brennan
• Gender Equity Insights 2016: Inside Australia’s Gender Pay Gap, WGEA
• Women Matter – The business and economic case for gender diversity, McKinsey & Company
• How to recognise and overcome your unconscious bias, 14 December 2015, Kelly Long
• 8 Female Leaders on How To Overcome What’s Holding Women Back, 9 October 2014, Vivian Giang
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Does gender play a role in product management v3.7

  • 1. Does gender play a role in product management?
  • 2. A bit about me Amanda Ralph Product Management ‘evangalist’, mentor and that product chick @thatproductchic www.thatproductchick.com au.pinterest.com/thatproductchic/
  • 3. So why talk about gender? #prodmgmtwomen #thatproductchick
  • 4. In numbers too big to ignore • Can we really afford to ignore 50% of the population? • Women control and influence household purchasing decisions. Gender diversity brings new perspectives into your product strategy and design considerations • Diverse teams (both Board, Executive and general) are more innovative, resulting in better products, better business performance and a strategic and competitive advantage in market • Failure to consider gender in product design can also lead to very real omissions (and associated failures and costs) in product efficacy Gendered Innovations Stanford University
  • 6. Diversity improves profitability Skema Business School Observatoire de la féminisation des entreprises
  • 7. Are the known benefits of gender diversity reflected in the world of product?
  • 8. OVERT You could be forgiven for thinking that the role of product manager is an exclusively male affair
  • 9. Apparently to be a product manager you need to wear a tie (or at least know HTML) I’ll stick with my pearls thank you.
  • 10. Have a good amount of facial hair
  • 11. Being a cartoon guy seems to help
  • 12. …even cats seem to get greater representation Cats. Help!
  • 13. So how does product management stack up in terms of the numbers?
  • 14. 63% male The 2016 Pragmatic Marketing Survey found that 63% of product managers are male. This increased to 79% among more senior PMs, those earning above $200k. Pragmatic Marketing 16th Annual Survey Results
  • 15. The survey supports more general findings in Australia The higher up the organisational hierarchy, the more pronounced the inequality of gender representation. Workplace Gender Equality Agency Statistics
  • 16. “As women move up the corporate ladder they are increasingly isolated because there are fewer and fewer women the more senior they go,” www.moneymanagement.com.au/expert-analysis/editorial/women-finance-breaking-down-barriers-and-stereotypes Looks like a scene out of Mad Men.
  • 17. COVERT Many aspects of product management are covertly male
  • 18. Women product managers need to overcome implicit and unconscious bias
  • 19. Women’s leadership is evaluated differently to men’s abrasive too assertive pushy bossy outspoken You need to let others shine ability to execute confident self-starter shows initiative problem solver aggressive delivery nailed it smart The evaluating manager’s gender isn’t a factor. performance review gender bias
  • 20. Performance Feedback – not the same for women and men performance review gender bias Loaded Language? A study of performance reviews found that, compared with men, women receive: 2.5 TIMES as much feedback about having an aggressive communication style 2.4 TIMES as many references to team accomplishments ABOUT HALF as many references to their having vision ABOUT HALF as many references to their technical expertise ONE THIRD as much feedback linked to business outcomes Stanford University, Clayman Institute for Gender Research
  • 21. How does it affect women’s career progression within product management? • It puts a very real barrier to women progressing in their product management careers • Within S.E.T. sectors, in particular, it is one of the reasons many women exit their product careers early • Labour supply is not the issue Gender bias turns up at work in feedback WSJ
  • 22. What does it mean for women product managers trying to deliver product initiatives across an enterprise? To be an effective product manager you need to lead and communicate. You need to influence and direct – strategy, teams and work streams. And work across a diverse and often complex group of stakeholders, negotiating and building trust.
  • 23. Ironically, the very skills core to a product manager’s role are often couched as ‘soft’
  • 24. What does it mean for women venturing into product start ups? Investors preferred entrepreneurial ventures pitched by a man than an identical pitch from a woman by a rate of 68% to 32% in a study conducted jointly by HBS, Wharton, and MIT Sloan. PNAS Investors prefer entrepreneurial ventures pitched by attractive men “Male-narrated pitches were rated as more persuasive, logical and fact-based than the same pitches narrated by a female voice.”
  • 25. And it only gets worse if you are unlucky enough to be an ‘attractive’ woman Clearly chicks can’t be good looking and smart PNAS Investors prefer entrepreneurial ventures pitched by attractive men
  • 26. Think you’re immune? “I’m not biased” Unconscious Bias - A highly effective toolbox
  • 27. Both men and women implicitly associate men with leadership Younger respondents have a stronger implicit association between men and leadership. Unconscious Bias - A highly effective toolbox
  • 28. “I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy, to be told instead she has leadership skills – Sheryl Sandberg, CEO Facebook
  • 29. DESIGN Why gender matters in product design
  • 30. Gender in product design Who’s buying your products? • Globally, women control or influence household consumption • Women constitute the fastest growing global market, worth over $20T* • In China, female earnings are projected to grow from $1.3T in 2010 to $4T by 2020** ** The female economy in China and India * The female economy Global Buying Power of Women
  • 31. The solution is not ‘pink’ products Zzzz…
  • 32. Your products must be designed to solve for a customer need and job to be done Utility and aesthetics And not just in categories traditionally thought to be ‘pink’
  • 33. And this needs to translate across the E2E product/service proposition Mamamia - Women Have the Buying Power
  • 34. Why does it matter? Don’t let unconscious bias unhinge your product strategy • Unconscious bias drives our behaviours and decisions • It drives them in relation to our colleagues • It drives them in relation to our customers • It is why we need to be aware and conscious in our decision making
  • 35. What can be done to even the playing field?
  • 36. Awareness is key The words we use can be a window into our conscious and unconscious thoughts. They can be indicators of bias.
  • 37. Women need to help each other Be supportive. Share experiences. Mentor. Sponsor. Lead.
  • 38. Women need to be proactive in managing their product management careers • Don’t hold yourself back – work outside your comfort zone and take the opportunities that come your way • Be explicit about your career aspirations and choices. Ask for and participate in professional development and training • Keep real-time records - objective metrics and compliments that you can use in your performance conversation • Use these records to publicly celebrate successes – personal and team • You are not going to be able to please everyone all the time – respected versus liked • Don’t undermine yourself – be quietly confident • Watch out for being unfairly assigned ‘office housework’. Be strategic about what you say yes to and what you say no to What works to overcome bias
  • 39. We need to sponsor female talent We need men and women to actively sponsor female talent within the product management community Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice..
  • 40. Skills and approaches that can help overcome bias • Know your product portfolio financials and metrics – metrics are hard to argue against; they build your credentials and can bridge divides based on stereotypes or biases • Actively engage stakeholders early and frequently – even the tough ones. • As a product leader, actively hire for diversity and inclusion. Be conscious of your inherent bias. • Support your team to work across (and up) your organisational structure
  • 41. Place your screenshot here Be aware. Check your own biases And contribute to making the product management community inclusive and diverse.
  • 42. Reflectiveof the communities in which our products thrive!
  • 43. Thank you! Any questions? You can find me at thatproductchick@gmail.com www.thatproductchick.com
  • 44. Further reading • Earning your "Geek Cred": Advice for Women in Product Management, May 8, 2014, Michelle Harper • Gender Differences in Product Management, 23 July 2013, Natalie Yan-Chatonsky • Technology’s Man Problem, 5 April 2015, Claire Can Miller • Portraying Women in Product Management • What I talk about when I talk about Women in Product, 19 September 2015, Merci Victoria Grace • What Women Bring to Tech Product Management: Advice From a Pro, 15 May 2013, Jessica Schimm • The Role of Women in the Software Industry: A Global Disgrace, 4 February 2016, Greg Prickril • Why She Buys – the female factor, Bridget Brennan • Gender Equity Insights 2016: Inside Australia’s Gender Pay Gap, WGEA • Women Matter – The business and economic case for gender diversity, McKinsey & Company • How to recognise and overcome your unconscious bias, 14 December 2015, Kelly Long • 8 Female Leaders on How To Overcome What’s Holding Women Back, 9 October 2014, Vivian Giang
  • 45. Credits Special thanks to all the people who made and released these awesome resources for free: ▪ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival ▪ Photographs by Unsplash