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Product managers help decide which customer problems a team will solve and what it will build next.
Who opened the door · Product manager
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Johnson reports offers of mentorship and employer interest in including Black professionals in candidate pools.
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Open workplace source ↗While working as a product manager at Google Nest, Johnson started PM While Black to make information about entering product management easier for Black candidates to find.
In his interview, Johnson describes senior product managers offering mentorship and employers reaching out to include Black professionals in their candidate pools.
Black Product Managers names Walter, Quigless and Bankston as co-founders. In 2023 the organization reported that it had run three cohorts of Level Up, a product management accelerator with industry partners.
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Take to work · Product manager
Try thisPick one user problem. Write down the evidence for it and one feature you would defer to address it.
Ask at workWho chooses product leads here, and what gives someone their first opportunity to own a product decision?
About the responsibilityWho could supervise my first assignment?
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