The State of Product Management Maturity Report 2025
Where Product Teams Stand and What High-Performing Teams Do Differently
Understand the maturity patterns shaping more than 200 product teams across industries, regions, and company sizes.
Uncover the biggest maturity gaps, the strongest practices, and the most important capabilities for 2025.
Productside is trusted by product teams at Fortune 500 companies and fast-scaling startups to build mature, outcome-driven practices that deliver results.
Based on proprietary data from Productside’s Team Assessment
This is a data-backed look at how product teams are working today and where maturity breaks down.
Discover how your team compares in:
- Context (culture, process, operating model)
- Discovery (Investigate + Define)
- Create (planning, alignment, readiness)
- Deliver (launch + post-launch outcomes)
- Team Leadership
Build a strategic advantage with insights from real product teams
Inside the report, you’ll learn:
- Which PM capabilities are weakest globally and why Deliver is the biggest maturity gap across every region.
- The strongest behaviors shared by high-maturity teams, including the #1 highest-scoring skill across all segments.
- How PM maturity varies by title, revealing the surprising gap between leaders and individual contributors.
- Which industries outperform others in Discovery and Create — and where they struggle most.
- How team size and structure shape maturity, including which company bands score highest and lowest.
- Actionable steps to improve your team’s maturity using the Productside Blueprint.
This report gives PMs, Directors, and Product Leaders a clear map of where to focus next.
Perfect for:
- Product Managers
- Directors & Heads of Product
- VPs / CPOs
- Product Ops leaders
- Cross-functional partners supporting product teams
- Anyone responsible for elevating product outcomes
If you guide a product team, this is essential reading.
What You’ll Take Away
The Report Includes:
- Full maturity benchmarks across six capability areas
- Top strengths & top challenges (with the exact questions)
- Insights across job titles, industries, regions, and company sizes
- Recommendations and next steps aligned to the Productside Blueprint
- Tools and templates to improve your team’s maturity
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Level up your team’s maturity with data-backed insights and actionable frameworks.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the State of PM Maturity Report?
It’s a data-backed analysis from Productside based on 233 Team Assessment responses. The report shows how product teams perform across six key capability areas and where maturity gaps most often appear.
Who is this report for?
Product Managers, Directors, VPs/CPOs, Product Ops leaders, and cross-functional partners who want a clearer picture of how their team compares to industry benchmarks.
What will I learn from this report?
You’ll see which capabilities are strongest across PM teams globally, where teams struggle the most, and how maturity varies across industries, regions, company sizes, and job titles.
Is this report based on opinion or data?
Data. All insights come directly from Productside’s proprietary Team Assessment dataset.
Will this help my team improve?
Yes. The report surfaces your most important areas for growth and links directly to tools from the Productside Blueprint so you can take action immediately.
Do I need to be a Productside customer to use this report?
No. The report is free to download and useful for any product team, whether you’re an individual PM or leading an entire organization.