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Academy track12 weeks · Beginner to Intermediate

Product Management for Software Teams

Decide what to build, prove it was worth building, and carry a team through shipping it

52,000or 4 monthly instalments
Duration
12 weeks
Level
Beginner to Intermediate
Effort
10–12 hrs/week
Format
Live online + product labs
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Next cohort intake is open · instalments available

Why this track

Most product managers learn the job by getting it wrong in front of a team. This track compresses that: you run discovery on a real problem, write the spec an engineer builds from without a follow-up call, choose metrics you can defend, and ship a slice with a live team, then explain every trade-off in an interview.

12weeks of live, project-based work
8modules, each ending in something deployed
4portfolio projects, reviewed like client work
5+roles this track prepares you for
Outcomes

What you will be able to do

  • Run discovery that produces a problem statement, not a wish list
  • Prioritise with evidence and say no without losing the room
  • Write one-page specs that engineers build from on the first pass
  • Choose, instrument and read the metrics that show whether it worked
  • Plan a launch with pricing, onboarding and support in place
  • Defend every product trade-off you made, in an interview or a board meeting
Before you start

Entry expectations

If you are close but not quite there, tell us at application. We would rather get you ready than turn you away.

  • 01Comfortable using software products and describing what they do and for whom
  • 02Basic spreadsheet skills
  • 03No coding required, but genuine curiosity about how software gets built
Tools you will use
NotionLinearFigmaPostHogMixpanelGoogle SheetsMetabaseMiroGitHubFrappe
Syllabus

The route, module by module

8 modules over 12 weeks. Every one ends in something deployed to a real URL and reviewed line by line.

    • The job across company sizes
    • product vs project vs programme
    • decision rights
    • the weekly rhythm
    • where new PMs fail in their first ninety days
Portfolio

What you will have built

  1. 01A discovery report from real user interviews, ending in a problem statement the team agrees on
  2. 02A prioritised roadmap with the reasoning written down and the rejected options kept
  3. 03A one-page spec that an engineer built from without a follow-up call
  4. 04Capstone: a shipped product slice with its metrics review
Where it leads

Roles this prepares you for

Associate Product ManagerProduct ManagerProduct OwnerProduct AnalystFounder or product lead
Questions

Before you apply

The programme runs 12 weeks and expects 10–12 hrs/week including project work. Live sessions are scheduled outside standard office hours and recorded, so working professionals can keep a full-time job while studying.

Ready to build things that ship?

Apply for the next cohort. The first conversation is an honest assessment of where you are and what it will take.