India- and APAC-friendly time (weekday evenings)

Cohort 3

A 3-week-long hands-on workshop-style course with Anshumani Ruddra.

Most product managers fail to product manage their own careers because they don’t view careers as problems to be solved. But the answers are right in front of you and with the guiding experience of Anshumani, who has had the good fortune of working with great product managers throughout his career at places like Zynga, Cuemath, Disney+ Hotstar and Google, you will find them.

You have 2 to 8 years of experience as a product manager but don’t know how to go further in product management

You are figuring out how to break out of the bunch and position yourself as a product leader

You are a founder who is also leading the product charter at your organization and struggling to balance your various responsibilities

We’ll go in-depth on the following concepts

Create a backlog of all the things you want to achieve in your product management career

Have meaningful conversations with your manager about your aspirations

Imbibe various frameworks to view your career from different perspectives

Build a decision tree around the type of product management career you want 

Arrive at a multi-year roadmap for your product management career

Anshumani has spent the last 17 years crafting experiences and products for users: first as an author of children’s books, then as a game designer on some of the world’s largest social games (Mafia Wars, Cafe World, etc) and then as a product manager across various consumer-tech businesses (gaming, messaging, healthcare, education, media and now fintech) in India and globally.

After taking this course you will confidently arrive at a multi-year roadmap for your product management career and be better equipped to influence decisions and create an impact on your organization. 

We will follow a workshop-style model that will allow you to create artifacts like backlogs and roadmaps while directly interacting with Anshumani.

You will be surrounded by other Product Managers dealing with similar challenges and carry out meaningful discussions using breakout rooms and Slack.

You’re a busy person. You can figure things out when you have to, but it’s important to have feedback and accountability to drive your likelihood of success.

You will get to interact with outstanding product, business and technology leaders from our industry and get first-hand advice from them.

I had the privilege of working with Anshumani at Zynga where he was a top-notch game designer. His strong analytical bent combined with his creativity made him an exceptional product person and leader. I have subsequently interacted with Anshumani on several projects in addition to having him be my "go-to" expert for all things product! Every founder I ever connected to Anshumani has walked away inspired by his discussion with him. I am sure this course will prove to be both insightful and delightfully entertaining!

Partner, Lightspeed India Partners Advisors

Customer empathy, storyteller par excellence and deep-rooted product fundamentals are what comes to mind when I look back at my experience working with Anshumani. A good product manager must blend data, process, customer thinking, domain thinking, business thinking and be able to talk up and down the organization. It’s not for the faint-hearted, but a good teacher can make it easier. Anshumani is generous as he is wise! Grab this course!

Navigating the PM career ladder can be hard because there are a lot of dimensions to it. Anshumani brings a beautiful understanding of what matters at different times. Learning how to build delightful products early on, to aligning stakeholders and then managing PMs.

As a young PM a decade back, I wish something like this was available then. I struggled with how to plan my career in product leadership rather than being a cowboy and "take it how it comes". 

Knowing Anshumani and how purposefully he coaches, I can’t recommend this more.

Most of you have busy full-time jobs. This course will run in the evenings - thrice a week for three weeks. Each week we will have two workshops (2-hour-long) and one guest speaker which will be followed by an open Q&A. Your total time commitment is 15 hours over three weeks. 

How much time will I have to spend on this course? 

All sessions will be recorded and made available to you so that you can view them later at your convenience. However, we strongly recommend that you attend these sessions live as you’ll get to interact directly with Anshumani and your cohort. 

Do I have to attend all of the live sessions in real-time?

Yes, that is the essence of a cohort-based course. You will be surrounded by PMs from various backgrounds and working in companies of different sizes and at different scales. Their inputs will be valuable to you.

Will I get to interact with other students?

Yes. Cohort 1 will be at an India- and APAC-friendly time (evenings on weekdays). Cohort 2 will be at a US-friendly time (evenings on weekdays). 

Are there different cohorts for different time zones? 

Be the first to know when the next cohort launches

The middle years in product management can be harsh. You are trying to influence decisions in your organization while simultaneously creating an impact on your product and managing a team (something you have never done before). A mid-career hump can become a permanent roadblock in your growth. Avoid struggling on your own and figure out the next steps in your product management career. 

This course will lead you towards your product leadership goals using the tools of your trade: effective frameworks, spending time in the problem space, building an aspirational backlog for yourself and crafting a personalized roadmap for your career.

Surviving and Thriving in Product Management

Product Manage Your Career to Become a Product Leader

Product manage your career to become a product leader.