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Navigating the Modern Product Management Job Market

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Gabriel Steinhardt

Founder, Author, Public Speaker, PMTK® Methodology Developer

Understand the impact of emerging trends like AI and remote work on product management roles and opportunities.

Identify Key Product Management Trends Affecting Employment

Learn how to articulate your unique value and specialization in product management to stand out in the job market.

Define a Clear Professional Identity for the PM Job Market

Evaluate the value of education, training, and professional certifications in achieving long-term career goals.

Leverage Training and Certification to Advance Careers

Discover proven techniques to craft compelling CVs and optimize your social media presence for career success.

Create Standout Resumes and Online Profiles For Visibility

Master strategies to get noticed by recruiters and hiring managers in a competitive job market.

Strategize Effectively To Gain More Job Opportunities

Your days are jam-packed with meetings and urgent slacks. You're always busy, but never accomplished—feels like treading water. Deep work feels like a distant dream: Instead of proactively driving strategy, you're stuck putting out fires left and right. You're drowning in tasks that "AI could never help with"—but worried about being left behind by peers who are using AI better. It's going to get tougher. Boom times are over, and tech orgs are flattening. More experienced people are competing for scarcer product roles. Rapid advances in AI are accelerating expectations of what one product manager can handle. As a result, companies are increasingly expecting&nbsp;product managers to own a broader swath of the product, lead multiple teams, and set strategy—while staying hands-on.&nbsp; Every PM in this situation will inevitably hit a wall.&nbsp;What worked in the past won't work anymore. (This is where many senior PMs burn out.)&nbsp;Now imagine if you could: ✅ End your day with a sense of accomplishment, knowing you've moved the needle on strategic initiatives. ✅ Spend a good chunk of every day in deep focused work&nbsp;(guilt-free!) ✅ Lead multiple teams with successful outcomes ✅ Cultivate self-reliant teams that operate smoothly, even when you're not in the room ✅ Communicate confidently with leadership about your capacity and priorities. ✅ Leverage AI for data analysis, discovery, shipping, strategic decisions, hard conversations, routine tasks, and high-quality artifacts (while maintaining your unique voice and strategic thinking) ✅ Consult, brainstorm, and converse with an AI copilot that understands your unique team &amp; company context (and gets smarter over time) ✅ Be known as the PM who's always finding new ways to use AI After working with &amp; interviewing dozens of successful product leads, they all consciously rebuilt these career-critical areas: 1. Redesigned their personal operating system2. Implemented the key habits of self-reliant teams3. Recognize overhead and influence product org structure4. Leverage AI as a thinking partner, writing documents, and routine tasks. This live, hands-on, cohort-based program is radically tactical. Together, we'll implement the best practices by tailoring templates, tactics, frameworks, screenshots, and scripts you can apply instantly to your individual situation. 🏆 Why this course will help you win&nbsp;🏆 Lead Multiple Teams Successfully: Manage teams across domains without feeling spread thin. Become More Strategic While Staying Hands-on: Carve out ample breathing room for creative deep work and reflection. Prevent Burnout: Feel a clear sense of progress, handle strong emotions of overwhelm, and make room for self-care. AI-Proof Your Career: Earn a reputation as the best PM at delegating, supervising, &amp; tinkering with AI—across the largest amount of product tasks. Stand Out in a Competitive Market: build a track record of broad capacity &amp; getting shit done. Accelerate Career Advancement: Position yourself for promotions and leadership roles by demonstrating strategic influence while remaining hands-on. Each live cohort includes (in addition to the 40+ lessons, 20+ projects, and Notion Prompts Playbook included for free) ☎️ My whatsapp &amp; personal gmail to directly ask me anything + help unblock you during the cohort ☎️ I personally review every project submission and question in Maven community channels ☎️ 7 live sessions with open Q&amp;A ☎️ 3 hours of separate AMA open office hours Join product managers enrolled from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, TikTok, Meta, Stripe, and hypergrowth startups.

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Course syllabus

All sessions will be recorded — recordings will be available in your Maven account within an hour

Six Live Sessions on Mondays & Wednesdays

Two AMAs on Sundays (Optional)

This course is optimized for very busy schedules of senior product managers. Each project is quick, concrete, and immediately accelerates your productivity.

Bite-sized weekly projects

Course schedule

Senior PMs who want to expand their scope and lead multiple large, strategic initiatives while remaining hands-on.

Product managers who feel overwhelmed and treading water and want to be in the driver's seat of their time and well-being.

Product leaders who want to coach their reports for outsized impact, and set up their product teams to ship faster.

Who is this course for

What you’ll get out of this course

🏗️ Build a system to manage multiple large initiatives across multiple teams.📝 Design your personal to-do queue to reduce anxiety and feel progress.☑️ Make time for self-care without feeling guilty.

Craft Your Custom Tools

📜 Learn product scrapbooking to cut time required for large, strategic tasks.⚔️ Pre-empt busywork from ever reaching your to-do list (or anyone else's).🌅 Turn Slack into a tool that brings peace of mind, not chaos.

Eliminate Tasks

🛠️ Build your personal PM AI Copilot that you'll actually use (from scratch, without any code)🏅 Earn a reputation as the best PM at delegating &amp; supervising AI—across the largest amount of product tasks.👃 Build a strong AI product sense by using LLMs routinely

AI-Proof Your PM Career

🔒 Deep work for PMs: key habits that make focus time a reality🏆 Lead recurring meetings that get more valuable with time.🍉 Actively manage your brain’s freshness and creativity.

Design Your Days

🔥 Bring out your teammates' full superpowers.🎖️ Earn engineers' trust—without being technical.🙃 Assess when an engineer isn’t a fit for working on an innovative product team.

Motivate Engineers

🚨 Drive urgency without burnout🏎️ Write updates &amp; schedule meetings that create velocity💬 Foster slack habits of fast-moving teams

Ship Sooner

🌊 Practical steps for managing overwhelm when things feel impossible.🪩 Learn how to embrace, not fear, our desire for distraction.📦 Asks from Leadership: How to respond when you’re at capacity.

Handle Feeling Flooded

💎 Be valuable, not needed: focus where you can uniquely support your team.🎙️ Launch three habits that promote team autonomy and elevate your role to a strategic level.

Cultivate Self-Reliant Teams

🏋️ Identify the four types of overhead your product org creates for PMs.🏛️ Frameworks for organizing roles and teams📜 Construct a script to reflect observations to leadership.

Assess How Your Product Org Affects PM Productivity

Earn a reputation as a product manager who gets s*** done—without feeling overwhelmed, treading water, or working nights and weekends.

Jan 2025 Cohort

Tal Raviv

Gen AI PM, early @ Patreon, Riverside, Wix, AppsFlyer, DuckDuckGo, 12K+ students

Dec 2024 cohort

May 2025 Cohort

Learn how to create an outcome-driven impact-inspiring product roadmap that will align stakeholders and excite teams! Struggling with any of these? * Juggling an in-the-weeds feature plan that doesn't sell the vision.* Trying to synthesize so much information and structure it into a visual roadmap that can align (and inspire!) stakeholders.* Finding signal from noise - make sense from the chaos to lead your team forward.* Have tried "templates" and "formulas" only to find they don't work.* Proving your value as a product manager that's respected for making an impact to your customers and the business. If you're faced with any of these challenges, this is the course for you! In this course, you'll learn practical ways to create a roadmap that aligns teams, sparks action, and drives real results. This isn't just a roadmap creation course. One Week Product Roadmap will transform you as a product manager, giving you the confidence to make smarter decisions as a product manager and own the room with your stakeholders. I've been in the trenches you're in, navigating the same challenges you are. That's why I've built this course to cut through the fluff and teach you battle-tested techniques that actually work - the kind that gets stakeholders aligned, energizes teams, and delivers customer and business outcomes that actually matter. You'll come out of the course not just with an actionable playbook, but a game plan for delivering products that matter and drive real results. HOW ONE WEEK PRODUCT ROADMAP IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER COURSES ON PRODUCT ROADMAPPING:1. The course takes a pragmatic approach to product roadmap creation, not a philosophical, theoretical, or dogmatic one. It's based on battle-tested real-world techniques from 25+ years of building, launching, and scaling products across a broad variety of industries, companies, and markets. 2. The course includes tons of real-world examples and roadmaps of actual products. 3. Live case study where we will work on a real product and create a product roadmap together. 4. Hands-on exercises so you can immediately apply the lessons to your own product. WHO THIS COURSE IS PERFECT FOR:Product Managers managing commercial technology products who need to create a product roadmap or refresh an existing one, and don't have a lot of time to do it. It's especially ideal for PMs who: * Are faced with a large backlog.* Are struggling to align stakeholders.* Crave to evolve past a date-specific output-based to-do list to a strategic outcome-driven product roadmap.* Desire to get beyond the formulaic scoring methodologies and prioritize based on value and impact.* Need to visualize roadmaps to inspire different audiences.* Want to be able to showcase their value and earn credibility and respect.* Are not sure where to start. It's especially for those PMs who have a bias for action over perfection. WHO SHOULD NOT TAKE THIS COURSE:* "Tire kickers". (You have to be prepared to show up and apply the lessons to your context.)* Anyone looking for a "quick fix". (It doesn't exist. You have to be prepared to do the work.)* Anyone looking for someone else to design their roadmap for them. (No course can promise that. That's a consulting gig.)* Anyone too focused on tools and tech (for example, someone who just wants me to tell them which tool is best, or how to create a roadmap in ProdPad or Jira).* Agile, Scrum, or SAFe zealots. (If that answer works for you, great- godspeed. I'm not interested in a debate.)* Non-PMs. (This isn't a Product Management 101 course.)* Consultants or coaches looking to sell their services.

Master Delivering Value vs Managing a Backlog Swamp

Three 2-hour sessions of live instructions and class participation in week 1.

Week 1: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Three 2-hour sessions of live instructions and class participation in week 2.

Week 2: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Exercises after each lesson that may be completed in class or after class. Time commitment depends on your commitment to completing the exercise!

Post-Lesson Exercises

Product Managers in individual contributor roles managing commercial technology products or digital initiatives.

Product Owners in non-tech companies looking to become strategic product managers.

Group PMs and Product Directors looking to fortify their roadmapping skills.

Who this course is for:

Create a coherent, actionable product roadmap from a mess of inputs, ideas, and requests

Create a roadmap that allows fast revenue-generating go-to-market

Develop expertise in finding signal from noise - make sense from the chaos to lead your team forward

Master delivering value vs managing backlog swamp

Move from an output-based to-do list to an outcome oriented roadmap aligned with the business goals

Transform an in-the-weeds feature plan to a big picture roadmap that sells the vision and aligns

Ditch the formulaic scoring methodologies and become an expert in prioritizing based on value and impact

Sharpen your skills in identifying which variables should impact prioritization decisions

Assess difficult trade-offs and facilitate tough prioritization decisions like a pro

Allocate capacity and teams to strategic goals

Identify the right set of stakeholders

Align stakeholders, get exec buy-in

Understand how org structure and decision-making culture affect your stakeholder management strategy

Create a Roadmap Routine to keep prevent alignment decay and keep your roadmap fresh

Adapt your roadmap to different audiences

Revitalize your existing roadmap to inspire

Provide the right kind of context and visibility into your roadmap without overwhelming your audience

Excite cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to action

Become a top-notch product manager!

Learn how to cut through the noise, prioritize for outcomes, align stakeholders, excite teams, and start executing in just 7 days.

Test Private Cohort

Shardul Mehta

Private cohort 1 for those on the interest list.

January 2025 Cohort

February 2025 Cohort

Breaking into Product Management is not easy. I know; I've supported over 4,000+ professionals in the past 8 years&nbsp;to break into Product management. I've worked with top institutions like General Assembly, Melbourne Business School, Harvard Innovation Labs and my school at Product Academy to help people make the career transition. ---This is a 10-week COHORT with 40+ HOURS of async content and WEEKLY 1.5-hour practice sessions with a cohort size of 12 to 14 passionate and&nbsp;ambitious tech professionals. ❤️ Our 5 Step Process Over the next 10 weeks:This course will prepare you for the 12-month journey with knowledge, experience and a cohort of accountable peers to prepare for job opportunities. ✅ Step 1: Understanding the foundations (Weeks 1-2): Understand PM Basics, Business, and CustomersGain a strong foundation in Product Management, exploring what PMs do, the skills required, and how to align business goals with customer needs. ✅ Step 2: Strategy &amp; Discovery (Weeks 3-4): Develop Product Strategy and Identify OpportunitiesLearn how to craft a product strategy, assess market dynamics, and uncover customer insights to define valuable opportunities. ✅ Step 3: Roadmapping &amp; Execution (Weeks 5-6): Build Roadmaps and Deliver ValueTranslate strategy into actionable roadmaps while managing execution, technical feasibility, and product launches. ✅ Step 4. Interview Prep (Weeks 7-9): Master Product Sense, Analytics, and Behavioral InterviewsPrepare for the most challenging aspects of PM interviews, including product sense, analytics, and behavioural assessments. ✅ Step 5. Career Launch (Week 10): Build Your Brand and Nail Your Job SearchPolish your profile, create a job strategy, and position yourself to land your first PM role with confidence. 💡 What you'll get: - Proven, Real-World Approach: I quit my job, moved to the U.S., and restarted my career to validate that my teachings actually work. Through countless rejections, rebuilding my network, and landing a role in a double unicorn company. I’ve discarded theoretical fluff and distilled what&nbsp;actually works—I’m living proof of the results you can achieve. - Personalized Attention, Tight-Knit Cohorts: With only 12–14 carefully selected participants per cohort, I prioritize building camaraderie and providing personal guidance. This isn’t a mass-market course; it’s an intimate, hands-on experience designed to support you every step of the way. - Lifetime Refund Guarantee: If my teachings don’t work for you, I offer a 100% Lifetime Refund—no time limits, no questions asked (except how I can improve). I stand by your success and am invested in your journey, even years after the course. ⏰ Time Commitments: Time is truly our most precious asset! That's why I've created this course to help you make the most out of the time you invest. Your commitment will be about ~ 4.5 Hours to 5.5 Hours Per Week: - 1.5 Hours of Live Classes Weekly (12PM Fridays for AEST | 6PM Thursdays for PST) - 2 Hours of Self-paced Learning Weekly - 1 Hour of Optional Office Hours Weekly (TBC with Cohort) - 1 Hour buffer for Group Discussions / Socials / (at your own pace) ---❤️ Preparing you for your Product Career Journey Breaking into Product Management takes about 12 months, and you can't get 'certified' as a PM, unlike what most institutions sell. Here's what actually happens based on what I've seen coaching hundreds of students:- Most people take about 6 - 12 months to transition into the Product Manager role. Depending on their experience, skills and job market opportunities- The&nbsp;first 6 months of the journey&nbsp;involve having the right knowledge before embarking on the competitive job market. Otherwise, you'll get rejected so many times you'll give up.- The next 6 months of the journey focuses on building a network, marketing yourself, and seizing opportunities. The trick is to build a pipeline of opportunities and be ready when the experience/market fit role comes.(Of course, if you have a background in Business, Design, or Engineering, this process can be quicker.) 💎 WHAT'S THE ROI? Besides the joy of building products to help people solve problems and leaving a legacy in this world... - Product Managers get paid $120K - $150K on average and can get up to $500K-$1M in more prominent companies.(https://www.levels.fyi/t/product-manager?countryId=254) So this is why most people in Tech SCALE into a Product role; it's a great role with a high ceiling. 💡 WHO WILL YOU BE LEARNING FROM? You'll be learning directly from me, Dave Wang (aka Product Dave) 👋 I've been doing Product for 17+ Years. Not just 'work-experience but 'product-experience'. I started from the bottom up as a Junior PM and worked my way to Product Leadership roles at Linktree, Expedia, Vodafone, CommBank, and Airtasker. I wanted to follow the same path as my students so I quit my $250K+ job and moved from Australia to the US.&nbsp;Starting over as a Product Manager—building my brand, networking, facing rejections, and trying again. After&nbsp;8 months of rejections, I finally landed a role as a Senior Product Manager in a Unicorn company within the industry I love. Starting again has been humbling, but the best thing is that&nbsp;I know what I teach works, not just in Australia but worldwide. You’ll learn from behind the scenes as a BEGINNER, a PRACTITIONER and a HIRING MANAGER. You can learn more about me here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/productdave/ 🤔 WHY AM I BUILDING THIS COURSE? The common heart-wrenching mistake I've seen a lot of people is they pay $5K to $10K for a Certificate and realise the Certificates don't even help them get callbacks for interviews. That's because there are NO Certificates for product management are recognised by the industry.(Anyone telling you otherwise is lying to you) The only way to break into Product Management is through learning, doing, and networking. In fact, without any certifications or fancy degrees, I have helped hundreds of people secure Product Manager roles in companies like Amazon, Canva, Zendesk, Atlassian, and many others. ❤️ MY PROMISE TO YOU I've seen so much success in my course that I can guarantee a Lifetime Refund.&nbsp;If you've attended the class and completed the work and find it was a waste of your time. I'll give you a 100% refund at any point in your career, now or later.&nbsp;Just reach out, and we'll issue a full refund. The only question I'll ask is how I can improve. Another promise I want to make to you is that this is a highly curated cohort and only 12-14 people will be selected each time. If you're still 'exploring' if Product Management is the right role for you - check out my self-paced course here: https://www.productacademy.io/ Learning from self-paced material is the best way to start for people still exploring. (Scroll down to the download section for the guide on why) Plus, I will be here when you are ready.

Your Product Career Starts Here

<ul><li>Weekly 1.5 Live Practice Sessions</li><li>With 2 Hours of paced content and quizzes during the week</li><li>Final Project may take 3 - 4 Hours at the end of week 10 </li></ul>

Thursdays (US) or Fridays (APAC) 


Mid-Career Professionals You are a mid-career professional eager to transition into product management role. (BA, Design, Eng, PO, Project)

3 - 6 Months in your PM Career Transition journeyYou've ready enough books, completed self-paced course and you're ready for the next stage

The “Unofficial” Product Manager&nbsp;You’re already performing the duties of a Product Manager but lack the official title.

<ul><li>Gain&nbsp;first-hand knowledge&nbsp;of what a PM does through theory and real-life examples.</li><li>Develop a&nbsp;plan&nbsp;to network, build a personal brand, and navigate interviews effectively.</li><li>Formulate&nbsp;groups&nbsp;that collaborate to achieve the shared goal of breaking into Product Management.</li></ul>

Break Into PM With Realistic Knowledge, a Plan and a System for Ongoing Support

<ul><li>Multiple workshops with project created to help you apply what you have learned.</li><li>Optional student showcased on the Product Academy student alumni page. To help you build a brand for yourself.</li></ul>

Collaborative Projects to Help You Apply What You Learn (With a Final Presentation Listed on the Alumni Profile Page)

<ul><li>Granted access to a Miro Board of 20+ tools to help you through your journey</li><li>Tools will be filled out as we progress through the course.</li><li>Students are encouraged to take inspiration from each other; it’s not a competition.</li></ul>

20+ Exclusive PM Tools My Team and I Use Daily

<ul><li>Personalized mentorship demystifying insider secrets to acing PM interviews.</li><li>The secrets to walking into your next PM interview with total confidence, even if you've never actually worked as a project manager before.</li></ul>

 A Branding Blueprint to Make Your Profile Irresistible to Recruiters

<ul><li>You will create a job strategy to highlight only the best jobs that suit you. </li><li>The secrets to creating a PM-specific resume that gets attention.</li><li>How to craft the perfect LinkedIn profile that gets recruiting managers hooked (even without any PM-related experience).</li></ul>

Job Strategy 2 Pager + Resume + Linkedin Updates

<ul><li>You'll receive 12 Months access to our Monthly hiring manager Q&amp;A within the community ($249 value) </li><li>Free Access to the alumni slack channel and your cohorts for life-time support</li></ul>

12 Months Access to Exclusive Monthly Q&A with Hiring Managers

Learn How to Break Into Product Management With Practical Knowledge and a Supportive Community

David Wang (Product Dave)

This cohort is designed for students who are based in Australia and the US West Coast timezones

Cohort 12PM AEST / 7PM PST 

Product people are naturally curious — but many work in this role without being equipped with the essential skills. Instead of driving business growth and building products people love, they end up feeling stuck and exhausted. We created this course to change that — not by just teaching theory, but by helping you apply learnings in your real-world context. Whether you’re a PM with a few years of experience, transitioning into Product from a related role, or stepping up as the lead of a product team, this course is for you. Why This Course is Different There are endless great resources out there to learn Product, but understanding the ideas fully and applying the techniques in your individual setup and environment is a very different game. We designed this course drawing from over 25 years of experience across various product roles, companies, and industries. We bridge the theory into practice without getting lost in framework details. We’re not from big tech — but we understand what it’s like when things get tough. We know there’s no one-size-fits-all solution for effective product work. You’ll learn directly from us and other product professionals who face the same challenges you do. This isn’t about hypothetical scenarios; it’s about learning and training the exact skills you need to succeed in your role. With small cohorts, we ensure you get personalized attention and meaningful engagement with others, helping you grow both your skills and your network. How You Will Learn This six-week program is packed with actionable knowledge. We use a flipped classroom approach: you get the theory as compact video content, and our sessions are dedicated to discussing, exploring, and training these skills within the group — as no other course does. What We’ll Cover •	Understand the big picture of product management and how discovery, strategy, and delivery fit together.•	Identify knowledge gaps to learn more about your business.•	Practice talking to users to uncover insights that typically stay hidden.•	Craft a basic business case and tell a compelling story to get the buy-in you need.•	Dive into the tech details to build confidently and minimize gaps in your specs.•	Communicate and align effectively with stakeholders, and learn to resolve conflicts.•	Create a clear strategy and stay focused using the right tools. Check out the full curriculum for everything we’ll cover together. Why This Works We provide a safe space for you to learn, practice, and take action. That’s why we run this course in small cohorts—to give you the environment you need to succeed. Join us and a community of forward-thinking product managers, and let’s set a new standard for your career.

Unlock the Secrets to Becoming an Outstanding Product Manager

We'll meet three times a week from 9:00am to 10:30am CET (GMT+1). This will be our

Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays

We follow a "flipped classroom" model that provides you with short, focused videos and theory and concepts to maximize the use of time in our live sessions

Knowledge input

We'll facilitate additional practice sessions to go deep on certain topics (e.g. interview training, business case building, communication training)

Weekly practice sessions

Product people with a few years of experience who want to level up their skills and get the basics right.

Product adjacent roles (e.g. UX design, QA, Engineering, ...) that want to move into product management.

Young product leads with a different background who need to get a grasp of the foundations to better lead their teams.

Understand the roles and responsibilities of a product manager so you can find your areas of improvement

Product Role and Responsibilities

Learn to build up the knowledge you need to make profound decisions and convince stakeholders

Building Domain Expertise

Master the art of user research by actively training the skills and learn ways to get the insights you need

Master the Art of User Research

Learn how to root-cause insights and ideate the right features that drive user and business impact.

Solve Problems that Matter

Learn how to assess opportunities and prioritize them so you can ensure to build features with impact

Opportunity Assessment

Explore different techniques to experiment and validate hypotheses and fill knowledge gaps

Experimentation & Hypotheses Testing

Learn about the characteristics of a vision, mission, roadmaps, goals, and KPIs and how to use them to make decisions and stay focussed

Strategy, Roadmaps & Goals

Craft a business case and understand the financial aspects of the features you build

Business Case modeling

Learn to tailor information-flows so you and your teams are well-informed and build trust with your peers

Information Flows

Master the art of communication to resolve conflicts

Conflict Resolution

Learn how to craft a story to convince people and get the buy-in you need

Storytelling

Learn to align with stakeholders, your team, and key people in your work so you can work collaboratively with ease

Collaboration & Team Alignment

Practice ways to create good products from customer-facing to uncover technical details that your development team needs to perform. Understand the principles needed to build high-quality products while still shipping fast

Building the Product

We offer a 1h coaching session after the course to discuss very individual questions you might have

Bonus: 1h Coaching Session

knowledge, tips, and tricks on how to run Product better and more efficiently.

...and many more

Become a better product manager with a guaranteed impact on your business – in only 6 weeks.

Lightning Lessons

Navigating the Modern Product Management Job Market