Course overview
Attention UK learners: build your product management skill set and gain the confidence and credibility to lead cross-functional initiatives and bring physical and digital products to life. Learn product management skills to balance business viability, technical feasibility, and customer desire. Our UK Product Management Short Course gives you the skills to lead products and features toward long-term success — in startups, enterprise product organisations, and beyond.
Job outcomes
- Product Manager
- Marketing Manager
- Business Analyst
- Entrepreneur
- UX Designer
- Software Engineer
- Project Manager
What you'll learn
- Determine key risks and assumptions of a product in order to prioritise research and discovery work.
- Validate hypotheses by gathering user feedback via MVPs, interviews, experiments, and testing.
- Execute competitive research to highlight market gaps and trends.
- Speak fluently with developers, user experience designers, and other business stakeholders about priorities, requirements, and workflow.
- Apply metrics alongside objectives and key results (OKRs) to measure a product’s success and track its life cycle.
- Apply what you’ve learned to create a portfolio project: a presentation detailing your product creation strategy.
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
- Part-time: 10 weeks
- 20 hours per week
Entry requirements
This is a beginner-friendly UK product management program with no prerequisites, although students may have had exposure to product development concepts or be informally taking on product management responsibilities in their current role. Whether you’re new to the field or you’re looking to formalise your practice, our curriculum will enable you to explore critical tools for navigating the product life cycle and put them to work for you, your company, and your career.
Our Admissions team can discuss your background and learning goals to advise if this UK Product Management Short Course is a good fit for you.
Course features
Here are just some of the benefits you can expect as a GA UK student:
- 40 hours of expert instruction designed to build a strong foundation in critical skills for product managers.
- Robust coursework, including expert-vetted lesson decks, project toolkits, and more. Refresh and refine your knowledge throughout your professional journey as needed.
- A real-world project where you’ll apply the end-to-end product management process, developing a product or feature that’s aligned to both customer needs and business goals.
- Individual feedback and guidance from instructors and teaching assistants during office hours. Stay motivated and make the most of your experience with the help of GA’s dedicated team.
- Exclusive access to alumni discounts, networking events, and career workshops.
- A GA course certificate to showcase your new skill set on LinkedIn.
- Connections with a professional network of instructors and peers that lasts well beyond the course. The global GA community can help you navigate and succeed in the field — whether in London, across the UK, or across the globe.
Assessment
For your final project, you’ll apply all of the concepts and tools learned in the UK product management course to develop a product or feature of your choice. You’ll get hands-on practice with each step in the product management process and create professional-standard documentation spanning market research, prototyping, health metrics, and more. You’ll also deliver a final product management presentation, which can serve as a case study for stakeholders, future employers, and your portfolio.
We encourage you to tackle a product challenge that’s related to your work or a passion project you’ve been meaning to carve out time for.
Throughout this product management training course, you’ll also complete a number of smaller projects based on real-world examples that are designed to reinforce what you’ve learned in each unit.
Delivery
- Online instructor-led sessions and self-paced lessons.
- Instructor feedback and support are provided in real-time.
- Personalised career coach support from day one until you find a job.
- Individual and team-based projects to build your job-ready portfolio.
- Powered by Zoom and Slack which mirrors most common workspaces.
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