Product Leadership in the Age of AI
Being a successful Product Manager and becoming a successful Product Leader require different capabilities.
Product Managers are rewarded for delivering features and coordinating execution. Product Leaders establish direction, make commercially sound choices, influence senior stakeholders, develop teams and connect product investments to business outcomes. AI is accelerating this transition. This immersive full-day programme helps experienced Product Managers assess their leadership readiness, practise the essential skills, and build a personal roadmap for the next stage of their growth.
The question changes. So must you.
"What should the team build next?"
"Where should the business compete, how will we win, and what should we choose not to pursue?"
The programme develops you across six capabilities.
Product Strategy
Stakeholder Influence
Commercial Acumen
AI Fluency
Team Leadership
Executive Communication
For Product Managers ready to lead.
- Product Managers preparing for senior roles
- Senior Product Managers seeking greater strategic influence
- Group Product Managers and Product Leads
- Product professionals whose career progression has stalled
- Product Managers expected to lead AI-enabled initiatives
- Emerging leaders responsible for product teams or portfolios
A structured, immersive schedule.
What each part builds.
From Product Manager to Product Leader
The difference between managing a product and leading direction — execution to direction, feature to outcome ownership, and the behaviours that keep strong PMs trapped in execution.
Outcome · The mindset & responsibility shiftProduct Leadership Gap Analysis
A candid self-assessment across all six leadership dimensions, surfacing strengths, development priorities and potential promotion blockers.
Outcome · A personal Leadership Gap AnalysisMoving from Roadmaps to Product Strategy
What makes strategy credible: right to win, explicit choices and trade-offs, measurable outcomes, and knowing what not to build. Built around an eight-part strategy framework.
Outcome · A structured strategy approachStrategic Narrative Workshop
Communicating direction as a compelling, evidence-based narrative — creating urgency without exaggeration, and avoiding strategy decks that collapse into feature lists.
Outcome · A draft Strategic NarrativeStakeholder Influence Without Authority
Leading people you don't manage. Mapping power, interest and impact; building alignment before decisions; separating stated positions from underlying interests; navigating politics ethically.
Outcome · A Stakeholder Influence MapExecutive Communication and Decision-Making
Moving from status reporting to recommendation. Leading with the conclusion, communicating uncertainty, delivering bad news with credibility, and asking for a specific decision.
Outcome · A reusable Executive Communication FrameworkProduct Leadership in the Age of AI
How AI changes discovery, decisions and delivery — leading AI initiatives without becoming an ML engineer, distinguishing genuine value from superficial features, and evaluating opportunities across nine factors.
Outcome · An AI Fluency Action PlanCommercial Acumen and Product Economics
Connecting customer value, product performance and business performance. Building a credible business case, understanding AI infrastructure and inference costs, and protecting margins as usage grows.
Outcome · A Commercial Product Decision FrameworkLeading Teams & Building the 90-Day Roadmap
Delegating outcomes, setting decision boundaries, avoiding the "hero PM" trap — then converting everything into a personal 90-day growth roadmap with 30/60/90-day measures and peer feedback.
Outcome · A personal 90-day Growth RoadmapEleven frameworks that travel with you.
- Product Leadership Readiness Assessment
- Personal Leadership Gap Analysis
- Product Strategy Framework
- Strategic Narrative Framework
- Stakeholder Influence Map
- Executive Communication Framework
- AI Opportunity Assessment
- AI Fluency Action Plan
- Commercial Product Decision Framework
- Leadership Delegation Map
- Personal 90-day Growth Roadmap
Two paths to a lasting outcome.
The programme is built to change what happens after it ends — for the individual building a career, and for the team building a product organisation.
A shared language — and a decision your team presents to leadership.
Run as an in-house cohort, the programme leaves your product organisation with a common way of thinking and a concrete output to take upward:
- A shared product leadership language across the team
- A live strategic narrative for one real product or portfolio priority
- A leadership presentation the team delivers to your own executives
- Aligned 90-day roadmaps laddering to one business outcome
- A calibrated view of team capability across all six dimensions
- Clear signal on where to invest in leadership depth next
An asynchronous résumé & portfolio review.
After the programme, submit your résumé and professional portfolio. You'll receive a written review within five working days, focused on:
- Evidence of strategic impact
- Demonstration of commercial outcomes
- Leadership positioning
- Executive-level communication
- AI experience and readiness
- Gaps between current positioning and target roles
How it runs.
A full day combining facilitator-led instruction, self-assessment, practical frameworks, real product scenarios, peer feedback and participant presentations. Bring one real product, business challenge or strategic initiative to use throughout. Runs as a scheduled cohort or as a customised in-house programme for your organisation.
Stop just writing PRDs. Start shaping strategy.
Ready to lead, not just deliver?
This programme runs as a scheduled cohort or as a customised in-house day for your product organisation. Message directly to check dates, ask about a team cohort, and find the right fit.
Scheduled cohort (minimum 10) · or a customised in-house programme for your team
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