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PGDM

PGDM in Product Management


PGDM in Product Management is a 2 year AICTE Accredited degree program that is globally validated and industry accepted. Unlike general management programs, you learn the general principles of management, business and leadership but also specialize in new age Product skills which demands a premium in this age of digital transformation. Not your usual academic PGDM program. Access to theory is easy (and often free) but skill building requires experiential learning.


Eligibility:

Graduate in any discipline from recognized University with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks (45% in case of SC/ST) in the qualifying examination.

Early stage professionals keen on a Product careers.

Working executives seeking to transition into the Product function.

A high score GMAT/CAT/XAT/MAT/CMAT/ NMAT / ISBR Aptitude Test is desirable


Program Highlights:

New-age Skills

Experiential Pedagogy

Hands-on Learning

Practitioner Faculty

Career Focused


Experiential Learning through Innovation LabsTM & Skill LabsTM

Innovation LabsTM is a sandbox environment where you practice entrepreneurial venture creation from idea to business plan with real customers before you graduate. Foster the mindset of starting and growing a business. "Learning by Doing" in Skill LabsTM is designed to help you build demonstrable assets and confidence to manage workplace challenges.


Modular Curriculum that focuses on New-Age Skills

The sole focus is to build industry ready, new-age skills, where academics are augmented with best practices, where exams are supplemented by skillathons and studying is complemented by “Learning by Doing”.


Hands-on Learning

Hands-on practice driven learning through application exercises. Pedagogy consists of simulations, cases, limited and longitudinal integrated projects. Real time assessments through skillathons and industry challenges. 


Practitioners as Faculty 

Courses are hand-picked by industry experts for relevance and delivered by practitioner faculty to bring real world industry challenges from boardroom to classroom.


Career Path Planning

Building Personal Brand and Assets Portfolio, Assessments driven Career Mapping, Interviewing & Resume clinic, Industry Networking with Hiring Managers.


Top Skills You Will Learn 

  • Conducting User Research
  • Creating Prototypes
  • Forumulting UI & UX Design
  • Employing Design Thinking
  • Creating User Story Mapping
  • Executing GTM Strategy
  • Planning & Executing Digital Marketing
  • Supporting Sales Enablement
  • Undertaking Business modeling
  • Generating Value Proposition Design
  • Documenting Product Planning & Prioritization
  • Assessing Market Sizing & Launch Planning
  • Formulating Budgets 
  • Leveraging Data Driven decisions
  • Formulating Success Metrics   

CORE COURSES

Product Management Fundamentals 

Productizing Frameworks, Business Models, Monetization Models, Product Management Roles

Value Proposition Design 

Voice of the Customer, Customer Insighting, Problem Discovery, Value Proposition, MVP, Hypothesis Design, Testing Value Propositions

Product Design 

Prototyping with Visual Design & Mapping Optimized Customer Interactions

Agile Product Management

Personas, Agile User Stories, Prioritization & Roadmapping, Scrum models & Release Management. Understanding SAFE & DevOps.

Digital Product Management 

Lean Entrepreneurship with Innovation LabsTM

​​Understanding lean, Faster and predictable Problem-Solution and Product-Market fit. Business plan, product plan, finance plan, marketing plan - end to end through field immersions, real customer interactions


ADVANCED COURSES

Art of Story Telling

Data Dump to Presenting Zen. Systematically building Executive Presence. Mastering Data Visualization, Story Structure, voice, body language

Product & Growth Marketing 

Go to Market- Positioning, Marketing/Launch Planning. Content & Thought Leadership driven Inbound Marketing. Metrics Driven Customer Acquisition Growth Hacking Techniques. Organic and Paid Campaigns, Performance Marketing with Google Adwords, Linkedin and FB. Social Media Marketing.

Product Strategy

Strategic Thinking, & AnalysisModels, Portfolio Management, Long term Roadmapping

Product Finance 

Assessing and building new business financial models, startup valuations, Participate in financial business decision making confidently!

Product Analytics

Course Content :

TRIMESTER I
Core Course
TRIMESTER II
Core Course
TRIMESTER III
Core Course
Managerial Economics Macroeconomics & Business Environment HRM
Business Communication Corporate Finance Product & Digital Strategy
Financial Statements & Analysis Innovation Labs Project Management
Marketing Management - I Marketing Management -II New Age Banking & Fintech
Principles of Management Quantitative Techniques - II Leadership
Organizational Behaviour - I Organizational Behaviour -II Strategic credit Management/ Econometrics
Quantitative Techniques - I Industry Trends - Analysis & Insights Research Methodology
UX & Product Design (Tri - IV) Digital Business Disaster Management
Leading & Managing Product Teams (Tri - V) Advanced Excel Basics of Analytics
Product Management Fundamentals Art of Storytelling Value Proposition Design

 

Industry Internship

TRIMESTER IV
Elective Course
TRIMESTER V
Elective Course
UX & Product Design Product & Digital Strategy
Market Analysis Product Finance
Agile Product Management Digital Product Management
Product & Growth Marketing Data Analytics for Product Leaders
Leading & Managing Product Teams Innovation Labs 201
Innovation Labs 101  

 

Certification Workshops

TRIMESTER VI
Dissertation