Become a Product Manager: from strategy to market launch, ensure the successful development of the product roadmap

Typical projects you will be able to lead following our online training:

• Manage sprints from A to Z to guide your team in achieving goals and concretely adapt the plan based on test results.
• Define and present a product strategy to prioritize actions and unite teams.
• Evaluate the performance of a digital product (business, UX, UI) to optimize it, based on qualitative and quantitative data.
• Develop a prototype to test your ideas, analyze customer needs, technical feasibility and economic viability of the project.
• Design the user journey of a mobile application or a website to ensure consistency and differentiation at each stage and prioritize optimizations.
• Manage digital web projects to achieve the product vision and continuously improve the product.
• Develop the internal and external communication strategy of a new feature to achieve business objectives.

The Product Manager role is crucial for business:

• Product Manager is one of the 10 best jobs in 2022 in the US, according to Glassdoor***
• Median salary in the US for a product manager is $125,317, according to Glassdoor***
• Tech companies top the list of those that hire product managers and are rated based on employee reviews, average salary, and number of job openings: Amazon, Google, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft****

***Glassdoor 2022. 50 Best Jobs in America for 2022 - link

****Glassdoor, Top Companies Hiring for Product Manager Jobs - link

Training updated in October 2022

Our training programs allow you to learn by doing

Manage concrete projects based on professional situations. Knowing is good, knowing how to do it is better!

A mentor, a professional in the field, will accompany you throughout your training

Marie-Julie Lemaitre, currently Tribe lead - Cybersecurity at Thales, has over 10 years of experience in technology product management at Thales, RentaCar, Parrot, Cafeyn, Showroomprivé. Marie-Julie continues as a mentor on the Product Manager, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, UX Designer & Business Analyst courses at OpenClassrooms since 2019.

"I really enjoy sharing my knowledge while leaving a lot of autonomy to the learners so that they develop this 'Test & Learn' mindset, an essential skill of the professions they wish to enter. I also like to provide them with the global view of the steps they will go through, in order to make the intellectual path necessary to complete a project more fluidly."

Your career and employment opportunities following this program

After completing this degree program, you will be able to work as a product owner, product manager, product marketing manager, digital project manager, growth product manager.

Market salaries for the position of product manager:

• from $97,000 gross per year for a beginner profile;
• up to $169 000 gross per year for an experienced profile.

This range may vary depending on the size of the company and the region.

Source: Glassdoor "Product Manager Salaries - United States" updated on December 2021

Our alumni tell us

Sonia Kapche Kamga, a French student on this work-study path at ICPF from 2021 to 2023:

“In the training program, the projects are very concrete. This ‘real life’ aspect is reinforced by the apprenticeship. What I learn with my mentor, I can directly apply at work.”

 

Prerequisites to enroll

Level of study:  Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (engineering, design, online business) or a year of equivalent experience as a Product Manager or Software Engineer

Language: Certificate not older than 2 years to demonstrate a minimum level of English B2. Certificates accepted: 

• English Diploma from a secondary institution (private or public) or an accredited higher learning institution

 • Linguaskill minimum score: 160 • BULATS minimum score: 60 • TOEIC minimum score: 785 • IELTS minimum score: 6.5

 • TOEFL iBT minimum score: 88 • Cambridge FCE / CAE / BEC HIGHER / BEC VANTAGE minimum score or grade: B or 160 

• Certificate from a language center demonstrating a minimum level of B2 (including the number of training hours completed and the company signature or stamp) Don’t have one of these certificates? Find out where to take an exam.

Equipment:

Access to a computer (PC or Mac), headphones, a webcam, and a stable internet connection.