SimulateCareer · AI Product Academy · Cohort 07

Become the Product Manager who can turn ideas into products, businesses and outcomes.

Master Product Management, AI, strategy, business, technology and execution — through one end-to-end learning system. From customer discovery to product strategy, PRDs, AI architecture, MVPs, pricing, GTM, launch and growth.

Learn·Apply·Build·Measure·Prove
My ProductHealthcare AI Copilot
Progress67%
Current stageProduct Strategy
✓Problem Statement
✓Market Analysis
✓Business Model
PRD
AI Architecture
Prototype
Example of a student build in progress
AI Product Coach

"Let's validate it before you build. Who is the user, and why would AI make this meaningfully better?"

The shift

Product Management has changed.

Modern PMs are no longer expected to simply
  • — manage backlogs
  • — write user stories
  • — run stand-ups
  • — create roadmaps
  • — coordinate teams
They are expected to understand
CustomersMarketsStrategyBusinessTechnologyAIDataDesignFinanceGrowthLeadership

The question isn't "Do you know Product Management frameworks?"

It's: can you make the right product decisions?

The programme promise

One programme. The complete Product Management journey.

01
Discover

Understand customers, problems and markets.

02
Define

Turn problems into product opportunities.

03
Strategise

Determine where and how to compete.

04
Design

Create experiences people want to use.

05
Build

Translate strategy into products and AI systems.

06
Launch

Take products to market.

07
Grow

Measure, experiment and scale.

08
Lead

Influence organisations and make strategic decisions.

Three ways in

Pick the career you're building. The work is real either way.

Product
Decide what gets built

Stop taking requirements. Start owning the decision. You learn discovery, strategy, business models, AI product design and analytics — and you prove it by taking one product from a problem nobody has scoped to a launch plan you can defend in a room.

  • + One AI product taken from problem to launch plan
  • + A written portfolio case study hiring managers can read
  • + A 10-minute executive pitch you can give in an interview
See the Product track →
Project & Delivery
Lead the work, not just the plan

You already get things delivered. What you are missing is the half of the job that decides what should be delivered at all: the business case, the benefits, the trade-offs and the judgement to run AI work where 'done' is a quality threshold rather than a checklist.

  • + A business case and benefits model for a real initiative
  • + An AI delivery playbook: risks, evaluation and governance
  • + A portfolio piece that shows leadership, not just coordination
See the Project & Delivery track →
Entrepreneurship
Take your idea from problem to launch

Bring your own idea and find out early whether it survives contact with real customers and real numbers. You build the smallest thing that proves it, put it in front of users, and finish with a pitch and a model you can send to an investor without flinching.

  • + A validated problem with evidence, not opinion
  • + A working MVP in front of real users
  • + A pitch deck and financial model you can send out
See the Entrepreneurship track →
Curriculum architecture

One skill stack. Read it through your own job.

Twelve pillars, the same for everyone — because the product system is the same. What changes is what each pillar asks of you and what you produce.

See the full curriculum →
01
Product Foundations

Know what you own, and say no to work that isn't yours.

  • Product Management
  • Product vs Project vs Programme
  • PM/PO responsibilities
  • Product operating models
  • Product lifecycle
You produce

A one-page definition of the outcome you own

AI accelerator

Use AI to map an operating model and spot where decisions actually get made.

02
Customer & Discovery

Replace 'stakeholders asked for it' with evidence from real users.

  • Voice of the customer
  • Customer research
  • Jobs to be Done
  • Personas
  • Journey mapping
  • Problem discovery
  • Problem validation
You produce

Interview findings and a validated problem statement

AI accelerator

Synthesise interview transcripts into themes and quote evidence in minutes.

03
Market & Competitive Intelligence

Argue your roadmap from market reality, not internal opinion.

  • Market research
  • TAM/SAM/SOM
  • PESTLE
  • Porter's Five Forces
  • Competitive strategy
  • AI-powered research
You produce

A sized market and competitive map

AI accelerator

Run market and competitor research in hours instead of weeks.

04
Product Strategy

Decide where to play and what to refuse — and write it down.

  • Vision
  • Mission
  • Strategy
  • Strategic choices
  • Positioning
  • OKRs
  • Strategic alignment
You produce

A one-page product strategy with OKRs

AI accelerator

Pressure-test strategic choices against competitor moves and scenarios.

05
Product Discovery & Definition

Turn a problem into a scoped, defensible thing to build.

  • Opportunity discovery
  • Prioritisation
  • MVP
  • Hypotheses
  • PRDs
  • User stories
  • Acceptance criteria
You produce

A PRD and a prioritised scope

AI accelerator

Draft PRDs, acceptance criteria and edge cases from a problem statement.

06
UX & Product Design

Brief and critique design work without designing it yourself.

  • Design thinking
  • UX
  • User journeys
  • Information architecture
  • Prototyping
  • Usability testing
You produce

User flows and a tested prototype

AI accelerator

Generate and iterate on prototypes fast enough to test the same week.

07
AI Product Management

Specify an AI feature and know when it is good enough to ship.

  • AI/ML fundamentals
  • LLMs
  • RAG
  • Agents
  • Prompt engineering
  • AI UX
  • Evaluation
  • Guardrails
  • Responsible AI
You produce

An AI capability spec and evaluation plan

AI accelerator

This pillar is the AI accelerator — how AI products are specified and judged.

08
Technology & Product Architecture

Hold your own in a technical trade-off conversation.

  • APIs
  • Data
  • Cloud concepts
  • AI architecture
  • Integrations
  • Security
  • Privacy
  • Scalability
You produce

A solution architecture diagram you can explain

AI accelerator

Use AI to explain, diagram and interrogate an architecture you didn't write.

09
Product Business

Build the business case that gets your work funded.

  • Business models
  • SaaS
  • Platform models
  • Pricing
  • Unit economics
  • Business cases
  • ROI
  • Financial modelling
You produce

A business model canvas with real numbers

AI accelerator

Go from assumptions to financial projections without building a spreadsheet first.

10
Product Growth

Know whether what you shipped actually worked.

  • Product analytics
  • North Star metrics
  • Funnels
  • Retention
  • Experiments
  • A/B testing
  • Growth loops
  • Network effects
You produce

A measurement plan and dashboard

AI accelerator

Interrogate product data in plain language and surface what moved.

11
GTM & Launch

Land the launch instead of handing it to marketing and hoping.

  • Positioning
  • Messaging
  • Go-to-market
  • Launch strategy
  • Beta
  • Rollout
  • Adoption
You produce

A GTM plan with channels and messaging

AI accelerator

Draft, test and sharpen positioning and messaging against real objections.

12
Product Leadership

Get a decision made when you have no authority to make it.

  • Stakeholder management
  • Negotiation
  • Executive communication
  • Decision-making
  • Influence
  • Product leadership
You produce

A stakeholder and influence plan

AI accelerator

Rehearse the hard conversation and stress-test your argument before the room.

The product system

You won't just learn Product Management. You'll develop the capability to operate across the entire product system.

01
Customer
02
Problem
03
Market
04
Strategy
05
Business Model
06
Product
07
AI & Technology
08
MVP
09
Metrics
10
Growth
11
GTM
12
Scale
The AI-native PM

AI isn't another module. AI changes how Product Managers work.

You learn to use AI across the entire product lifecycle — and to decide where it genuinely creates value and where it doesn't.

Research

AI-powered market research

Discovery

AI-assisted customer insight

Strategy

Competitive intelligence

Definition

AI-assisted PRDs

Design

AI prototyping

Build

AI-assisted development

Analytics

AI-powered product insights

Operations

AI agents for product workflows

The differentiator

Don't just learn. Build. Inside the AI Product Lab.

Every learner applies the programme to a real product, one stage at a time.

01
Problem Definition
02
Customer Research
03
Market Analysis
04
Competitive Analysis
05
Product Strategy
06
Business Model
07
PRD
08
UX Prototype
09
AI Architecture
10
MVP
11
Metrics
12
Pricing
13
GTM
14
Launch Plan
15
Executive Product Presentation
What you graduate with

Not a certificate. Evidence of capability.

01
Product Strategy
02
Market & Competitive Analysis
03
Customer Discovery
04
Business Model
05
PRD
06
UX Prototype
07
AI Architecture
08
Working MVP
09
Product Analytics
10
Pricing Strategy
11
GTM Plan
12
Launch Strategy
13
Executive Business Case
One product.
One complete story.
Capstone projects

Learn through real product challenges.

AI Healthcare Copilot

Build an AI product for clinicians and patients.

ProductProject & Delivery
AI Career Coach

Build an AI-native career platform.

ProductEntrepreneurship
FinTech Personal Finance

Improve financial health and retention.

ProductEntrepreneurship
SaaS Productivity Platform

Build a collaboration and productivity product.

ProductEntrepreneurship
AI Education Platform

Personalised learning with an AI tutor.

ProductEntrepreneurship
Food Delivery 2.0

Retention, unit economics and growth.

ProductEntrepreneurship
Digital Mental Wellness

Design a safe, engaging consumer product.

ProductEntrepreneurship
Climate & Sustainability Product

Turn behaviour into measurable outcomes.

ProductProject & DeliveryEntrepreneurship
B2B AI Knowledge Platform

Search, RAG and enterprise workflow.

ProductProject & Delivery
Build Your Own Startup

A full zero-to-one product journey.

ProductProject & DeliveryEntrepreneurship

Or bring your own problem — most people do, and the programme is built for it.

The learning model

Learn. Analyse. Apply. Build. Defend.

01
Learn

Understand the concept.

02
Analyse

Study a real-world case.

03
Apply

Use the framework on a product problem.

04
Build

Create a product artefact.

05
Defend

Explain and justify your decision.

Nobody is rewarded for knowing what RICE is. They are rewarded for explaining why they chose one opportunity over another — so every module ends with you defending a decision.

Your Product Management toolkit

A framework library you actually use, not a reading list.

Discovery
  • JTBD
  • Personas
  • Journey Maps
  • VOC
Strategy
  • SWOT
  • PESTLE
  • Porter's Five Forces
  • Blue Ocean
  • Playing to Win
Business
  • Business Model Canvas
  • Lean Canvas
  • Value Proposition Canvas
  • TAM/SAM/SOM
Product
  • Opportunity Solution Tree
  • RICE
  • MoSCoW
  • Kano
  • Prioritisation Matrix
AI
  • AI Product Canvas
  • AI Risk Matrix
  • AI Evaluation Framework
  • RAG Decision Framework
  • Agent Design Framework
Growth
  • North Star
  • AARRR
  • Growth Loops
  • Experiment Canvas

Each framework: Learn → Example → Template → AI assistant → Apply to your product.

The career journey

From learner to practitioner to product leader.

Stage 1
Product Foundations

You understand the system and the language.

Stage 2
Associate / Junior PM

You can run discovery and write a defensible PRD.

Stage 3
Product Manager

You own outcomes, not tickets.

Stage 4
Senior Product Manager

You set strategy and make the hard trade-offs.

Stage 5
AI Product Manager

You design and govern AI-native products.

Stage 6
Product Leader

You influence the organisation, not just the roadmap.

Who is this for?
01
Aspiring Product Managers

Build the skills and portfolio needed to break into PM.

02
Existing Product Managers

Move from delivery management to strategic product leadership.

03
Project & Delivery Leads

Add the strategy and business half of the job to your delivery strength.

04
Founders & Entrepreneurs

Turn an idea into a validated product and viable business.

05
Consultants & Professionals

Develop a product toolkit that increases your strategic value.

The outcome

By the end, you can answer twelve questions.

01
What problem are we solving?
02
For whom?
03
Why does it matter?
04
How big is the opportunity?
05
Who are we competing with?
06
Why should customers choose us?
07
What should we build?
08
How should we build it?
09
Where does AI create real value?
10
How will we make money?
11
How will we launch and grow it?
12
How will we know it succeeded?
The material

A curriculum built around real Product Management capability.

100+
lessons
12
capability pillars
15
product artefacts
10
capstone products

Built for practitioners. Designed around real product work.

We don't publish student testimonials yet, because we would rather show you the work than invent a quote.

Who built this

Built by someone who lives at the intersection of science, healthcare, technology and product.

Scientific researchHealthcareMBAProduct ManagementAIEntrepreneurshipTeachingBuilding real products

The goal isn't to teach you another framework. It's to teach you how to think through product decisions.

More about the academy →
Your AI Mentor

The AI Product Coach

Bring an idea. The coach pushes back before you build — then evaluates your answers against the way real product decisions get made.

"I have an idea for an AI healthcare application."
Coach

Let's validate it before you build it.

  • → Who is the user?
  • → What problem are they experiencing?
  • → How frequently does it occur?
  • → What are they doing today?
  • → What alternatives exist?
  • → Why would AI make this better?
Product Management Toolkit
Business Model CanvasValue Proposition CanvasLean CanvasPESTLEPorter's Five ForcesTAM/SAM/SOMRICEKanoOpportunity Solution TreeJTBDNorth Star FrameworkOKRsExperiment CanvasAI Evaluation FrameworkAI Risk MatrixProduct Strategy Canvas

Each framework: Learn → Example → Template → AI Assistant → Apply to your product.

Programmes
Foundation
Self-paced foundations
£499
Start any time
  • + All 18 modules, self-paced
  • + Framework toolkit access
  • + Case study library
  • + Certificate of completion
Apply for Foundation
Professional
16-week cohort programme
£2,400
Cohort + mentor + Product Lab
  • + Everything in Foundation
  • + Live cohort and mentor reviews
  • + The AI Product Lab build
  • + AI Product Coach
  • + Portfolio case study + pitch
Apply for Professional
Executive
Leadership & transformation
£5,500
Strategy + AI transformation
  • + Everything in Professional
  • + Executive coaching sessions
  • + AI transformation strategy work
  • + Board-level communication
Apply for Executive
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Questions
Is this suitable for beginners?+

Yes. The programme starts at product foundations and builds up. What it assumes is that you will do the work — every module ends with something you produce.

Do I need technical knowledge or coding experience?+

No coding. You will learn enough about data, APIs, models, retrieval and evaluation to lead the work and challenge engineers, without writing production code.

Is this only for AI Product Managers?+

No. It is a complete Product Management programme. AI runs through it because AI now runs through the job, not because it is a niche.

How long does the programme take?+

The cohort runs 16 weeks at around 5–7 hours a week. Foundation is self-paced and stays available afterwards.

Will I build a real product?+

Yes. The AI Product Lab takes one product from problem definition to executive presentation — fifteen artefacts, reviewed at every stage.

Can I use my own product idea?+

Yes, and most people do. If you would rather not, choose one of the capstone problems.

Will I receive a certificate?+

Yes, but it is the least valuable thing you leave with. The portfolio and the pitch are what get you hired.

Is this suitable for career switchers?+

It is built for them. Your existing domain knowledge is an advantage — the programme gives it a product language.

What tools will I learn?+

Discovery and research tools, analytics, prototyping, AI assistants and no-code build tooling, plus the framework toolkit as working templates.

Which track should I choose?+

Product if you want to decide what gets built, Project & Delivery if you already run delivery and want the strategic half, Entrepreneurship if you are building your own thing. The application asks, and we will say honestly if another track fits better.

Can my employer pay?+

Yes. We provide invoices and a written business case you can send to your manager, and we run team cohorts for organisations.

Build something that proves you can do it.

Don't just learn the theory. Ship a product that could change your career.