NOW POSTGRADUATE CERTIFIED
the end-to-end product management skills to thrive across the product lifecycle: from discovery to design and development
key product management frameworks, methodologies, and a range of industry tools like Miro
in-demand human skills like stakeholder management, effective communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
29 January 2024
6 months, online, 10-12 hours per week
(excludes: onboarding, live sessions, and time spent with the success team)
Includes 1:1 career coaching
Earn a globally-recognised, credit-bearing qualification* in product management
*Learners who achieve 60% or above during the Career Accelerator in Product Management qualify for the Postgraduate Certificate in Product Management.
It’s difficult to provide graduates with the confidence and skills they need to succeed in complex digital environments, and ensure they will be able to design products that realise the needs of business, government, and society. The King’s Career Accelerator achieves that by connecting university and industry in a way that builds on the many strengths of King’s College London’s Department of Digital Humanities.”
Professor James Smithies, Professor of Digital Humanities at King’s College London
Don't just learn to do the role, learn to be the most valuable member of the team. Develop the technical skills you need to thrive in the role, and the human skills you need to compete both now and in the future.
Apply your learning to a real-world product management scenario with a live business case. Work as part of a team to solve a current business challenge, and build a portfolio of evidence in the process.
Work with a dedicated Career Coach and Success Manager to proactively set your career goals and build the path that gets you where you need and want to go.
Get your new competencies and capabilities recognised when you earn a certificate from King’s on completion of your programme. Learners who achieve 60% or above during this programme qualify for the Postgraduate Certificate in Product Management.
As a key component of your learning journey, the Employer Project brings together all the skills you've gained from the first three project-based courses. This project is designed in collaboration with our industry partners, like Creative Navy, to give you first-hand experience in addressing real-world design challenges using the UX design techniques you've learned.
During these six weeks, every deliverable, every decision you make, mirrors the professional environment, accelerating your practical skills and portfolio development.
The Employer Project is more than just a project; it's a powerful springboard into the UX design industry, offering an experience comparable to being on the job.
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Download the programme brochure to learn more about this Career Accelerator and how you can build on your expertise after completing the programme with a Postgraduate Certificate in Product Management.
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As a key component of your learning journey, the Employer Project brings together all the skills you've gained from the first three project-based courses. This project is designed in collaboration with our industry partners, like DocuSign and SO-SURE, to give you first-hand experience in addressing real-world product challenges using the knowledge and skills you've learned.
During these six weeks, every deliverable, every decision you make, mirrors the professional environment, accelerating your practical skills and portfolio development.
The Employer Project is more than just a project; it's a powerful springboard into the product management industry, offering an experience comparable to being on the job.
Working with FourthRev and King's College London as part of the Employer Project has been valuable to us as an organisation. We were fortunate to work closely with an extremely talented cohort, benefitting from the insights and ideas they shared.”
John Kostovski, Product Manager - Identify, DocuSign
“I saw this programme as an investment in my career. It’s a stepping stone to a future role that will put me on a higher salary.”
Adam Stead
“It’s exciting to read something one week, and then literally the next week, I am applying it, whether it’s with the activities or with my actual work.”
Kelli Wingfield
“There are elements of theory in the programme, and each one goes directly into a piece of work that eventually goes into a real-life, practical thing that you can show when applying for roles.”
Aoife Duggan
"The programme has given me practical tools that I can pick up and straight away implement in my current role."
Soumya Kaushik
“I’ll be straightforward about it: I do believe the programme can help you get a better paid job. I do believe that because the Career Accelerator helped me to change jobs.”
Gåbriela Romanïni
“I saw this programme as an investment in my career. It’s a stepping stone to a future role that will put me on a higher salary.”
Adam Stead
“It’s exciting to read something one week, and then literally the next week, I am applying it, whether it’s with the activities or with my actual work.”
Kelli Wingfield
“There are elements of theory in the programme, and each one goes directly into a piece of work that eventually goes into a real-life, practical thing that you can show when applying for roles.”
Aoife Duggan
"The programme has given me practical tools that I can pick up and straight away implement in my current role."
Soumya Kaushik
“I’ll be straightforward about it: I do believe the programme can help you get a better paid job. I do believe that because the Career Accelerator helped me to change jobs.”
Gåbriela Romanïni
*We asked King’s Product Management Career Accelerator learners to share their experience of the programme with us as our first cohort of UX learners have not graduated.
This Career Accelerator brings together academic and industry perspectives to design, build and deliver a curriculum that represents the best of both worlds.
Professor of Digital Humanities King’s College London
Reader in Cultural Informatics at the Department of Digital Humanities King’s College London
CEO of ProdPad and Co-founder of Mind the Product
Group Product Manager at Intercom
Chief Product Officer at Reliance Health
Product Expert and Coach at Stories Matter
Product Leader, Consultant & Coach
Post-graduate student (King’s College London) & Principal Product Lead
Professor of Digital Humanities King’s College London
Reader in Cultural Informatics the Department of Digital Humanities King’s College London
CEO of ProdPad and Co-founder of Mind the Product
Group Product Manager Intercom
Chief Product Officer Reliance Health
Product expert and coach at Stories Matter
Product Leader, Consultant & Coach
Post-graduate student (King’s College London) & Principal Product Lead
Career coaching is an integral part of the Career Accelerator programme. Coaches work with you in regular 1:1 sessions to identify and develop the employability traits and personal skills needed to thrive at every stage of your career.
My Career Coach was instrumental in giving me the confidence to go ahead and use my new skills to make a difference at work.”
Andreas
In-person meet-ups and Career Accelerator alumni events.
A 90-day success plan, which helps you hit your job goals in those critical months after the program meme.
Ongoing career coaching services.
The FourthRev Community which has networking and industry events.
Complete the form below and receive more information on this Career Accelerator. You will be redirected to the programme brochure on submission.
The tuition fee for this programme is £6,000 including VAT. Ask your Enrolment Advisor about Edaid and our other flexible payment plans.
Career accelerators deliver the technical skills needed to perform in real-world roles, the understanding necessary to translate those abilities into meaningful value, the human skills crucial for gaining and retaining jobs, and the reflective capabilities essential for ongoing growth.
The majority of learning requirements can be completed asynchronously, in your own time. While attendance is strongly recommended for online webinar sessions and masterclasses, recordings will be made available at the conclusion of each session.
Live classes run mid week and outside of standard working hours. However, there is a weekly class that is timezone-friendly for the UK and South East Asia.
The programme is delivered entirely online through a virtual learning environment which is accessible from your personal computer or smartphone. Your personal Success Manager will be available to offer support and guide you through your learning journey.
Entry Requirements:
Supporting documents required:
These partners add industry experience to coursework development, share tech expertise and play a direct role in the portfolio project design. Through their insight into the ever-changing landscape in the digital economy, they ensure students develop skills aligned to workplace demand, offer exposure to employer networks and open up access to job opportunities.