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"I loved every week of my learning, I felt like I had this regained purpose which sometimes when you work day-to-day in a nine-to-five is really hard to find."

Polly, COO at Enterprise Nation
Founded her own consultancy, Life in Product

You'll benefit from:

The opportunity to gain strong foundational product management knowledge and skills in product design, prototyping and testing, Agile methodologies, launch strategies, product growth and analytics, all in the context of product strategy and organisational strategy

Developing the human skills needed to succeed as a Product Manager, such as strong communication and influencing skills, stakeholder management, prioritisation, decision-making and problem-solving skills

Exposure to an industry network through an Employer Project co-designed by tech and employer partners to acquire the relevant, practical abilities that get you hired

1:1 sessions with your Career Coach, dedicated to help you develop the employability traits and personal skills you need to thrive at every stage of your career

The chance to learn from leading academics and industry experts as you earn a certificate from King’s College London.

“When hiring for a Product Manager, I look for a good mix of practical knowledge and know-how about how the product development process works, along with experiences and stories that show the person has put those skills to use in a real-world environment.”

Janna Bastow, CEO of ProdPad
Industry Expert in the Career Accelerator

Why choose product management?

A few common reasons that people choose product management include a drive to have more impact and influence at work, the opportunity for long-term career growth in a future-proof role with pathways into leadership, and a desire to collaborate across disciplines – to be the ‘connector’ between ideas and outcomes.

4 Occupational Deep Dive - Product Manager UK [Report]. Burning Glass International Inc.; July 2021.

Who is this programme for?

This programme is ideal for career changers, early-career professionals, and those already working in product-adjacent roles who want to step confidently into product management. Whether you’re pivoting from another field, looking to formalise your skills, or aiming for your first role, you’ll gain the experience, support, and credibility needed to move forward—fast.

Key information

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6 months,
part time and 100% online

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12-15 hours per week,
self-paced with deadlines

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£6,295 incl. VAT
Payment plans available*

 

*Ask your Enrolment Advisor about our flexible payment plans.

Your learning journey

Your 6-month Career Accelerator starts after three weeks of Student Onboarding where you’ll familiarise yourself with the online campus, get comfortable with the learning software, be introduced to your support team, connect with fellow learners and plan your studies. You then progress through three courses and an employer project, where you’ll build a portfolio of evidence to showcase your new skills and competencies.

Upon successful completion of this online programme, you’ll earn a certificate from King’s College London.

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*Ask your Enrolment Advisor about our flexible payment plans.

Your 6-month Career Accelerator starts after three weeks of Student Onboarding where you’ll familiarise yourself with the online campus, get comfortable with the learning software, be introduced to your support team, connect with fellow learners and plan your studies. You then progress through three courses and an employer project, where you’ll build a portfolio of evidence to showcase your new skills and competencies.

Upon successful completion of this online programme, you’ll earn a certificate from King’s College London.

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“The Career Accelerator has helped me to achieve my dream of becoming a Product Manager. I love this role so much and I couldn't be happier. The in-depth product knowledge it has given me helped me stand out in my role and impress stakeholders early.”

Rory, Assistant Product Manager at 7IM (Fintech)
Changed careers from HR and recruitment

Accelerated progress for all career phases

Whether you’re taking your first step into the job market, brushing up on your existing experience or making a career shift, you’ll benefit from:

The combination of technical, business and human skills valued by today’s top employers – underpinned by the quality and rigour of university education.

A unique education model that combines the power of leading universities and industry giants to ensure learning meets workplace demand for skills, knowledge and behaviours.

Dedicated career coaching and mentorship from proactive members of your Success Team, who are invested in your personal career growth and available to support you in real time.

Why choose a Career Accelerator?

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.

Learners not only leave with the critical-thinking skills and growth mindset, but with a portfolio that proves they can excel in high-growth roles in the digital economy.

What you'll learn

At their core, Career Accelerators seek to address four knowledge and skill groups that lay the foundations for sustainable career success.
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Technical

Technical knowledge and skills in high-demand technologies
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Employability

The human skills required to attain jobs, promotions and employer-specific outcomes
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Organisational

A broad organisational understanding that drives effective application of technical skills
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Personal

Reflective capabilities that support personal growth and development for meaningful careers

Course 1: Product management and strategy

  • Gain an understanding of product strategy in relation to organisational strategy, and how to ideate and validate new products and features
  • Get familiarised with the user through market research in order to assess product-market fit and articulate user problems
  • Conduct iterative user research to validate design ideas and inform product design
  • Master effective written and verbal communication in different contexts (office and remote) and with different stakeholders.

Course 2: Product design and development

  • Further build on your product design knowledge, including design thinking, user experience design (UX) and interaction design principles to ensure a product is feasible and usable
  • Learn the principles of Agile product development, and how to prioritise tasks to manage product backlog
  • Learn how to work with multi-disciplinary teams, with a specific focus on collaborating with designers and engineers to achieve product success
  • Gain crucial foundational product design skills, such as the application of various testing and validation methods and tools, and how to manage advanced, technical product development.

Course 3: Launching a product to market

  • Gain the skills to design an effective go-to-market strategy, as well as planning the activities involved in a product launch
  • Learn product growth principles, including growth hacking and principles of product-led growth
  • Learn to identify appropriate product metrics and success criteria to continuously improve the product and promote product and business success.

Project-based assessments

For Course 1, you’ll use the skills acquired during the programme to build a business case and develop an accompanying presentation to help secure investment for your proposed product or feature. In Course 2, it will be expected of you to create a detailed product development plan. This means building a product prototype and the opportunity to showcase user testing to demonstrate the feasibility of your product. In Course 3, you’ll design a go-to-market strategy and product launch plan.

Employer Project

In a culmination of the skills acquired in the first three project-based courses, you’ll collaborate with fellow learners on an Employer Project. This specific project is designed by employer partners to reflect the practical skills required by industry. It requires a synthesis of the methods and techniques developed throughout the programme, and is based on genuine employer needs and interests. The project will be submitted in industry-aligned formats to ensure it becomes a relevant part of a practical portfolio of evidence.

Employer partners actively engage with learners as it gives them the opportunity to assess how the learner would approach a problem in their business context and, therefore, whether they might be a good fit for an internship or employment opportunity.

“The Employer Project was absolutely eye-opening in terms of not only having to deal with other colleagues, relationships, ways of working and styles of working, but also with a very specific brief from a real-life company that has their own culture and ethos and ways of working and having to put that into practice. It was brilliant – it was really massively rewarding.”

Amy, Digital Product Executive
Changed careers after 15 years as a personal assistant

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Product Management Learning Track

Until now, AI skills in the workplace have been a ‘nice-to-have’ but not a job requirement. That’s set to change rapidly. AI literacy is growing, and including it in your skills development will ensure you’re more employable than your competition.

This Career Accelerator goes beyond traditional product management skills training to incorporate a series of expert-led AI Masterclasses that teach you industry-relevant and job-ready AI skills for product management.

The exclusive learning track first introduces you to AI in product management before teaching you hands-on skills for using AI to improve your productivity. You’ll explore how AI can be integrated into your product management, how to use effective prompt engineering, specific industry use cases and the ethics of AI.*

What you’ll gain

  • Four expert-led workshops: Learn from an AI expert who guides you through the nuances of GenAI, sharing practical tips and demonstrations in a series of four, in-depth and collaborative Masterclasses.
  • Hands-on project-based learning: Dive into real-world case studies and AI solutions used across the production cycle, and the AI tools beyond ChatGPT.
  • Build on your existing learning: These Masterclasses are designed to build on the fundamentals and techniques you’ll learn on the Career Accelerator, teaching the AI principles that’ll soon be required in the workplace.
  • Enhance your career prospects: Earn a digital badge to showcase your AI literacy, making you a more attractive candidate for future job opportunities.

AI and Product Management Learning Track breakdown

Masterclass 1: An Introduction To AI for Product Managers

  • Explore the fundamental industry disruptions
  • Understand the foundations of AI, such as LLMs, tokens and neural networks
  • Learn the implications of AI on product management
  • Discover the AI tool and platform landscape

Masterclass 2: Using AI To Improve Productivity for Product Managers

  • Discuss the general productivity principles and traps
  • Explore the idea of an AI associate and prompt best practices
  • Unpack practical AI tools and tips for end-to-end product management
  • Understand the pitfalls to avoid and the limitations of AI currently

Masterclass 3: Knowing When and How To Integrate AI Into Your Product

  • Learn how to integrate AI into your product
  • Explore how to manage AI products
  • Discuss real-world AI use cases and the considerations of ‘off-the-shelf’ AI solutions versus building your own

Masterclass 4: Open Masterclass

  • Discuss AI ethical considerations and data privacy
  • Focus on career preparation and future trends
  • Learn practical skills to stay competitive in the job market

*The content is subject to change depending on the latest AI developments, skills and applications, as well as requested topics from learners.

Different ways to invest in your career

The full price of this Career Accelerator is £6,295. All payment plans have no added fees or interest! Talk to an Enrolment Advisor about your options.

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Benefit from a reduced rate by making payment upfront, in full, prior to the start of the programme.

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Flexible deposit

Make a 10% deposit of £629.50 and then six monthly payments of £944.25.

£5,995

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Spread the cost

Make a 10% deposit of £629.50 and then pay just £236.06 per month (interest free) for 24 months. Only available to citizens and residents in the UK and EU.

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King’s alumni automatically qualify for a preferential rate of 10% off the programme fee

“With the progress I've made in my career over the last six months in terms of the added responsibility and the ability to actually work properly in this industry, I think it's going to pay for itself – if it hasn’t already.”

Siobhán

Career Accelerator Alumna

“The ROI is real – I now have the confidence, skills, and credibility to grow my career in ways I wouldn’t have imagined before.”

Polly, COO at Enterprise Nation
Founded her own consultancy, Life in Product

Speak to an advisor

Any questions? Reach out to one of our friendly Enrolment Advisors to learn more about the programme and whether it's the right fit for you and your career goals
Email us at kings@fourthrev.com or book a short call below.

Looking to upskill your employees?
Connect with an advisor about the many benefits of this programme for your business.

How you'll learn

The majority of your learning happens asynchronously, allowing you to manage your life around weekly deadlines and work through the course material when it suits you. You’ll learn by way of:

  • Videos and graphics that break down complex concepts

  • In-depth reading materials which encourage self-directed learning

  • A series of live webinars hosted by academic programme leads, masterclasses and career coaching sessions available in your time zone

  • Assessments and an Employer Project with our industry-focused technology and employer partners

  • To set you up for further success, knowledge checks will be conducted by your Facilitator, who will provide you with formative feedback.

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“At every stage, you have the ability to practise on a real example. So, it was very practical. We also had the option to use multiple tools to complete the challenges – you don’t have to stick to just one.”

Iryna, Product Manager
Changed from fashion to product management

Who you'll learn from

Your programme content is shaped by the Department of Digital Humanities within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at King’s College London — home to internationally respected academics — in partnership with tech and employer partners.

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Your programme content is shaped by digital experts at the Department of Digital Humanities within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at King’s College London — home to internationally respected academics — in collaboration with tech and employer partners.

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Prof James Smithies

Former Professor of Digital Humanities
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Dr Mark Hedges

Head of Department of Digital Humanities
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Janna Bastow

CEO of ProdPad and
Co-founder of Mind the Product

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Marc Abraham

Group Product Manager
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Randeep Sidhu

Chief Product Officer
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Pippa Topp

Product Leader,
Consultant & Coach

 

“The King’s Product Management Career Accelerator connects university and industry in a genuine partnership that equips students with the confidence and skills they need to succeed in complex digital environments, ensuring they can design products that realise the needs of business, government and society and drawing on the expertise and strengths of King’s Department of Digital Humanities.”

- Prof James Smithies

‘For too long, product management has been a role that so many of us “fell into” by chance or accident, and certainly didn't have training or dedicated courses like this Career Accelerator to guide the path there.’

Janna Bastow, CEO of ProdPad
Industry Expert in the Career Accelerator

Your real-time support network

Success team

To support you on your learning journey, you’ll be introduced to your Success Manager and a Career Coach before the accelerator starts. Facilitators will also engage with you throughout your learning, and be on hand for course material support.

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Success Manager

You’ll develop a meaningful relationship with your Success Manager through ongoing 1:1 sessions throughout the programme. This powerful learning partner will find out what you’re all about, work with you to define and chase your goals, and proactively look for ways to help you be successful.

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Career Coach

Through a mix of interactive masterclasses and 1:1 sessions, your Career Coach works with you to identify and develop the employability traits and personal skills needed to thrive in the industry. They’ll help you build skills development plans, guide your social learning discussions and network with employers to ensure your personal career development goals are met.

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Facilitation Team

Using their subject-matter knowledge and industry experience, your Head Facilitator and course Facilitator guide you through content-related challenges and bring real-world relevance to your coursework through engaging weekly classes. Your Facilitator will support you in understanding key topics so you feel motivated throughout your learning journey, and is responsible for grading and giving feedback on your assessment submissions.

“My Career Coach hasn’t been afraid to challenge me on things and has pushed me outside of my comfort zone, which has been for the best. It’s made me much more confident. We tailored all of my sessions to what I want to achieve.”

Aoife, Product Manager
Changed from customer success to product management

Powerful collaborations for the digital economy

Career accelerators are driven by the excellence of university education, built in partnership with industry leaders, and guided by employer partners to develop the technical and human competencies valued by the world’s most successful organisations.
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King's College London

King's College London pursues a vision to make the world a better place, and has a proud history of inspiring and supporting those who seek to solve the world's most pressing problems. Today, King's seeks to define the university of the future. From research that led to the discovery of the structure of DNA, to developing life-changing therapies and making maths education available to underrepresented groups - King's continues to have a transformational impact on society.
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FourthRev

FourthRev partners with leading universities and industry to create online Career Accelerators—intensive programmes designed to close the skills gap between higher education and the digital economy. By combining rigorous academic insight, industry-backed practical experience, and personalised career support, FourthRev empowers professionals to thrive in the careers of the future.
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DocuSign

Since inception in 2003, DocuSign has been on a mission to accelerate business and simplify life for companies and people around the world. We pioneered the development of e-signature technology, and today DocuSign helps organisations connect and automate how they prepare, sign, act on, and manage agreements. The company now has more than 1,000,000 customers and hundreds of millions of users in over 180 countries use DocuSign to accelerate the process of doing business and to simplify people's lives.
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Atlassian

Atlassian is a UK-domiciled, American-Australian originated software company that develops products and tools like Jira and Trello that are used by thousands of software developers, project managers and other software development teams worldwide. The company is serious about creating amazing products, practices, and open work for all teams. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, their products help teams all over the planet advance humanity through the power of software.
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Dropbox

Dropbox is a file hosting service that offers its clients one place to keep life organised, i.e. cloud storage, file synchronisation, personal cloud, and client software. Founded in 2007 by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi as a startup company, it has been ranked as one of the most valuable startups in the US and the world. It has a valuation of over US$10 billion. With more than 700 million registered users across 180 countries, Dropbox is currently on a mission to design a more enlightened way of working.
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Mr Yum

Mr Yum is an innovative mobile payments and growth platform for hospitality and entertainment. Their passionate team works across Australia, the US, UK and Asia, with a shared goal of supporting the industries they love with world-class products. 13+million customers have used Mr Yum in the past 12 months globally.
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Linktree

Linktree allows users to share more, sell more, curate more and grow more. With over 23 million users worldwide, they’re helping brands, artists, publishers, agencies and influencers better control their presence online. It not only points followers in the direction of their choosing — to other social profiles, an eCommerce store, or content they want to share — but it helps hold followers within their online ecosystem for longer.
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Prodpad

ProdPad is used by thousands of successful product teams around the world as their single source of product truth. From customer feedback and ideation tools which help to gather insight on the problems that need solving, to prototyping product strategy through road maps, and aligning stakeholders and developers on the same objectives. ProdPad’s mission remains the same; to make you a confident Product Manager.

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SO-SURE is a UK-based insurtech company revolutionising the insurance industry through innovative technology and excellent customer service. Bringing insurance back to its 17th-century roots, when ship owners would get together to discuss problems and mutualise risks, SO-SURE uses this concept, bringing it into the digital age with a win-win insurance model that is transparent and fair. It's simple, really. SO-SURE believes that customers should get reliable insurance cover when they need it and money back if they don't.
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Now postgraduate certified

Learners who achieve 60% or above during the Career Accelerator in Product Management qualify for the Postgraduate Certificate in Product Management. The time you've invested in the Career Accelerator will be converted into academic credits, contributing to your completion of the postgraduate certificate. Speak to an advisor to learn more.

Register your interest

Discuss your interest and find out more by chatting to one of our Enrolment Advisors.
Places on this programme are limited.

Contact us:

kings@fourthrev.com

King's Product Management Career Accelerator

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