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10 Top AI Certifications in Product Management

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What are some of the best AI certifications for product management pros?

Whether it’s using artificial intelligence (AI) technology as a tool in product management or managing the development of AI products, AI product management is a lucrative and in-demand field. Employers estimate that workers who acquire AI expertise could see their paychecks jump by 35% or more, according to a study by Amazon. Here, we look at some of the top AI certifications in product management.

1. AI Training for Product Professionals

Certifying organization: Pragmatic Institute

Skills learned: Includes demystifying AI; understanding generative AI capabilities and limitations; using advanced technology; applying generative AI and prompt engineering techniques in practical product management scenarios; understanding the opportunities and risks of integrating AI into customer-facing products; future-proofing your career.

Requirements: A login to ChatGPT is required; a subscription to ChatGPT Plus is strongly recommended

Duration: Six hours

Cost: Currently $1,095

2. Product Management: Building AI-Powered Products

Certifying organization: IBM

Skills learned: Explain the roles of an AI product manager and the required skills to manage a product life cycle and explore their daily routine; conduct a skills analysis, examine AI opportunities and challenges and use AI tools in product development and market reach expansion; describe the AI value proposition, methods for communicating with stakeholders, the AI process, stages of AI product development and the ROI of AI; discuss AI integration into the product management lifecycle, AI’s impact and use cases and strategies for commercializing AI products.

Duration: Seven hours

Test: Final project and exam

Cost: Coursera subscription at $49 a month

3. AI Product Management Specialization

Certifying organization: Duke University

Skills learned: Series of three courses on how machine learning works and when and how it can be applied to solve problems; students apply the data science process and industry best practices to lead machine learning projects and develop competency in designing human-centered AI products that ensure privacy and ethical standards.

Duration: Four months at five hours a week

Test: Each course has a project component

Cost: Coursera subscription at $49 per month

4. AI Product Management Certification

Certifying organization: Maven

Skills learned: Mastering AI fundamentals; identifying and validating AI opportunities; designing AI product features; AI feature launch, metrics and growth; taught by an OpenAI product leader

Requirements: Intended for people who work on software products but technical background not required

Duration: 12 hours

Test: Capstone project

Cost: Currently $1,995

5. AI for Product Management Course

Certifying organization: Pendo

Skills learned: How to use AI and AI-based tools in product development; building a software strategy that encompasses AI; establishing AI principles and best practices for building AI-powered features; how AI can lead to transformational outcomes; how AI can enhance product-led practices with automation and personalization; and how to use AI throughout the product development process.

Duration: Two hours

Learning Opportunities

Test: Optional

Cost: Currently free; normally $149

6. Artificial Intelligence for Product Certification

Certifying organization: Product School

Skills learned: How to apply AI’s value propositions; how to select and train the right LLM for a product; identifying AI product opportunities; UX best practices for AI features and AI-driven enhancements for existing products; and AI-specific evaluation metrics.

Duration: 15 hours

Test: Final project

Cost: Currently $2,999

7. Advanced AI Product Management & Leadership Certification

Certifying organization: Maven

Skills learned: Transformers, LLMs, generative media and tool demos; staffing an AI organization; crafting an AI product strategy; and MLOps, LLMOps, architecture and infrastructure; taught by Marily Nika, currently generative AI product management lead at Google.

Duration: Six hours of self-paced material and up to 4.5 hours of live sessions for the live version

Test: Optional homework

Cost: Currently $349 for the self-paced version; $699 for live version; $999 for version with additional instructor time

8. The Product Management for AI & Data Science Course

Certifying organization: Udemy

Skills learned: Introduction to product management for AI and data; technological concepts; business strategy for AI and data; user experience for AI and data; data management; life cycle of an AI or data science project; and managing data science and AI teams.

Duration: Five hours

Test: Assignments

Cost: Currently $17.99; regularly $89.99

9. AI Product Manager Nanodegree Program

Certifying organization: Udacity

Skills learned: Product success metrics; product validation; AI business context; types of ML applications; AI fluency; data set annotation; product goals; data quality assessment; model evaluation; training neural networks; transfer learning; Google autoML; product prototyping; product development cycle; continuous learning; product success metrics; product proposals; ideation; version control; model bias mitigation; A/B testing; and product scaling.

Requirements: Basic descriptive statistics

Duration: Typically takes four months to complete

Test: Three projects

Cost: Currently $249 a month or $846 for four months

10. AI Solution Product Management Self-Study Certification Program

Certifying organization: AI Product Institute

Skills learned: The need for AI product managers; business objectives in the AI era; AI know-how for product managers; AI opportunities; agile AI product life cycle and other methodologies; design sprint; AI business requirements and data analysis; building AI solution teams; researching AI solutions; rapid AI experimentation; building and releasing AI solutions; evaluating and experimenting; and AI product manager responsibilities.

Duration: 13 hours of self-paced video

Test: Exam

Cost: Currently $1,049

About the Author
Sharon Fisher

Sharon Fisher has written for magazines, newspapers and websites throughout the computer and business industry for more than 40 years and is also the author of "Riding the Internet Highway" as well as chapters in several other books. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master’s degree in public administration from Boise State University. She has been a digital nomad since 2020 and lived in 18 countries so far. Connect with Sharon Fisher:

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