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
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