Business & Finance

Product Manager

Explore how product managers help teams decide which user problems to address and how to learn from solutions.

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What does this career involve?

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Work you might explore

  • Understanding users, context and organisational goals
  • Prioritising problems and defining useful outcomes
  • Coordinating design, technology and business perspectives
  • Reviewing evidence and adjusting product direction

What skills can help?

  • Product discovery
  • Prioritisation
  • Cross-team communication
  • Evidence-based decision making

Courses to explore

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Projects students can try

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PROJECT 01

Research and scope a campus problem

PROJECT 02

Write a product brief with success measures

PROJECT 03

Test a clickable prototype with potential users

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