The Product Management Boot Camp
Lead cross-functional innovation. Help deliver powerful products.
Hands-on Learning: Master the problem-solving tools used by the pros.
Global Network: Gain access to a network of 250+ employers looking to hire.
Career Support: Access free professional resources throughout your career.
Respected Credentials: Earn a Certificate of Completion from a recognized university.
Duration
18 weeks
Time to complete, part-time
Pacing
4 hours per week
Live instruction
Build strong foundations for successful digital products.
Product managers are integral to the creation and implementation of a product from beginning to end. They hold many multidisciplinary responsibilities, such as defining tasks and strategies, identifying opportunities for improvement, leading cross-functional teams, and communicating with stakeholders.
- Structured flexibility: Our program is designed to give you the flexibility you need to balance your work-life schedule while providing the structure and support you need to achieve your career goals
- Innovative instruction: Our online product management course includes live interactive virtual classes led by skilled instructors
- Real-world projects: Our industry-driven curriculum teaches you the most in-demand skills through real-world examples. Everything you will learn is immediately applicable to a professional environment
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Meaningful outcomes.
Gain a competitive advantage
Learn from expert Instructors
Your instructors will bring firsthand professional experience from companies such as Nike, Amazon, the National Basketball Association (NBA), Calendly, and Artemis Health. They are fully vetted by the university and offer 1-on-1 virtual guidance to learners throughout the program.
Access to industry tools
As a student in the Product Management Boot Camp at UCLA Extension , you’ll receive access and training using the same tools that product managers use to build and steward technology products, including ProductPlan, Figma, Google Analytics, Jira, and Confluence.
Further your career.
Our Career Engagement Network will help you apply the tools and knowledge you learn in your program to advance your career by assisting you in developing a strong portfolio, a polished resume, and sharp interview skills. You’ll also have access to free career resources throughout your professional life.
Meaningful outcomes.
Gain a competitive advantage
Learn from expert Instructors
Your instructors will bring firsthand professional experience from companies such as Nike, Amazon, the National Basketball Association (NBA), Calendly, and Artemis Health. They are fully vetted by the university and offer 1-on-1 virtual guidance to learners throughout the program.
Access to industry tools
As a student in the Product Management Boot Camp at UCLA Extension , you’ll receive access and training using the same tools that product managers use to build and steward technology products, including ProductPlan, Figma, Google Analytics, Jira, and Confluence.
Further your career.
Our Career Engagement Network will help you apply the tools and knowledge you learn in your program to advance your career by assisting you in developing a strong portfolio, a polished resume, and sharp interview skills. You’ll also have access to free career resources throughout your professional life.
Innovative curriculum.
In-demand skills.
In 18 weeks, The Product Management Boot Camp at UCLA Extension will train you on in-demand product management skills like market analysis, value proposition creation, roadmap development, rapid prototyping, SQL, and data visualization. You’ll work with popular frameworks and tools, and develop your skills by completing real-world projects.
The curriculum is designed for maximum flexibility, so you can learn on your own time. You will only be required to spend four hours each week in dynamic virtual classes held on weekday evenings. All additional coursework is self-paced and can be completed throughout each week as your personal and work schedules allow.
Product vs. project mgmt.
How are they different?
Product management.
Product management is strategic and focuses on a product throughout its entire lifespan. It requires knowing the product inside and out, the needs of its audience, and how both could evolve over time.
Project management.
Project management is tactical and timeline-based, largely focused on the product execution. Much of this role involves managing timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure deliverables are met.
Request more infoGain a Competitive Advantage
As a student in The Product Management Boot Camp at UCLA Extension, you’ll receive access and training using the same tools that product managers use to build and steward technology products, including ProductPlan, Figma, Google Analytics, Jira, and Confluence.
Invest in your career. Explore financial options.
The Product Management Boot Camp fee: $10,495
Interest-free payment plan
Pay an initial deposit and split the rest of your tuition into monthly installments with no interest.
A powerful educational partnership
About The University of California Los Angeles Extension
The Product Management Boot Camp at UCLA Extension is offered by UCLA Extension, one of the nation’s oldest, largest, and most comprehensive providers of continuing higher education. In US News & World Report’s ranking of the nation’s best colleges, UCLA places #2 among public colleges and in the top 25 universities nationwide. UCLA Extension offers convenient evening and weekend courses tailored to the needs and schedules of working adults and students, as well as the excellence that comes with a UCLA-approved curriculum.
This program is offered through the UCLA Extension in partnership with edX.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, especially if they don’t have formal product management training. While the program covers everything a beginner needs to know to get into product management, it covers a lot of useful frameworks, tools, and approaches that would be useful to any product manager who hasn’t been exposed to them previously. These include business model canvas, design thinking, data visualization, and creating wireframes and prototyping. This program provides the hands-on experience employers are looking for — not just a certificate.
The boot camp focuses on digital products in a wide range of industries, such as consumer products, Software-as-a-Service, eCommerce, and FinTech. Although we focus more around digital product management, the concepts are easily transferred to hardware and/or physical product management as well.
No, it does not require coding experience. However, you will dive deep into SQL and Tableau to fully understand the data behind the decisions you will make as a product manager.
Our boot camp is a part-time, 18-week program designed for working adults, learners, and busy professionals. This gives you the benefit of a flexible learning schedule. Learners enrolled in this cohort should expect to attend two live, instructor-led classes each week (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.), while also setting aside an additional 20+ hours outside of class for self-study and projects.
Throughout the boot camp and up to 90 days after graduation, you will have access to career counselors that offer résumé review and interview prep, and you can tap into our global alumni community for even more networking opportunities. Once you complete the program, you will also gain lifetime access to our Career Engagement Network of more than 250 employers seeking skilled boot camp graduates.
