The Product Manager's Journey

Master Product Management: From Discovery to Leadership

Become a world-class PM. Deliver impactful products and lead teams with confidence.

Overwhelmed by Product Management Challenges?

Break Free from Burnout and Stalled Growth

Take control of your PM career with a proven framework.

Product management means juggling user needs, stakeholders, and teams while driving impact. Without a clear path, you risk burnout or stagnation. This course delivers a step-by-step process to master discovery, prioritize effectively, deliver results, and lead strategically, preparing you for a product director role.

Designed for PM Success

Your Path to Product Excellence

Practical skills, modern frameworks, and a mentorship approach.

  • Outcome-Driven: Master Jobs-to-be-Done, Opportunity Scoring, and Now/Next/Later to deliver user and business value.

  • Practical Skills: Apply discovery, prioritization, and leadership techniques right away.

  • Mentorship Tone: Bite-sized videos feel like guidance from a seasoned PM mentor.

  • Career Transformation: Go from new PM to product director with strategic leadership skills.

Explore the Full Journey

Your Complete Product Management Roadmap

From User Needs to Team Leadership

Dive into the course below to explore the full journey. Start with core sections now and unlock new lessons as they’re released, all included with your enrollment.

Introduction

Welcome to Your Journey!
    Preview

    Starting as a Product Manager

    Learn the PM role, responsibilities, and skills. Understand role flexibility and how duties adapt across contexts to start your career with clarity. Practical guidance for new PMs.

    Defining the Product Manager Role
      Exploring PM Responsibilities
        Navigating Product Roles
          Identifying Core Skills
            Adapting Work to Startups vs. Enterprises

              Navigating the First 90 Days

              Integrate into a product team in your first 90 days. Learn to navigate workflows, build relationships with cross-functional partners and engineers, and make early contributions. Actionable steps for new PMs.

              Starting with Your Product Team
                Understanding Your Team’s Workflow
                  Collaborating with Cross-Functional Partners
                    Building Relationships in the Product Trio
                      Delivering Your First Team Contribution

                        Starting Discovery with User Needs

                        Begin discovery by gathering user needs with JTBD. Learn to frame jobs and collect insights through interviews, observations, and job mapping to identify user needs.

                        Understanding Jobs-to-be-Done
                          Conducting User Interviews
                            Observing User Behaviors
                              Collecting Quantitative User Data
                                Building a Job Map for User Needs

                                  Deepening Discovery with Problem Analysis

                                  Deepen discovery by analyzing user needs to identify problems and opportunities. Learn to process insights, map opportunities, create personas, test assumptions, and collaborate.

                                  Analyzing User Needs for Problems
                                    Mapping Opportunities with Solution Trees
                                      Creating User Personas for Discovery
                                        Testing Problem Assumptions with Experiments
                                          Collaborating with Teams in Discovery

                                            Managing the Product Backlog

                                            Organize and prioritize the product backlog to deliver value. Learn to structure tasks with Now/Next/Later, prioritize with Opportunity Scoring, write job stories, balance priorities, and iterate with stakeholder input.

                                            Organizing a Backlog with Now/Next/Later
                                              Prioritizing with Opportunity Scoring
                                                Writing Job Stories
                                                  Balancing Features, Bugs, and Support
                                                    Handling Stakeholder Input in the Backlog
                                                      Iterating on Backlog Priorities

                                                        Planning Product Features

                                                        Plan features from prioritized backlog tasks. Learn to define scope, set outcome-based metrics, build roadmaps, align the product trio, estimate effort, and design MVPs.

                                                        Defining Feature Scope
                                                          Setting Outcome-Based Metrics
                                                            Building Outcome-Focused Roadmaps
                                                              Aligning the Product Trio
                                                                Estimating Effort with the Trio
                                                                  Designing Minimum Viable Products

                                                                    Launching Product Features

                                                                    Launch features with the product trio. Learn to prepare launches, execute go-to-market plans, track outcome-based metrics, iterate post-launch, and resolve challenges.

                                                                    Preparing Launches with the Product Trio
                                                                      Executing Go-to-Market Plans
                                                                        Tracking Outcome-Based Metrics
                                                                          Iterating Based on Launch Results
                                                                            Resolving Launch Challenges

                                                                              Measuring Product Performance

                                                                              Measure product performance to optimize outcomes. Learn to define KPIs, set up analytics, analyze user data, run A/B tests, and act on insights.

                                                                              Defining Key Performance Indicators
                                                                                Setting Up Analytics Tools
                                                                                  Analyzing User Behavior Data
                                                                                    Running A/B Tests
                                                                                      Acting on Performance Insights

                                                                                        Influencing Executives and Peers

                                                                                        Influence executives and peers to support product outcomes. Learn to identify key stakeholders, communicate performance insights, manage expectations, resolve conflicts, and align with executive objectives.

                                                                                        Identifying Key Executives and Peers
                                                                                          Communicating Performance Insights to Stakeholders
                                                                                            Managing Up to Executives
                                                                                              Managing Peers Across Functions
                                                                                                Aligning with Executive Objectives

                                                                                                  Leading Product Teams

                                                                                                  Lead product teams to deliver outcomes. Learn to influence without authority, foster trio collaboration, resolve conflicts, mentor juniors, and set team OKRs.

                                                                                                  Influencing Without Authority
                                                                                                    Fostering Product Trio Collaboration
                                                                                                      Resolving Team Conflicts
                                                                                                        Mentoring Junior PMs
                                                                                                          Setting Team OKRs

                                                                                                            For Every Level

                                                                                                            Built for Ambitious Product Managers

                                                                                                            From Newbies to Future Product Directors

                                                                                                            • New PMs: Master fundamentals to stand out.

                                                                                                            • Mid-level PMs: Drive impact through discovery and delivery.

                                                                                                            • Senior PMs: Lead teams and influence execs for product director roles.

                                                                                                            No matter your level, this course equips you with the tools and mindset to excel.

                                                                                                            HI! MY NAME IS

                                                                                                            Pedro Sampaio

                                                                                                            With over 20 years in software engineering and product management, I’m a product leader passionate about empowering Product Managers and teams. My expertise bridges technology and strategy, guiding you to uncover user needs, prioritize with precision, deliver impactful solutions, measure success, and align stakeholders. I share proven methods to help you grow from new Product Manager to Product Director, creating products that win.

                                                                                                            Transform Your Career

                                                                                                            Unlock Your Product Leadership Potential

                                                                                                            Deliver, Measure, and Lead with Confidence

                                                                                                            • Deliver user-focused products with modern discovery and prioritization.

                                                                                                            • Launch features that drive measurable outcomes.

                                                                                                            • Influence executives and peers to align on strategic goals.

                                                                                                            • Lead product teams, ready for a product director role.

                                                                                                            The Product Manager's Journey

                                                                                                            The Product Manager’s Journey

                                                                                                            • Course

                                                                                                            Follow a PM’s career from first day to leadership. Learn to define user needs, validate ideas, prioritize backlogs, plan and launch features, align stakeholders, measure performance, and lead teams. Actionable, mentorship-driven guidance for building user-centric products in startups or enterprises.