Product Management Certifications to Get Ahead
Land your first Product Management job, get promoted and develop senior leadership skills. Whatever your experience level, our Product Management Certifications will help get you where you want to be.
Get into the PM game.
Breaking into Product Management is hard—keeping the job is even more challenging. We designed our certification to give you the support needed to get on the field and quickly put points on the board.
Led by top PMs, this widely recognized Product Manager Certification teaches you how to succeed: Learn to build products end to end and get the hands-on experience you need to be a great PM. You’ll get all the mentoring, resume prep, and mock interviews required to land your dream job.
The Certified Product Manager® certification differs from an educational or methodology designation in that it is based upon global best practices determined by analysis of actual practitioners in the field and, therefore, continues to evolve with the profession.
The Certified Product Manager® credentials indicate a thorough understanding of the functions responsible for championing new products throughout the front end of the product life cycle, from inception through to launch. The Certified Product Manager® focuses on “go-to” functions that orchestrate internal activities and ensure the best possible outcome for the product.
- Learn how to build digital products end-to-end, from discovery to optimization.
- Develop a portfolio project with the help of your instructor.
- Work with your instructor to get interview-ready and fully prepped to land that first PM job.
Certification Requirements
To qualify for this distinction, candidates must meet 3 criteria in education, experience, and knowledge:
Education
Hold a bachelor’s or higher university degree (or an equivalent degree) from an accredited institution
Experience
Accrued at least two years of professional-level experience working in new product development (the candidate must have accumulated the required experience within the prior four years)
Knowledge
Achieve a passing score on the Certification Exam
OR
Education
Hold a high school diploma or equivalent
Experience
Accrued at least five years of professional-level experience working in new product development (the candidate must have accumulated the required experience within the prior eight years)
Knowledge
Achieve a passing score on the Certification Exam
Provisional Status
Can you take the Certification Exam without having the requisite experience? Yes!
If you pass the Certification Exam, but don’t yet have the required level of experience, you will be granted “Provisional Status”. With this status, you then have up to five years to accrue the experience required to become fully certified, as described above.
Certification Exam Overview
The exam is comprised of multiple-choice questions that test product development knowledge in the following seven key areas:
Key Area |
Portion of Exam |
| Product Strategy | (20%) |
| Portfolio Management | (10%) |
| New Products Process | (20%) |
| Culture, Organization and Teams | (10%) |
| Tools and Metrics | (20%) |
| Market Research | (10%) |
| Life Cycle Management | (10%) |
Examination is computer-based.
Taking the Exam
You will have 2-1/2 hours to complete the exam.
Each candidate will receive an exam that is “unique” and pulls randomized questions from a larger question bank.
The passing point is 75%.
Exam Information
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