Certified Product Leader 2

From Operative to Strategic

Strategically steer product development, manage the development process using key metrics, and work more effectively in your leadership role.

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Why this Masterclass?

After mastering the fundamentals of product leadership, the real challenge begins: deciding what truly matters in complex, fast-moving environments. As a product leader, you are no longer just responsible for delivery, you are expected to

  • set direction
  • align stakeholders
  • make strategic trade-offs
  • navigate uncertainty

You will learn how to connect the dots in strategy, execution, teams, and outcomes.

From Execution to Direction

Extend your focus beyond just building features to setting direction: start deciding what truly matters next and why.

Turn data into decisions

Use metrics and forecasting to steer your product, test hypotheses, and make informed decisions based on real product economic data.

Navigate Complexity

Gain clarity, understand the competing forces of strategy and execution, and master complex decision-making in uncertain environments.

Manage Risks

Understand multi-team environments, dependencies, and organizational dynamics, and mitigate potential risks to ensure the success of your product initiatives.

Guided by Professional Coaches

CPL-2 has an emphasis on your vertical growth. Individually tailored mentoring and professional coaching along your journey is an essential part of this program.

Strengthen your leadership impact

Grow your ability to influence, align, and lead across the organization from teams to stakeholders.

Learning outcomes

From operative to strategic product leadership

After completing CPL-2, you are able to strategically steer product development, lead across teams and systems, and make confident decisions in complex environments. You will be able to:

  • Strategically steer your product
  • Use metrics to guide decisions
  • Iterate to product-market fit
  • Connect product and business models
  • Work effectively across multiple teams
  • Lead stakeholders with confidence
  • Strengthen your communication & facilitation skills
  • Lead in ambiguity, conflict, and change

Face challenges beyond operational

Your challenges are no longer about applying the right tools! It is all about navigating ambiguity, making trade-offs, and aligning competing perspectives. You are expected to create clarity where none exists and take responsibility for decisions that shape future outcomes needed now.

The next level of product leadership

Progressing as a product leader requires a shift in how you think, decide, and lead. This masterclass helps you develop the mindset and (vertical) capabilities to have more impact on how your product evolves, how your teams work together, and how you lead across the organization.

What you'll learn

You are able to strategically steer product development, manage the development process using key metrics, and work more effectively in your leadership role.

Upcoming cohorts

Learn about the Product Leaders Compass

Core Competency 1

Discovering Product Demands

  • Advanced User centric discovery
  • Process centric discovery
  • Data centric discovery
  • Finding product-market fit (PMF)
  • Zero to One & One to X (Scaling)
  • Analyzing the problem space
Core Competency 2

Defining & Communicating Product Features

  • Co-Creating the solution space
  • Validating product assumptions
  • Alternatives for describing requirements
  • Using advanced data modeling in PM
  • Business Process Modeling
  • Understanding Architecture
Core Competency 3

Working with Agile Teams

  • Product design
  • Reducing technical debt
  • Using Product metrics
  • Working with multiple teams
  • Scaling Agile Frameworks & Patterns
  • Team topologies
  • Understanding development practices
Core Competency 4

Delivering Products

  • Using advanced flow metrics
  • Probabilistic forecasting
  • Managing demand & capability
  • Understanding data quality
  • Effective Objectives & Key Results (OKRs)
  • Managing product portfolios
  • Product Roadmaps
  • Understanding DevOps & DevSecOps
Core Competency 5

Working strategically

  • Defining a product strategy
  • Product economic metrics
  • Managing risks
  • Product Business Models
  • Finding strategic goals
  • Operationalizing the product strategy
Core Competency 6

Self-Leadership/Management

  • Advanced communication skills
  • Power styles
  • Context setting
  • Solution Focus communication
  • Problem solving skills
  • Reflective action
Core Competency 7

Leading Teams & Organizations

  • Product vs. project thinking
  • Transforming into a product organization
  • Facilitation skills for Product Leaders
  • Running effective meetings
  • Coaching skills for Product Leaders
  • Conflict resolution skills for Product Leaders
  • Leadership Agility
  • Managing Psychological Safety
  • Assessing organizational culture
Core Competency 8

Managing Stakeholders

  • Facilitating effective stakeholder meetings
  • Coaching stances for collaboration
  • Conflict resolution with stakeholders
  • Managing constraints
Complementary & Additional

Online courses

  • CPL-2 Self Study Online Course
  • Solution Focus Foundations
  • Coaching Foundations
  • Facilitation Foundations
  • Conflict Resolution Foundations
  • Leadership Agility
  • Agile Scaling Patterns
  • Probabilistic Forecasting

Upcoming classes

Cohorts start every month in alternating forms of 8-week bootcamps and 3-day live training.

Sep 7 - Nov 2, 2026
Planned
8-Week Bootcamp
  • Live Online (via Zoom)
  • German
  • Mondays, 4pm - 6pm (9x)
EUR 2,840.00
EUR 2,990.00 (excl. VAT)
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Dec 1-3, 2026
Planned
Live Training
  • Wien, Austria
  • German
  • Tuesday-Thursday, 9am - 6pm (3x)
EUR 2,990.00
EUR 3,190.00 (excl. VAT)
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Schedule

Cohorts start every month alternating 8-week bootcamp and 3-day live.
Select a cohort to see specific schedules.

All times are in CEST (UTC+02:00) at event start and CET (UTC+01:00) at event end.

Cohort weekly schedule

Monday
4:00 - 6:00pm

Cohort Kickoff

Only first week

Welcome & Introduction: get together and team building. Details about the program, schedules, learning materials and organizational topics. Introducing goals and learning objectives for the first week; Questions and answers.

Monday
6:00pm

Weekly Learning Objective

Via Email

You receive this week's learning objectives via email and a video message in the learning portal. We introduce you to the learning material and content. You'll get case studies and workbook exercises.

Monday
4:00 - 5:00pm

Group Mentoring & Coaching

A live facilitated peer group coaching and mentoring to deepen the learning objectives, reflect and share insights.

Monday
5:00 - 6:00pm

Facilitated Group Review

Reviewing learning objectives and results of the week. Shared learning reflection, open questions and peer group discussions.

Thursday
5:30 - 6:00pm

Office hour | Ask me anything

Optional

Mondays to Thursdays, hosted by a professional coach and Product Leadership trainer. Come with any question you have and receive help reaching your current learning objective. RSVP required.

Scheduled individually

Individual Mentoring (1:1)

2x in total

Join your very personal mentoring or coaching session with a professional coach and Product Leadership trainer to leverage your individual growth and discuss any topic related to your Product Leadership development.

Monday
4:00 - 6:00pm

Capstone Event

Only last week

Last review. Closing the cohort with joint reflection and showcasing results. Certification and celebration event.

Calendar Overview

Start/Kick-Off (CW 37)

  • Monday, 07.09.2026 4:00 - 6:00pm - CPL-2 | Cohort Kick-Off
  • Monday, 07.09.2026 6:00pm - Weekly learning objective via email

Week 1 (CW 38)

  • Monday, 14.09.2026 4:00 - 5:00pm - CPL-2 | Group Mentoring & Coaching
  • Monday, 14.09.2026 5:00 - 6:00pm - CPL-2 | Facilitated Group Review Week 1
  • Monday, 14.09.2026 6:00pm - Weekly learning objective via email

Week 2 (CW 39)

  • Monday, 21.09.2026 4:00 - 5:00pm - CPL-2 | Group Mentoring & Coaching
  • Monday, 21.09.2026 5:00 - 6:00pm - CPL-2 | Facilitated Group Review Week 2
  • Monday, 21.09.2026 6:00pm - Weekly learning objective via email

Week 3 (CW 40)

  • Monday, 28.09.2026 4:00 - 5:00pm - CPL-2 | Group Mentoring & Coaching
  • Monday, 28.09.2026 5:00 - 6:00pm - CPL-2 | Facilitated Group Review Week 3
  • Monday, 28.09.2026 6:00pm - Weekly learning objective via email

Week 4 (CW 41)

  • Monday, 05.10.2026 4:00 - 5:00pm - CPL-2 | Group Mentoring & Coaching
  • Monday, 05.10.2026 5:00 - 6:00pm - CPL-2 | Facilitated Group Review Week 4
  • Monday, 05.10.2026 6:00pm - Weekly learning objective via email

Week 5 (CW 42)

  • Monday, 12.10.2026 4:00 - 5:00pm - CPL-2 | Group Mentoring & Coaching
  • Monday, 12.10.2026 5:00 - 6:00pm - CPL-2 | Facilitated Group Review Week 5
  • Monday, 12.10.2026 6:00pm - Weekly learning objective via email

Week 6 (CW 43)

  • Monday, 19.10.2026 4:00 - 5:00pm - CPL-2 | Group Mentoring & Coaching
  • Monday, 19.10.2026 5:00 - 6:00pm - CPL-2 | Facilitated Group Review Week 6
  • Monday, 19.10.2026 6:00pm - Weekly learning objective via email

Week 7 (CW 44)

  • Monday, 26.10.2026 4:00 - 5:00pm - CPL-2 | Group Mentoring & Coaching
  • Monday, 26.10.2026 5:00 - 6:00pm - CPL-2 | Facilitated Group Review Week 7
  • Monday, 26.10.2026 6:00pm - Weekly learning objective via email

Week 8 (CW 45)

  • Monday, 02.11.2026 4:00 - 6:00pm - CPL-2 | Capstone & Group Review Week 8
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Become a Certified Product Leader.

Finishing this Masterclass including assignments and quizzes awards you the "Certified Product Leader CPL-2 designation.

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