Product Strategy for Tech Leaders

Duration
3+ hours
Trainer(s)
Hari Pudipeddii
Lessons
20
Language
English

You know that moment when you realize your beautifully architected, perfectly optimized, test-covered masterpiece is... sitting unused in production? Yeah, we've all been there.

Here's the thing: Building amazing tech is like being a wizard with a spellbook full of incredible magic... but if nobody knows what problems your spells solve, you're just a really talented person talking to yourself.

Sound familiar?

  • You build features that would make Linus Torvalds weep with joy... but customers shrug and walk away

  • You optimize performance by 300%... but nobody notices (or cares)

  • You architect solutions that are scalable to millions... but can't figure out how to get your first thousand users

  • You speak fluent Python, JavaScript, and Go... but "customer-ese" feels like assembly language

The uncomfortable truth? Technical excellence + strategic cluelessness = really expensive hobbies.

The Problem Every Tech Leader Faces

As a technology leader, you've mastered the art of building robust systems and leading engineering teams. But when it comes to product strategy, you're navigating uncharted territory:

  • Disconnect between technical capabilities and market needs - Your team builds amazing features, but customers aren't adopting them

  • Lack of strategic frameworks - You're making product decisions based on gut feeling rather than proven methodologies

  • Pressure from stakeholders - Leadership expects you to drive product success, but you weren't trained in strategy

  • Complex prioritization challenges - With limited resources, every product decision feels like a high-stakes gamble

  • Modern challenges - AI, platform thinking, and ethical considerations are reshaping product strategy faster than you can adapt

The result? Products that are technically sound but strategically unfocused, leading to missed market opportunities and frustrated teams.

Why This Course is Perfect for Tech Leaders

✅ Built for Technical Minds - Frameworks are presented with the logical structure engineers appreciate
✅ 
Practical, Not Theoretical - Every concept includes actionable tools you can implement immediately
✅ 
Modern Context - Addresses AI, platform strategy, and ethical considerations shaping today's products
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Cross-Functional Focus - Learn to collaborate effectively with product, sales, and marketing teams
✅ 
Proven Frameworks - Time-tested methodologies used by successful product organizations worldwide

Transform Your Leadership Impact

Before this course:

  • Making product decisions based on technical feasibility alone

  • Struggling to communicate technical value in business terms

  • Feeling overwhelmed by competing product priorities

  • Missing market opportunities due to lack of strategic framework

After this course:

  • Confident strategic thinking - Apply proven frameworks to any product challenge

  • Clear communication - Translate technical capabilities into compelling business value

  • Systematic prioritization - Make resource allocation decisions with confidence

  • Market awareness - Anticipate trends and position products for success

  • Team alignment - Unite cross-functional teams around shared strategic vision



Lessons

Introduction

  • Introduction
  • Lesson Structure
  • Defining Product and Some Examples

Product Strategy

  • Product Strategy vs Product Management
  • Landscape Overview
  • Jobs-To-Be-Done (JTBD) Canvas
  • Kano Model
  • Lean Canvas
  • Blue Ocean Strategy
  • Product-Market Fit Canvas
  • Crossing the Chasm Framework
  • Outcome Driven Innovation (ODI) and Other Frameworks

Modern Product Strategy

  • 4 Key Aspects of Strategy Execution
  • Startup vs Enterprise Strategy
  • Product Led Growth
  • Platform vs Single-product
  • Modern AI Product Strategy Trends
  • Sustainability and Ethical Considerations
  • Strategic Business Advantages
  • Product Strategy Interface with Cross-Functional Teams
  • Product Strategy Canvas

Conclusion and Next Steps

  • Conclusion and Next Steps

About the trainer

Hari Pudipeddii
Product Strategy & AI Consultant | Growth Architect / Fractional CPO/CTO

With over 24 years in tech, including a 13-year journey at Cerner across engineering, sales, and consulting, Hari brings a rare blend of cross-functional expertise that bridges the technical and strategic worlds.

Hari has:

  • Spearheaded product expansion into India and the Middle East

  • Deep understanding of healthcare workflows, enterprise sales, and user onboarding

  • Proven track record of translating technical complexity into market success

  • Experience leading both engineering teams and product strategy initiatives

This isn't theoretical knowledge – it's battle-tested wisdom from someone who's navigated the exact transition you're facing.


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