Become an AI product manager

Honest note: The ten steps follow the AI Product Manager course. Interface design and user research are covered at the level a PM needs, not in full depth. Extra reading from other courses is listed at the end.

1. 1

   Step 1 of 10

   Understand the role

   Explain what changes when the product is AI, and what the role covers.

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   • ○What an AI Product Manager DoesCourse: AI Product Manager

   Tool: ChatGPTTool: Claude

   Before you move on: Use an AI product for an hour, note ten wrong or odd results and how it handled each.

2. 2

   Step 2 of 10

   Find the right problem

   Learn the user's job, write the problem down and test ideas cheaply.

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   • ○User Research & Problem FramingCourse: AI Product Manager

   Tool: Notion

   Before you move on: Interview one person, write a problem statement with numbers and run a prompt prototype.

3. 3

   Step 3 of 10

   Judge if AI is the right tool

   Test feasibility in a day and choose the right level of automation.

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   • ○When to Use AI & Judging FeasibilityCourse: AI Product Manager

   Before you move on: Fill in the feasibility questions for one idea, and choose a launch level with your reason.

4. 4

   Step 4 of 10

   Write requirements and an evaluation plan

   Specify behavior with examples, a rubric, a test set and a launch bar.

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   • ○AI Requirements & Evaluation PlansCourse: AI Product Manager

   Tool: Claude

   Before you move on: Write ten behavior examples, a rubric and a launch bar with numbers.

5. 5

   Step 5 of 10

   Design the experience

   Set expectations, show your work, handle doubt and design the handoff.

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   • ○Designing AI ExperiencesCourse: AI Product Manager

   Tool: Figma

   Before you move on: Describe five states of one feature with the exact words users see.

6. 6

   Step 6 of 10

   Balance quality, cost and speed

   Choose the right point in the triangle and do the unit economics.

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   • ○Quality, Cost & Speed Trade-offsCourse: AI Product Manager

   Calculator: Automation ROI calculatorCalculator: Agent run cost calculator

   Before you move on: Work out cost per task, value per task and a heavy-user case for one feature.

7. 7

   Step 7 of 10

   Launch safely

   Roll out in stages with gates, experiments and a kill switch.

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   • ○Launching AI Features SafelyCourse: AI Product Manager

   Before you move on: Write a five-stage launch plan with a numeric gate for each stage.

8. 8

   Step 8 of 10

   Measure and learn

   Track use, quality, trust and value, and turn feedback into the roadmap.

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   • ○Metrics & Feedback LoopsCourse: AI Product Manager

   Before you move on: Choose two metrics from each group with a guard, and write a weekly review agenda.

9. 9

   Step 9 of 10

   Work with engineers, legal and leaders

   Partner well, write decisions down and plan under uncertainty.

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   • ○Working With Engineers, Legal & LeadersCourse: AI Product Manager

   Before you move on: Write a one-page decision note and a stakeholder plan.

10. 10

    Step 10 of 10

    Get interview-ready

    Answer design and metrics questions with a method, and show real artifacts.

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    • ○AI PM Interviews & Case PracticeCourse: AI Product Manager

    Before you move on: Answer the teacher essay assistant question aloud in ten minutes and fix your weakest step.