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Product Design Career Accelerator
For designers ready to stop executing tickets and start owning outcomes — product strategy, metrics, discovery, influence and senior-track interviewing.
Overview
About the programme
For designers and professionals who want to solve product problems, influence teams and design beyond screens. Instruction is delivered through live, instructor-led sessions rather than pre-recorded video, with assessment based on project work and a final portfolio review — not attendance.
Key facts
- Duration: 4 months, live cohort format
- Level: 2+ yrs experience
- Fee: ₹1,20,000 (EMI options; scholarship discounts up to 30% via the Scholarship Test)
- Assessment: Project work + live portfolio jury, verifiable certificate ID
- Schedules: Weekday evening, weekend and blended options
Full stage-by-stage syllabus · instant PDF after a 10-second form
Upcoming batches
Next 4 start dates
A new cohort of this programme starts every 15 days, alternating weekday-evening and weekend schedules — so you're never more than two weeks from beginning.
Dates update automatically · Seats per cohort are capped to keep critique quality high · Reserve via a free demo class or counselling call.
Who should join
Built for
- Designers with 2+ years plateauing in execution roles
- Solo designers carrying senior responsibility without senior training
- Designers targeting senior, lead and GCC interviews
Learning outcomes
By graduation you will
- Frame design problems in business terms
- Lead discovery end-to-end
- Make metric-informed decisions and defend them to executives
- Interview credibly for senior and lead product design roles
Tools covered
Analytics & experimentation literacyMetrics dashboardsNarrative & presentation frameworks
Curriculum
What you will learn, stage by stage
Month 1 · Product Strategy & Discovery
How products choose problems: discovery frameworks, opportunity sizing, market and user context; the strategy vocabulary that gets designers into roadmap rooms. Deliverable: a strategic teardown of a real product with a defensible opportunity map.
Month 2 · Metrics, Experimentation & Evidence
The metrics tree — activation, retention, revenue; reading funnels and cohorts without being misled; honest A/B testing: hypotheses, sample sizes, integrity rules. Deliverable: a designed experiment with instrumentation plan tied to a design decision.
Month 3 · Influence, Narrative & Leadership
Presenting design decisions in business language; stakeholder management, disagreement and alignment; leading critique and mentoring; the operating habits of design leaders. Weekly executive-style reviews of your communication. Deliverable: a stakeholder-ready strategy narrative delivered under pressure.
Month 4 · Capstone: Strategy in the Wild
A complete strategic design engagement on a real brief — discovery through recommendation — presented to a panel playing sceptical executives. Interview positioning for senior and lead roles. Deliverable: an executive-grade case study demonstrating strategic range, not just craft.
Why this programme
Three reasons learners choose it
Seminar format
Small groups of experienced peers, not a beginner classroom.
Promotion-case coaching
We coach the actual conversation, not just the skills.
Strategic capstone
From opportunity to measured outcome, defended before senior leaders.
In the studio with
Your mentors on this programme
Like the best professional schools, every course names its instructors. These practitioners lead the studios, critiques and juries for this programme.
Full bios and photos updating shortly — verify current roles directly on LinkedIn.
Certification & FAQ
A certificate that means something when someone checks it.
You're assessed on real project work and a final portfolio jury — not attendance. Every graduate receives a certificate with a unique, verifiable ID. Assessment rubrics are public.
Is this for beginners?
No — admission requires a portfolio review and typically 2+ years of design experience. Beginners should start with the Professional Certificate.
How often do batches start?
Every 15 days, in small seminar-style groups of experienced peers; upcoming dates are listed above.
Will this get me promoted?
It gives you the skills and the story; our career sessions coach you through the promotion case itself — the actual conversation, not just the theory.
How is this different from the PG programmes?
This is a focused 4-month accelerator for working designers targeting senior roles now; the PG programmes are 6-month weekend, jury-capstone credentials with broader depth.
What does the portfolio review for admission check?
Evidence of shipped work and readiness for strategy-level content — it protects the seminar quality for everyone in the room.
Do you cover metrics and experimentation even if my company doesn't run A/B tests?
Yes — you'll learn to define, instrument and read metrics honestly, and to introduce lightweight experimentation where none exists.
Can I attend while working full-time?
The programme is designed for it: two evenings a week plus focused project sprints.
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