Product owner and product manager: certifications, study paths and pay
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You decide what gets built and why. You own the product backlog, work with users and stakeholders and focus the team on the most valuable work.
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What you do
- Talk to users and stakeholders and set priorities
- Manage the backlog and write clear requirements
- Review results and adjust the roadmap
Skills that matter
- Prioritisation and decision making
- User and market understanding
- Stakeholder communication
- Data-informed thinking
What does this role pay?
United States, May 2025, annual wages for the closest official occupation: Management analysts, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pay grows with experience, scope and certifications. Pay in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries is different, so check local job boards and salary guides. These figures are a guide, not an offer or a promise of pay.
Practice tests that fit this role
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Study paths that lead here
Project management and agile with AI
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STUDY PATHAI for business and leadership
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STUDY PATHGoogle Cloud AI and data track
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STUDY PATHAI path: from foundations to builder
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Job titles this page covers
- AI product coordinator
- AI product owner
- AI product specialist
- Business owner or sponsor
- Head of product track
- Product Owner
- Product manager
- Product or programme manager
- Product or programme manager on AI
- Product or transformation lead
- Technical product manager
- UX or service designer working with products
Employers use many names for similar work. Requirements vary by employer and country, and a certificate supports your application but does not guarantee a job.
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- Digital transformation and change manager
- Project and delivery manager
- Technical sales and customer success
- Machine learning and AI engineer
- Business analyst
- Cloud engineer
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