Product Manager
Shape products. Solve problems. Make an impact.
Product Managers sit at the centre of product teams, bringing together customers, business and technology to turn problems and ideas into products people actually use.
It's a career for people who enjoy solving problems, working with people, making decisions and seeing their ideas turn into something real.
Why become a Product Manager?
A role that combines creativity, commercial thinking and teamwork — with real influence over what gets built.
Make an impact
Help decide what gets built and shape products that solve real customer problems.
Work across the business
Collaborate with designers, developers, marketers, customers, senior leaders and many other people.
Every day is different
You'll face new customer problems, ideas, decisions and challenges rather than doing the same thing every day.
Build a career that travels
Product Managers are needed across technology, finance, healthcare, retail, telecommunications, education and many other industries.
A career with real opportunities.
Product Managers work across a wide range of industries and company sizes — from early-stage startups to global enterprises.
Typical UK Product Manager salary benchmark
Typical US mid-level Product Manager salary benchmark
Salary varies by experience, location and company. Indicative figures based on published UK and US salary benchmarks (Glassdoor, Indeed, Levels.fyi), 2026.
Think Product Management could be for you?
Don't just read about the role. Experience it.
DoR lets you step into a realistic Product Manager environment and discover what the job actually feels like — from understanding customers and working with your team to making product decisions and handling workplace challenges.
Choose how deeply you want to experience the role
Start with a free introduction. Then take on the complete Business Quarter: own the outcome and work from problem to impact, exactly what turns employers' heads.
What you'll need
Everything the Product Manager Business Quarter uses is free. Here's what to have ready.
- A laptop or desktop computer with Chrome, Edge or Safari. You can read along on a phone or tablet, but the work itself needs a proper screen and keyboard.
- Free accounts for Figma (which includes FigJam) and Jira. Your Business Quarter links show you where to sign up.
- A free Claude or ChatGPT account, for a few tasks where you use AI and then check its work.
- A microphone (the one built into most laptops is fine) for a few short spoken answers, like a stand-up update or an interview story.
- Time on your terms: a full business quarter of work, done at your own pace. It fits around a job, so pick it up in the evenings or at weekends, and your progress is always saved.
Start free. Stay for the quarter.
The free taster shows you what the job is. The Business Quarter proves you can do it: you own the outcome and work from problem to impact.
Free Taster
Join the team and see if the role is for you.
- Arrive at the company and get your bearings
- Open your first inbox
- Meet your manager and product team
- Get a first look at the product you'll be working on
Business Quarter
Starts with your first full working day + full access to everything.
Own the outcome and work from problem to impact, exactly what turns employers' heads.
what you'll do
- Start with your first full working day in the team
- Take on a quarterly challenge from leadership
- Work as part of a product team alongside design and engineering
- Talk to customers regularly and uncover the real problems
- Map opportunities, test your assumptions and shape the solution
- Handle shifting priorities, stakeholder pushback and trade-offs
- Present your results to leadership
what you'll leave with
- A professional and modern product portfolio
- A certified reference
- A certificate of completion
- A 20-minute 1:1 mentoring session
One-off payment. Start with the free taster first if you like.
Built by experienced leaders - on the most effective practices - used by today's leading product teams.
Discover. Then own the outcome.
| Free Taster | Business Quarter | |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Discover the role. | Own the outcome, from problem to impact. |
| Onboarding — company, product, team | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open your first inbox | ✓ | ✓ |
| Your first full working day in the team | — | ✓ |
| Meetings and customer conversations | — | ✓ |
| Prioritisation and real decisions | — | ✓ |
| A complete quarterly business challenge | — | ✓ |
| Portfolio evidence | — | ✓ |
| Certified reference | — | ✓ |
| 20-minute 1:1 mentoring session | — | ✓ |
| Price | Free | £199.99 |
Not sure if Product Management is for you?
Start with the Free Taster.
Meet the business, explore the product and team, step into the Product Manager role and try your first activities — completely free.
Try the Free TasterAlready know you want to experience the role?
Take on the complete Business Quarter. It starts with your first full working day, then you own the outcome and work from problem to impact.
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