Be key to business progress
Across industries and in a variety of workspaces, product managers play a crucial role in helping businesses enhance efficiency and achieve goals.They're highly adaptable change-makers who follow the development of products, features, or services through all stages, from planning and strategizing to launch and marketing.
Our 100% online Introduction to Product Management Certificate can help you build your foundations and learn the hard and soft skills to get started in this exciting field.
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A positive career outlook
Product management is a relatively new field, but it’s already established as one of the top careers in the United States. Career growth website Glassdoor has ranked product management among the top 10 careers for five years in a row based on metrics like median salary, personal satisfaction, and number of positions available. In fact, the number of positions open has consistently increased each year, with one of the largest upturns—about 22 percent—occurring in the most recent rankings.
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A welcoming career path
While product management is typically a business-focused career, people from any professional background can thrive in this field. At Regis, we believe in the power of each individual to impact an organization’s success, and product management is a great way to make your mark.
We designed our online Introduction to Product Management Certificate as a human-centered program that helps you build on your experience and develop your soft and hard career skills to drive progress in your organization.
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Why choose Regis College?
- Study at a booming institution ranked among the top 25 fastest-growing colleges by The Business Journals.
- Work at your pace with 100% online coursework, and graduate in about 16 weeks.
- Earn an education from an institution regionally accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
- Learn from a faculty of business experts focused wholly on student success.
- See if you qualify for a 10%–15% tuition discount and application fee waiver.
Skills for your future
The Introduction to Product Management Certificate is designed to help you build your understanding of the foundational processes, tools, and techniques you may need to become a key decision-maker in the life cycle of products in your organization.
This two-course post-bachelor's credential is intended to help learners of all backgrounds prepare to explore the growing world of product management. It’s a streamlined and dynamic certificate taught by expert business faculty invested in your success.
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Dynamic and relevant courses
Your product management career doesn’t have to wait until you earn your certificate. This 100% online program can equip you with insightful, business-relevant skills and knowledge that you can apply to your current job as you prepare for the future of your career.
Our curriculum is informed by the processes, strategies, tools, and techniques that help make product managers key decision-makers and change agents in their organizations.
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It’s all in the approach
Product managers excel in strategy and approach. That’s why we designed our Introduction to Product Management Certificate around leading theoretical approaches that define the field. As you develop your understanding of the roles, responsibilities, and scope of the product manager role, you’ll have the opportunity to build your foundations with industry-standard frameworks like:
- Agile product management
- The kanban board framework
- Waterfall methodology
- Scrum
- The Five Product Movement Model (5PMM)
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Work in an array of settings
Product management is typically focused on development, launch, and marketing, meaning it exists adjacent to the business world. But the variety of settings in which you can work is vast. Here are a few common areas in which you may pursue work:
- Data and analytics
- Finance and economics
- Health care and pharmaceuticals
- Marketing and PR
- Tech startups
- UX/UI and tech design
Foundations for your current job—and your whole career
We built our Introduction to Product Management Certificate to provide a streamlined pathway for professionals of all backgrounds to explore this exciting and evolving field. This certificate comprises just two courses (6 credit hours), meaning you can build your foundations quickly and complete the program in about 16 weeks.
Want to take your certificate further? You can apply all coursework completed in this program to a future Master of Science in Product Management degree. This certificate program also is one in a future series of advanced, stackable business certificates designed to help you build a robust, well-rounded suite of business skills.
MT 545 Introduction to Product Management
This course provides a foundational understanding of the product management role and the scope of responsibility for the product manager. The course will explore PM processes, strategies, and tools, with an emphasis on business-focused decision-making within the Five Product Movement model.
MT 550 Product Management Methodologies
The course introduces students to the leading theoretical approaches to product management, including Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall approaches. Students will apply these methods to real-life product management situations.
About Regis College
For more than 95 years, Regis College has supported learners in their journey to realize their full potential, reach their personal and professional goals, and become forces of good in the world. It’s our mission to help empower people to challenge themselves as they prepare to serve and lead through education.
With our focus on student success and our commitment to social justice and service, we help students in the greater Boston area and around the globe achieve more and go further.
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Diverse learning opportunities
Regis College is a coed university 12 miles west of Boston in Weston, Mass., founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston.
With more than 3,200 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students enrolled on campus and in fully online graduate programs, Regis provides an academically rigorous education within the schools of nursing, arts and sciences, business and communication, and health sciences.
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Business built for leadership
Through the Sloane School of Business and Communication at Regis, students learn the advanced skills needed not only to succeed in business, but to lead. Led by a faculty of experienced professionals who bring their real-world successes into the classroom, students engage in coursework that bridges theory with practical knowledge and skills.
Each program also includes cutting-edge seminars and prestigious internship opportunities across a wide variety of exciting and unique business settings.
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Via Veritas Vita
Our motto, Via Veritas Vita, translates to “the way and the truth and the light.” These words drive our mission of empowering learners through knowledge to live meaningful lives and contribute to our global society.
Today, Regis boasts an alumni network more than 20,000 strong. This supportive, tight-knit community has a history of professional success in the job market: 97% of our graduates find full-time work or pursue further education within six months of graduation.
William "Bill" Koehler, PhD
Over 25 years in education, Dr. Koehler has served as a professor, graduate program director, and department chair, and he now acts as dean for our Sloane School of Business and Communication. He began his career in business as a recruiter, operations manager, founder, and entrepreneur with Marathon Personnel and Pierian Educational Preparation.
He serves on several editorial boards and acts as a consultant for businesses and nonprofit organizations around the Boston area.
Meet your Instructors
Courtney E. Cole, PhD
Professor Courtney Cole is an associate professor with Regis, teaching business communication, organizational communication, and communication theory courses. She has consulted in the nonprofit, biotech, and pharma industries on topics like organizational change, equity, and inclusion issues.
Her research focuses on how large external forces like climate change, pandemics, and economic fluctuations affect the relationships that define employers, managers, and work output.
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John Christie, PhD
John Christie serves as an assistant professor in our Global Business Management department. In addition to his PhD, Professor Christie holds a bachelor’s in business administration, an MBA, and a Master of Science in International Business. His work has been published in noteworthy journals relating to business and education, and he has served as a research peer reviewer for others in those fields.
Professor Christie has been a member of the Academy of International Business since 2009.