HTE412
Product Strategy
Faculty
Sumeet Ahuja
Founder and CEO at Evoque Impact
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Skills you’ll learn
Overview
Product strategy provides a blueprint for building, marketing, and scaling products that deliver enduring value. In today’s highly technology-driven world, especially with the exponential rise of AI, a well-defined strategy is more critical than ever for aligning diverse stakeholders and navigating complexity.
Tailored for early- to mid-career professionals, this immersive 3-week course explores core principles of product strategy and emphasizes real-world application through hands-on assignments and group work. Topics include crafting differentiated value propositions, achieving product-market fit, designing go-to-market strategies, focusing on critical product and business analytics, and integrating organizational and ecosystem dynamics into decision-making. While not a technical course, we will strongly bias discussions, examples, and projects toward the transformative impact of AI across product development, go-to-market motions, and strategic thinking.
With a startup-centric lens, the program underscores the importance of a holistic approach—spanning product, business, technology, and operational levers. A capstone group project anchors the learning experience, equipping students to confidently shape and execute product strategies in today’s fast-changing, AI-infused world.
Learning highlights
- Through this course, students will be able to:
- Grasp the fundamental elements of product strategy formulation and the standard strategic planning process.
- Familiarise yourself with and apply an established product strategy framework for comprehensive analyses.
- Develop critical thinking abilities across product, business, organisational, and ecosystem dimensions, culminating in well-reasoned product strategy proposals.
- Apply learned concepts and classroom experiences to engage in dynamic live case study discussions.
- Acquire hands-on experience in creating product strategy artefacts tailored for senior leadership within organisations.
- Learn, trial, and refine communication and leadership skills essential for both constructing and mobilising product strategy effectively.
- Enhance cultural sensitivity and global awareness to foster holistic thinking in product strategy development.
- Gain insights into the interconnectedness of product-related functional roles and their significance in effective product strategy implementation.
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
* Product Strategy Foundation,
* 5-Pillar Framework.
Session 2
* Pillar 1 - Customer and Market
Session 3
* Pillar 2 - Product and Technology
Session 4
* Pillar 3 - Company,
* Pillar 4 - Competition
Session 5
* Pillar 5 - Ecosystem,
* Guest Speaker 1
Session 6
* Strategy and Metrics (North Star Metrics).
* Data-centricity and Product Metrics - B2B, B2C, startups.
* Setting Metrics (mini-workshop).
Session 7
* GTM Strategy - Basics,
* Business and Monetization Models,
* Product Launch Strategy (mini-workshop).
* AI in GTM.
Session 8
* Organisational and Ecosystem Dynamics,
* Storytelling and Mobilising Product Strategy.
Session 9
* Startup Site Visit,
* De-brief and Analysis
Session 10
* Innovation and Trends,
* Product Strategy for Growth,
* Guest Speaker 2
Session 11
* Product Planning,
* Strategy Lifecycle - Enterprise vs. Startups,
* AI in Product Strategy & Development.
Session 12
* Case Studies - Analyses and Discussion
Session 13
* Unpacking Product Careers,
* Workshop on Product Roles,
* Trends and Impact of AI on Product Management
Session 14
* Cross-team Collaboration (Final Project),
* Guest Speaker 3
Session 15
* Final Group Project Presentations
Prerequisites
While there are no specific prerequisites, students should lean on and share their prior corporate, entrepreneurial, and leadership experience. The course will encourage and challenge the students to use not just hard skills like critical thinking and deep analysis but also soft skills such as adaptability, a learning mindset, and multicultural leadership.
Methodology
The course is designed to balance individual work and deep collaboration with peers. In addition, the course will be interspersed with opportunities for stimulating in-class and out-of-class debates and engagement. We will accomplish this through the following:
Lectures, including in-class workshops, Individual work: long-form product strategy document, Site visit: to a local startup, Interaction and engagement: through in- and out-of-class participation and case study discussions, Capstone group project: long-form product strategy document and live presentation
Every student has a different starting point and a unique learning style. During these three weeks, we will not be competing against or judging each other. Instead, the goal is to build our own competence and confidence while learning from a diverse and talented class.
Grading
Sumeet Ahuja is an acclaimed technology executive, operator-turned-entrepreneur, and product strategist, recognized for driving breakthrough innovation and consistently delivering high-impact results across global markets. As the Founder and CEO of Evoque Impact—a leading product, innovation, and strategy firm—Sumeet partners with Fortune 500 enterprises, growth-stage startups, and educational institutions worldwide, helping organizations anticipate the future, build industry-defining products, and thrive in rapidly evolving digital landscapes.
With over two decades at the forefront of fintech, web3/blockchain, AI, mobile, and semiconductors, Sumeet has played pivotal roles in Silicon Valley and beyond. As Vice President of Product at Circle, Sumeet led the product strategy for international fiat-backed digital currencies at Circle, a recent IPO and considered the public gold standard in stablecoins. At PayPal, he scaled the consumer business, architected product launch strategies, and was instrumental in delivering over $1bn in annual revenue — driving a 2.5x increase in active user engagement and spearheading PayPal’s entry into next-generation financial services.
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Product Strategy
by Sumeet Ahuja
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Jun 09 - Jun 27, 2025
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
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Can I get a discount?
Yes. The easiest way to enroll in a course at a discounted price is to register for multiple courses. Registering for multiple courses will reduce the cost per individual course. Please ask the Admissions Office for more information about the other kinds of discounts we offer and what you can do to receive one.