Product Innovation Management and Strategy

For executives with 2-7 years in the marketing or sales function from any industry aspiring to get into product management roles in a consumer products company.
  • Will help develop a good understanding of the concepts/frameworks for product innovation, management, and strategy across product categories
  • Will help develop creative thinking, critical analysis, decision-making and problem-solving abilities with respect to product management.
  • Will help participants accelerate their career growth into senior product management roles by developing a strategic and innovative mindset.
  • The skills and structured approach to product strategy and development will help participants implement innovative solutions in their respective organizations.

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Dates
Start Date: Sunday, 26 July 2026
Register By: 06 July 2026
Early Bird Deadline: 25 June 2026
Special Offer Deadline: 26 Apr 2026

Program Fee
Regular: Rs. 40,000 + GST
Early Bird Fee: Rs. 36,000 + GST
Special Offer Fee: Rs. 32,000 + GST

Duration
Live-Online, 8 weeks
3 hrs /week
Sunday: 6 pm to 9 pm IST

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Program Overview

Many start-ups with seemingly good ideas fail to grow beyond the product launch phase or are unable to generate profits to sustain the business.  It is important to explore and deepen the understanding of the process of product management, right from understanding customer needs, unique consumer insights, to execution and review protocols for launch and post-launch stages in a product life cycle.

Market leadership can no longer be taken for granted due to the emergence of strong, credible competitive threats with similar products in every product category, whether in B2C, B2B or D2C markets.

So, whether the business is a start-up with a new idea or an existing business facing increasing competitive pressures, there is a strong need to re-examine the unique and fluid nature of a Product from the dimensions of Innovation, Management and Strategy to allow for a sustainable approach towards a product’s success story.

Here are a couple of articles from the Harvard Business Review for further reading – on Product Innovation: What Business Leaders Need To Know and the need for an Innovation Strategy.

INCENTIVE FOR EARLY SIGN ON!

A special 20% discount on the program fee applies to all enrollments made on or before 26 Apr  2026. Participants have the option to pay the program fee in two easy installments.

Program Objectives

To succeed, a company must design, build, test and market its product effectively. The one role that is absolutely crucial to producing a good product, yet often the most misunderstood/underutilised, is that of the Product Manager.

Good Product Management is about delivering products that Customers love. Product Managers use Logic, Insight and a degree of Creativity in defining, developing, deploying and maintaining these products.

The course “Product Innovation Management & Strategy”  would help in defining, developing, deploying, and maintaining products and services that

  • will provide more value to the customer than the competition
  • will help in building a sustainable competitive advantage
  • will deliver measurable benefits to the business.

The course will enable the participant to develop a conceptual and practical understanding of the product management process, starting from customer needs discovery to the product development and delivery stage.

Pedagogy
Lectures, Discussions of Cases, Articles, and Real-life product portfolio assessments, Videos and Group Case & Exercises submissions.

Who is it for?

For executives with 2-7 years in the marketing or sales function from any industry, aspiring to get into product management roles. Understanding of consumer behaviour is a key winning skill.

Program Content

The course will be conducted over 3 modules.

Module 1:

  • Nature & Role of Product Managers and Product Management. Key decisions and skills needed.
  • Introduction to the Product Management Life Cycle Model (PMLCM) to track the product journey.
  • Discovery and the Innovation Process. Gain a deeper understanding of customer needs and the markets.
  • Innovation Management. Frameworks to guide product formulation based on consumer insights.

Module 2:

  • Interconnectedness in Product Management
  • Product definition
  • Marketing Mix articulation
  • Marketing Strategic Plans

Module 3:

  • Launch and post-launch management
  • Life-cycle Product Portfolio management
  • Global Product Innovation Strategies
  • Customer Journey and Personalization

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Key Takeaways

Product Management Benefits

Faculty Profile

Mahesh S RaoMahesh S Rao, a TEDx speaker, has more than twenty years of Marketing and Sales experience and has industry experience across Process/ FMCG / Food / Durables / Advertising, 15 of them in global markets, having travelled and worked across 45+ countries of EU, ME, Asia & Africa for business development and consolidation.

He has held leadership positions in marketing & sales of large MNC firms as well as of entrepreneurial large family firms and gone on to head organisations (as their CEO/GM) that are category leaders across both global and regional footprints. In all the sectors or firms that he has worked in/for, he has had hands-on experience in Strategy, Turn-around/Restructuring, Acquisitions, International Business Development, Sales & Marketing (at both B2C/B2B firms), Operations & Corporate Management.

Since 2015, he has been a Visiting Faculty in the Marketing/Strategy area and teaches at IIM Udaipur, IIM Shillong, XIM Bhubaneswar, SPJIMR Bombay, SPJGSM, MYRA and We School (also previously at NMIMS-STACA).

He is also a Mentor for many startups and has conducted many MDP programs for working executives in IIMU ExecEd, SPJGSM ExecEd, Fscher ME (Industrial tools), SASCOM (Defence), SVC Bank (BFS), Adecco (HR Services), Automatic Terrazo Tiles (Construction), AAKGC Group Oman (Diversified) and a Private firm (confidential, Retail) in Oman.

Mahesh S Rao completed his Engineering from SPCE, Bombay, in 1993 and an MBA from XIMB in 1995.

You can view his TEDx talk here 

Testimonials

  • Your subject was one of the most cherished 20 lectures of my MBA at IIM. It was among the few subjects that aligned with my interests and did not burst my bubble about what an MBA class ideally should be. My boss at Essar asked me how my MBA journey at IIM was. My response to him was that it wasn’t really an MBA for me. I was more excited about the liberal arts subjects than the business subjects, except for one: Yours. And I am truly grateful for that. 

    Shubham Singh
    Essar, IIM Shillong Batch of 2017-2019
  • Professor Rao’s classes have been one of the most enriching ones during my MBA. Primarily because of his intent and objective. The intent was to nurture his students into better leaders, and the objective was to create an atmosphere in the classroom that enabled students to think like leaders.

    His case study discussions feel more like boardroom discussions than just classroom sessions. And this is just during the class, Prof. Rao is just as engaging post-class if you wish to discuss things. Clearly, one of the most valuable courses I have had during my MBA.

    Jai Kishen
    IIM Shillong batch 2023
  • Thanks, Mahesh Rao, for the sessions. The team appreciated the training, and it was a time well spent learning something

    S Ullal
    SASMOS HET, CEO and Director
  • I attended Prof. Mahesh’s Product Management course at IIM Shillong (PGP 17-19) and can certainly say that true learning happens when thoughts are sparked, and no one does this better than Prof. Mahesh.

    The case study-based approach had been very instrumental for me to analyse the business contexts objectively and relate the right cause-and-effect relationships, much needed for any product management roles.

    He ensures that the cases he selects for the student are relevant and contemporary, and that the discussions he instigates are very thought-provoking.

    The clarity of concepts, such as understanding the consumer, managing organisational and intra-team dynamics, anticipating trends,  etc., made the course very interesting and easy to understand. 

    Agum Singh
    IIM Shillong batch of 2019

Certificate

Certificate in Product Innovation Management and Strategy

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Program Schedule

Schedule: Two sessions of 75 minutes each every week on Sunday between 6 pm and 9 pm with a break in between.

The program starts on Sunday, 26 July 2026 and would run for 8 weeks.  The program has a total of 15 sessions.

Delivery Mode: Live-Online through Zoom

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Contact For Queries

Parthasarathy S
Ph. +91 9110614400
Email: partha@labinmotion.com