🎯 Product Owner / Product Manager
IT Service, Project & Business career path
Product ownership from backlog basics to portfolio-level product strategy.
Typical roles
- Product Owner
- Product Manager
- Senior Product Manager
- Head of Product
Suggested certifications, by phase
Foundation
- PSPO I Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner I
- CSPO Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner
- SAFe POPM SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager
- IIBA-CPOA IIBA Certificate in Product Ownership Analysis
Core
- PSPO II Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner II
- A-CSPO Scrum Alliance Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner
- ICP-APO ICAgile Certified Professional in Agile Product Ownership
- PSU I Scrum.org Professional Scrum with User Experience I
- PSPO-AI Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner - AI Essentials
Advanced
- CSP-PO Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Professional - Product Owner
- SAFe APM SAFe Agile Product Manager
- ITIL5 Product ITIL Product (Version 5)
- PAL-EBM Scrum.org Professional Agile Leadership - Evidence-Based Management
Mastery
- PSPO III Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner III
- SAFe LPM SAFe Lean Portfolio Manager
A suggestion, not a set of prerequisites — one or two certifications per phase is plenty.