Overview
- Subject
- Planning and Strategy Management
- Duration
- 5 days
- Format
- Classroom
- Language
- English / Arabic
- Next session
- 11 - 15 Oct, 2026
- Fees
- USD 2,600Per participant
Why Attend
A product can be well-built and still launch to silence. The difference usually isn't the product itself — it's the absence of a coherent Product Strategy connecting what the product does to who needs it, why they'll choose it, and how they'll actually find out it exists. The Product Strategy and Go-to-Market Planning Training Course, is built for product managers who own that connection: turning a roadmap of features into a market outcome the business can point to.
This course treats product strategy and go-to-market (GTM) planning as one continuous discipline, not two separate handoffs between product and marketing. Participants explore how to define a strategy that holds up against real competitive pressure, how positioning shapes the way a market understands a product before a single word of copy is written, and how pricing decisions signal value as much as they capture it. The course also walks through building a GTM plan that survives contact with a real launch date — sequencing product marketing activities, aligning sales, and preparing for the weeks immediately after launch when most of the real work actually happens. Participants leave with a practical strategy and GTM framework they can apply directly to their next product or major feature release, not a theoretical model that stays in the slide deck.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Define a Product Strategy that connects market opportunity to a clear, defensible direction
- Build positioning that shapes how the market perceives a product before launch
- Make pricing decisions that reflect and reinforce a product's strategic positioning
- Design a GTM plan that aligns product, marketing, and sales around one launch narrative
- Sequence product launch activities realistically across pre-launch, launch, and post-launch phases
- Apply product marketing principles to translate strategy into messaging that resonates
- Anticipate competitive response and adjust strategy without losing direction
- Measure whether a strategy and launch actually delivered the intended market outcome
Who Should Attend
- Product managers and senior product managers responsible for strategy and launch
- Product marketing managers working closely with product teams
- Heads of product overseeing strategic direction across a product line
- Founders and startup leads planning a product or company launch
- Marketing professionals partnering with product on go-to-market execution
- Professionals transitioning into strategic product roles from delivery-focused ones
Course Outline
- What Makes a Product Strategy Real
- The difference between a strategy and a prioritised feature list
- Anchoring strategy in genuine market opportunity and competitive reality
- Positioning That Shapes Market Perception
- Building a positioning statement that survives scrutiny from sceptical buyers
- Aligning positioning with what the product actually delivers
- Pricing as a Strategic Decision
- Connecting pricing to the value a product genuinely delivers
- Avoiding pricing decisions made reactively or purely on competitor benchmarks
- Building a Go-to-Market Plan
- Structuring a GTM plan that product, marketing, and sales can execute together
- Defining clear ownership across the GTM process
- Planning a Product Launch That Works
- Sequencing pre-launch, launch, and post-launch activities realistically
- Preparing for the critical weeks immediately following launch
- Product Marketing in Practice
- Translating strategy and positioning into messaging that resonates with buyers
- Equipping sales and customer-facing teams with the story behind the product
- Responding to Competitive Pressure
- Anticipating how competitors will respond to a new product or launch
- Adjusting strategy and GTM execution without abandoning core direction
- Aligning Stakeholders Around the Strategy
- Communicating strategy and GTM plans clearly to leadership and cross-functional teams
- Managing pushback and competing priorities during planning
- Measuring Strategic and Launch Success
- Defining metrics that reflect genuine market outcomes, not vanity numbers
- Feeding launch results back into future product strategy decisions
Schedule & Fees
2026 Schedule & Fees
- 11 - 15 Oct, 2026
- English
- 11 - 15 Oct, 2026
- Arabic
- 6 - 10 Dec, 2026
- English
- 6 - 10 Dec, 2026
- Arabic
2027 Schedule & Fees
- 10 - 14 Jan, 2027
- English
- 10 - 14 Jan, 2027
- Arabic
- 7 - 11 Mar, 2027
- English
- 7 - 11 Mar, 2027
- Arabic
- 11 - 15 Apr, 2027
- English
- 11 - 15 Apr, 2027
- Arabic
- 6 - 10 Jun, 2027
- English
- 6 - 10 Jun, 2027
- Arabic
- 11 - 15 Jul, 2027
- English
- 11 - 15 Jul, 2027
- Arabic
- 5 - 9 Sep, 2027
- English
- 5 - 9 Sep, 2027
- Arabic
- 10 - 14 Oct, 2027
- English
- 10 - 14 Oct, 2027
- Arabic
- 5 - 9 Dec, 2027
- English
- 5 - 9 Dec, 2027
- Arabic