Five projects, working hands-on to evaluate actual API products.
Course
API Fundamentals for Product Managers
A hands-on foundation in API product management for PMs, new API PMs, and leaders managing API product work.
Start now - self-paced, with lifetime access + office hours.
See syllabus and enrollWho this is for
Start where this matches your job.
- Product Managers new to APIs who want to launch and manage products developers and agents adopt.
- New API Product Managers transitioning into the role.
- Leaders hiring or managing API Product Managers.
What you'll build
Artifacts you can point to after the cohort.
A take-home project paired with each live session.
A certificate of completion.
Syllabus
What you'll learn
Build a Strong API Foundation
- Articulate the importance and business impact of APIs.
- Define relevant stakeholders and use cases.
- Understand the API Product Manager’s pivotal role.
Gain Hands-On API Skills
- Explain how APIs work, illustrate core design principles that drive usability, and discuss why good API design matters.
- Demonstrate how to invoke and test APIs using client apps, interpret responses, and ensure high-quality and relevant content.
- Identify key success factors for real-world API products and how they drive business value.
Master the Business of APIs
- Develop a clear business strategy for API products.
- Work through prototyping, customer discovery, and validation.
- Learn how to define the unique value of your APIs and explore strategies for monetizing them.
Deliver Exceptional Developer Experiences
- Build a compelling DX by understanding how developers evaluate, learn, and adopt APIs.
- Write clear technical requirements and measure API success through key metrics.
- Analyze best-of-breed Developer Portals, dissect their design, and evaluate their DX to uncover best practices.
Network and Collaborate with your peers
- Group discussions where you can learn from others.
- Five projects, working hands-on to evaluate actual API products.
- Optional Q&A and Office Hours with the instructor - we'll stay in the session as long as needed.
Reviews
What students say
Emmanuel runs this training in a professional way. Perhaps the best training I have seen in Maven. Emmanuel truly brings his expertise to the training and makes it easy to absorb and understand. API domain has a lot of nuances and quirks. Maybe the only addition I would ask for is the newer advances that are being made in API in the API economy plus examples
You think you don't need it because of years of experience, but guess what we all have gaps. Such a fundamental class and always looking at what's new out there. Sets ground rules we need for next level Mastery of APIs and MCP and now I have full confidence for what's next Thank you Emmanuel for holding my hand and teaching me to walk properly again so I can run later.
This course is great to understand the business and technical aspects of APIs. You also get to be hands-on with APIs which will stay with you long after the course is done! The resources and the content shared throughout the course are highly valuable! Thank you Emmanuel for teaching it so nicely!
As a Technical Product Owner with nearly 10 years experience in working with APIs, I was amazed with how much I learned with this course. It was great to solidify my existing knowledge with the foundational concepts of API product management. Highly recommend this course
Logistics
Cohort details
- Enrollment
- See syllabus and enroll
- Next cohort
- Jan 5, 2027
- Workload
- 5 live sessions, 3 hours each, 15 hours total over 2 weeks
- Prerequisites
- Some Product Management Experience Required. While you don't need API experience, it's a good idea to know PM fundamentals.
Fit check
Is this right for me?
- Do I need API experience?
- No. The course assumes some product-management experience, but no API experience.
- I work full-time, what is the expected time commitment?
- We will spend 15 hours in live sessions over two weeks, so figure on 6-9 hours per week. After the session ends, there is an optional Q&A, during which we remain on the call as long as necessary.
- What do I finish with?
- Five projects, working hands-on to evaluate actual API products.
- Can a team enroll together?
- Yes. Team discounts are available on Maven: 20% off 2-9 seats and 25% off 10 or more seats. Whole teams can also consider the Level 250 team program.
Next step
Review the full Maven syllabus.
Team discounts are available on Maven. Training a whole team? Consider the team program.