A working API prototype built with AI codegen.
Course
API Product Mastery for Experienced PMs
A deeper API product course for PMs and product leaders who already have API experience and want to scale the craft.
See syllabus and enrollWho this is for
Start where this matches your job.
- Product Managers with some API PM Experience who want to take on more responsibility and become experts at shipping public and internal API
- Product Managers who have shipped API Products but want to gain a deeper understanding and scale to an API Portfolio
- Product Leaders who want to hire and manage a team of API Product Managers.
What you'll build
Artifacts you can point to after the cohort.
A capstone completed after session 5 and demoed to peers and the instructor.
A certificate of completion.
Syllabus
What you'll learn
Define a Winning API Strategy for the Future
- Adopt API-first and secure executive buy-in to build an API portfolio.
- Make API governance, standards, and compliance a part of your roadmap.
- Identify how API businesses succeed by examining real-world business models.
The API Lifecycle: Understand How Great APIs Are Made
- Evaluate modern API architectures (REST, GraphQL, Async, gRPC) to choose the right approach for your use case.
- Craft consistent API designs using standards, OpenAPI, and style guides.
- Plan for API evolution by creating a deprecation policy and implementing effective versioning.
Drive API Adoption with an Effective Go-to-Market Strategy
- Develop a frictionless Developer Experience, from clear documentation to Dev Portals with PLG.
- Optimize usage and revenue by analyzing API metrics, refining pricing models, and tracking churn.
- Implement clear pricing strategies, such as tiered or usage-based pricing, supported by data.
Design and Build a Working API Using Best Practices
- Use AI tools to iterate on your API design for usability, consistency, and standards.
- Gather feedback from users through documentation and mock services.
- Implement your API prototype using AI codegen.
Future-Proof and Protect your API Portfolio
- Deploy your API behind an API Gateway and view Analytics.
- Explore API Security Incidents and understand how to mitigate them with the OWASP API Top-10
- Explore how MCP & Agents will drive the next wave of API consumption.
Network and Collaborate with your peers
- Demo the API Prototype you built to the class.
- Group discussions where you can learn from others.
- AMA session with the instructor - bring the topics you’d like to cover!
Reviews
What students say
All that Open API knowledge kicked in even further on Demo Day. It was great seeing how the business thinking and technical deep dives connected while looking at public APIs. Great hands on stuff and always keeping an eye to what's currently out there (MCP, AI). Looking forward to accessing all the knowledge Emmanuel offers.
Emmanuel is super knowledgeable on all things APIs. He also is innovative, thinking about MCP and how to leverage AI first workflows to build great APIs. Finally he cares about his learners. He met me for a pre-course zoom, stayed after class to chat extra with me when I had questions, and had a 100% answer completion rate during the class. I highly recommend taking a class with Emmanuel if you have the opportunity!
Emmanuel is an excellent professional and a genuinely great person to learn from. He was patient in answering every question, which made the course truly interactive and hands-on. The way he responded to students' questions showed deep expertise - there was no topic where he could not provide a thoughtful and valid answer. The course was well prepared, and the amount of material we received before and during the sessions gave us enough reading to last for days. I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking to deepen their understanding of API management.
Loved the course and the insights! It was especially valuable to dive deeper into AI agents, MCP and building your own API using AI tools.
This course helped me fill in the gaps in my knowledge of API product management. I had previously built APIs but didn't have any formal training. Now I have a strong understanding of the major topics, debates, and key issues for building APIs. The hands on section on building API prototypes was especially helpful for getting early feedback.
Logistics
Cohort details
- Enrollment
- See syllabus and enroll
- Next cohort
- Jan 26, 2027
- Workload
- 6 live sessions, 3 hours each, 18 hours total over 2 weeks, about 9 hours per week; plus 2-4 hours of take-home projects and about 2 hours of pre-reading per module.
- Prerequisites
- Some API experience. You should have worked on an API product already; take Fundamentals first if not.
Fit check
Is this right for me?
- Should I take Fundamentals first?
- Take API Fundamentals for Product Managers first if you have not worked on an API product already. This course requires some API experience.
- How much time should I expect?
- The cohort has six 3-hour live sessions, for 18 live hours over 2 weeks, about 9 hours per week, plus 2-4 hours of take-home projects and about 2 hours of pre-reading per module.
- What is the main deliverable?
- You build a working API prototype with AI codegen, complete a capstone after session 5, demo it to peers and the instructor, and earn a certificate.
- 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.