LevelUp! Leadership

02-04-2027

3 months

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starting at CHF 2'490

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Strategic Product Leadership (LevelUp! Leaderhip 2027)

Strategic Product Leadership (LevelUp! Leaderhip 2027)

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Would you like to level up your strategic and entrepreneurial product thinking? Do you see yourself as product leader in the future and want to gain confidence and credibility for this next step in your career? Or have you recently been promoted to a leadership position and would like to set yourself up for success? Perfect! You've come to the right place. Our mentoring program is a unique opportunity to speed up your learning curve and avoid all the rookie mistakes. Learn from the best at Google, Booking.com, Airbnb or Amazon in a family-like atmosphere. An offsite in the Swiss mountains combined with two full-day workshops and two networking dinners as well as 1:1 mentoring and coaching will prepare you to be a better product leader and increase your chances to get promoted. SOLD OUT - Bummer, our 2026 edition of this program is already sold out. But don't worry, you can already apply for one of the 12 spots for our edition 2027. APPLY BY AUGUST 31 FOR THE LOWEST RATES    

For Whom?

This program is for you if...
  • you are a (senior) product manager with about 3+ years of experience
  • you would like to become Head of Product / lead a group of product managers in the near future
  • you have recently been promoted to a leadership position and would like to feel more confident in this role
 

Trainer Crew

Our trainers, mentors and coaches are experienced product leaders who practice the art of product management at companies like Google, Trivago, Booking.com, Airbnb and more. Please check the trainer section on this page to see the complete line-up.  

What's included?

  • a weekend offsites in the mountains (1h from Berne) including accomodation and food
  • two full-day workshops in Zurich
  • two networking dinners in Zurich
  • two individual coaching sessions
  • four individual mentoring sessions
  • a buddy to team up with in class
  • preparation material for each workshop (including articles, videos and exercises)
 

Curriculum

The course covers a wide range of relevant topics in an interactive course setting combined with self-paced homework material:
    • Product Strategy & Economics
    • Product Leadership
    • Hiring & Coaching Product People
    • Structuring & Scaling Your Product Org
    • Self-Care for Product Leaders
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Application

Applications for LevelUp! Leadership 2027 are now open. Early-bird rates are available until August 31, 2026. All spots will be given out on a first come, first served basis. We recommend applying early, especially for the partial scholarships.    

Dates for LevelUp! Leadership 2027

  • Kick-off (Zurich): April 2, 2027 - 14.00 - 18.30 CET
  • Workshop Day 1 (Zurich): April 3, 2027 - 9.00 - 17.00
  • Workshop Day 2 (Zurich): May 8, 2027 - 9.00 - 18.00 CET
  • Mountain Offsite (Berner Oberland): June 25-27, 2027 (Start and end at 13.30 CET)
Please note that the prep work will be sent out about 4-6 weeks before the first offsite.  

Early-Bird Prices (until August 31, 2026)

CHF 2'490 - special scholarship rate (excl VAT) We are on a mission to fostering diversity in product and offer partial scholarships to support especially women and start-ups. With one of our limited partial scholarship you are saving CHF 2'000 on the regular corporate price. After August 31, 2026 this price will increase to CHF 2'690 (excl VAT). Please note that scholarship holders may be asked to share a large room with another participant of the same gender (depending on the final number of applications). You can indicate your interest in the scholarship and your compelling arguments on why you should be considered for this special rate in the application form. Once you are accepted into the program and received the information about the final rate, you will have one week to accept or decline your spot.
   
CHF 3'490 - Supporter Rate (excl. VAT) If somebody from your company is supporting the program as trainer, mentor or coach, you are entitled to a reduced corporate rate of CHF 3'490 excl. VAT, saving CHF 1'000 on the regular Early-Bird course rate. After August 31, 2026 this price will increase to CHF 3'990 (excl. VAT).
    CHF 4'490 - regular corporate price (excl. VAT) With this rate, we guarantee a single room. After August 31, 2026 the price will increase to CHF 4'990 (excl. VAT)
  This is the unique learning experience included in the price (excl. your individual travel costs and alcoholic beverages):
  • one weekend offsites in the mountains (1h from Berne) including accomodation and food
  • 2x full-day workshop in Zurich including snacks and lunch
  • 2x networking dinner in Zurich
  • two individual coaching sessions
  • four individual mentoring sessions
  • a buddy to team up with in class
  • preparation material for each workshop (including articles, videos and exercises)
 

Requirements & Application

All our trainers and coaches are dedicating a lot of passion and time to this program. Therefore, we expect our participants to make the most out of this great opportunity. The learning experience highly depends on your preparation and active participation in class. Here is how you apply and what we ask in return:

  • Be able to attend both offsites in person.
  • Complete all reading and homework assignments prior to the course (expected workload about 8 to 12 hours per month). We take this very seriously and certain parts of the workshop days might only be available to students who sent in their assignments in time.
  • Coordinate and attend your coaching and mentoring sessions by yourself (remotely or in person, depending on your coach and mentor)
  • Active participation in class.
 
The application process includes filling out an online form and answering several reflection questions in written form or via video.
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Our Main Teachers

Tanja Lau

Gründerin der Product Academy
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Bei der Product Academy verbindet Tanja ihre Leidenschaft fürs lebenslange Lernen mit ihrem breiten Erfahrungsschatz als Product Leader. Sie hat Start-ups in München, Madrid und Zürich mitgegründet und dabei wertvolle unternehmerische Erfahrung gesammelt, die sie heute in ihren Kursen sowie als gefragte Rednerin weitergibt. Als eine der Top 30 Women in Product in Europe (2020 […]

Dominique Jost

Head of Product at Doist
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Dominique is the Head of Product at Doist, makers of Todoist and Twist, where he’s building a world-class, remote, and async-first product organization that’s shaping and shipping meaningful products in an age of AI abundance and increasing mediocrity. A former engineer turned product leader with a 20+ year career, he remains fascinated by the intersection […]

Dominique Jost

Head of Product at Doist
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Dominique is the Head of Product at Doist, makers of Todoist and Twist, where he’s building a world-class, remote, and async-first product organization that’s shaping and shipping meaningful products in an age of AI abundance and increasing mediocrity. A former engineer turned product leader with a 20+ year career, he remains fascinated by the intersection […]

Phil Bergdorf

Head of Product at Migros Online
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Phil started his career during the dot-com bubble, at an agency that didn’t survive the crash. But he stuck with the field because he’d been fascinated by the possibilities of the internet ever since his first late-night IRC chats as a teenager. Before joining Migros Online, he worked at several web agencies, launched an online […]

Phil Bergdorf

Head of Product at Migros Online
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Phil started his career during the dot-com bubble, at an agency that didn’t survive the crash. But he stuck with the field because he’d been fascinated by the possibilities of the internet ever since his first late-night IRC chats as a teenager. Before joining Migros Online, he worked at several web agencies, launched an online […]

Chiedza Muguti

Consultant at World Health Organization
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Chiedza Muguti is a Berlin-based product strategist and speaker with over 17 years’ experience shaping digital solutions across technology, public health, and social impact. She has worked in London, Berlin, and as a consultant in Harare, leading initiatives across the financial services and public health sectors, and within both private and non-governmental organisations. Passionate about […]

Chiedza Muguti

Consultant at World Health Organization
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Chiedza Muguti is a Berlin-based product strategist and speaker with over 17 years’ experience shaping digital solutions across technology, public health, and social impact. She has worked in London, Berlin, and as a consultant in Harare, leading initiatives across the financial services and public health sectors, and within both private and non-governmental organisations. Passionate about […]

Stephanie Leue

Chief Product Officer at Ringier Medien Schweiz
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Over the last 17+ years, Stephanie has led product at PayPal, Contentful, Doodle, and now Ringier. Along the way, she has seen the same pattern repeat: smart teams stuck in the build trap. Her work is about fixing that disconnect. She helps leadership teams make the right bets, avoid wasted cycles, and build organizations that […]

Stephanie Leue

Chief Product Officer at Ringier Medien Schweiz
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Over the last 17+ years, Stephanie has led product at PayPal, Contentful, Doodle, and now Ringier. Along the way, she has seen the same pattern repeat: smart teams stuck in the build trap. Her work is about fixing that disconnect. She helps leadership teams make the right bets, avoid wasted cycles, and build organizations that […]

Sascha Kropf

Head of Product Management at EAO
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Sascha has more than 7 years of experience as Head of Product Management and over 5 years of experience as Head of Engineering. In total, he brings 20 years of experience in value creation across various industries such as medical technology, life sciences, rail, machinery, and others, ranging from software solutions to capital goods. His […]

Sascha Kropf

Head of Product Management at EAO
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Sascha has more than 7 years of experience as Head of Product Management and over 5 years of experience as Head of Engineering. In total, he brings 20 years of experience in value creation across various industries such as medical technology, life sciences, rail, machinery, and others, ranging from software solutions to capital goods. His […]

Daniel Käser

Chief Product and Growth Officer at Migros Online
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Daniel is a product leader with clear goal to maximize the team’s impact, by creating a best-practices, modern and product-centric product development organization that builds products that users love. He’s currently the CPO of Migros Online, where they have built a new product organization from scratch with a new vision of a digital supermarket that […]

Daniel Käser

Chief Product and Growth Officer bei Migros Online
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Daniel ist ein Product Leader mit dem klaren Ziel, die Wirkung seines Teams zu maximieren, indem er eine Best-Practice-, moderne und produktzentrierte Produktentwicklungsorganisation aufbaut, die Produkte entwickelt, die Nutzer:innen lieben. Derzeit ist er CPO von Migros Online, wo ein neues Produktteam von Grund auf mit einer neuen Vision eines digitalen Supermarkts aufgebaut wurde, der das […]

Alexandra Lung

Fractional Chief Product Officer at Accelerate product labs
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Alexandra is an experienced product leader, C-suite executive, corporate advisor, leadership mentor and public speaker. 17+ years of experience in building and scaling digital products across various industries, with a strong focus on revenue growth and user experience. In her previous roles she has led the product and design teams at Aircall through extensive growth […]

Alexandra Lung

Fractional Chief Product Officer at Accelerate product labs
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Alexandra is an experienced product leader, C-suite executive, corporate advisor, leadership mentor and public speaker. 17+ years of experience in building and scaling digital products across various industries, with a strong focus on revenue growth and user experience. In her previous roles she has led the product and design teams at Aircall through extensive growth […]

David Nydegger

Chief Product Officer at Oviva
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David is a versatile product leader with over 15 years of experience in building and scaling digital products and business models. After graduating from University of St. Gallen, David started his career in technology consulting and then moved on to become a co-founder of the tech startup Localina. Having exited the startup to local.ch (Swisscom) […]

David Nydegger

Chief Product Officer at Oviva
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David is a versatile product leader with over 15 years of experience in building and scaling digital products and business models. After graduating from University of St. Gallen, David started his career in technology consulting and then moved on to become a co-founder of the tech startup Localina. Having exited the startup to local.ch (Swisscom) […]

Alessandro Petri

VP Product Management at SAP Signavio
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Alessandro is a seasoned B2B product leader with 20 years professional experience across different roles in different industries, always at the intersection of people, business and technology. His background includes roles in software engineering, technology adoption and change management, customer success and more recently product leadership as VP Product at Celonis, Signavio, SAP and QuantPi. […]

Alessandro Petri

VP Product Management at SAP Signavio
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Alessandro is a seasoned B2B product leader with 20 years professional experience across different roles in different industries, always at the intersection of people, business and technology. His background includes roles in software engineering, technology adoption and change management, customer success and more recently product leadership as VP Product at Celonis, Signavio, SAP and QuantPi. […]

Allison Morton

Director of Product Management at Zalando
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Allison is a senior product and business leader with over 15 years of experience building, scaling, and transforming complex digital products and organizations at global companies like Zalando and Procter & Gamble. She has operated at Director level across product, ESG topics, and general management roles, leading large teams and managing product portfolios with high […]

Andrew is a veteran product manager and product leader with experience at Bay Area companies like Yelp, eBay, Prosper, and Silver Spring Networks. He has a degree in Product Design from Stanford University, and spent the first five years of his career as a digital product designer at various agencies. In 2016, Andrew moved from […]

Andrew is a veteran product manager and product leader with experience at Bay Area companies like Yelp, eBay, Prosper, and Silver Spring Networks. He has a degree in Product Design from Stanford University, and spent the first five years of his career as a digital product designer at various agencies. In 2016, Andrew moved from […]

Anurag Chitlangia is a Product Lead for Alternative Payments at Uber, where he leads the portfolio across Rides & Eats—helping customers pay with their preferred methods across 70+ markets. His work sits at the intersection of user experience, reliability, cost, and compliance, with a simple goal: make payments feel “invisible” so riders and eaters can […]

Anurag Chitlangia is a Product Lead for Alternative Payments at Uber, where he leads the portfolio across Rides & Eats—helping customers pay with their preferred methods across 70+ markets. His work sits at the intersection of user experience, reliability, cost, and compliance, with a simple goal: make payments feel “invisible” so riders and eaters can […]

Aude Morandi-Tinguely

Director of Product at Swisscom
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After starting her career in management and marketing, Aude transitioned to digital product management 12 years ago. Following several years as Director of Product for the classified marketplace anibis.ch at Swiss Marketplace Group (formerly Scout24), she is now the Director of AI Product Management at Swisscom. In this role, she oversees a product portfolio of […]

Aude Morandi-Tinguely

Director of Product at Swisscom
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After starting her career in management and marketing, Aude transitioned to digital product management 12 years ago. Following several years as Director of Product for the classified marketplace anibis.ch at Swiss Marketplace Group (formerly Scout24), she is now the Director of AI Product Management at Swisscom. In this role, she oversees a product portfolio of […]

Cosima Lefranc

Group Product Manager, Innovation & AI at Ringier
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Cosima Lefranc has 10 years in product management with a background in business intelligence and finance. She worked mostly in B2B2C marketplaces in the hiring (testingtime), finance (liiva) and proptech industries. She has been a product leader, mentor and coach for 6 years. She loves classical music, hiking, skiing and all water sports 😃. Her […]

Cosima Lefranc

Group Product Manager, Innovation & AI at Ringier
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Cosima Lefranc has 10 years in product management with a background in business intelligence and finance. She worked mostly in B2B2C marketplaces in the hiring (testingtime), finance (liiva) and proptech industries. She has been a product leader, mentor and coach for 6 years. She loves classical music, hiking, skiing and all water sports 😃. Her […]

Edgar Kussberg

Group Product Manager at Sonar
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Edgar is a product leader with 20+ years of experience driving growth at the intersection of AI, SaaS, and developer tooling. From startup CPO to scaling enterprise platforms used by millions, he thrives on building products that define categories and deliver measurable impact. At Sonar and Snyk, he led AI platform strategies, scaled cross-functional orgs, […]

Francesca Cortesi

Chief Product Officer & Founder at Prodotto Collective
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After transitioning from a career in fashion and communication, Francesca “fell into product management” in the early 2010s and has been inspired by the creating digital products ever since. Throughout her journey, she has put her hands on numerous remarkable products across a variety of industries. Her experience spans a global community designed for girls […]

Francesca Cortesi

Chief Product Officer & Founder at Prodotto Collective
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After transitioning from a career in fashion and communication, Francesca “fell into product management” in the early 2010s and has been inspired by the creating digital products ever since. Throughout her journey, she has put her hands on numerous remarkable products across a variety of industries. Her experience spans a global community designed for girls […]

Iulia Jacobsson

Product Advisor & Coach
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Iulia is a seasoned product leader and advisor with vast experience across industries and business models. She’s currently advising and coaching product leaders and scale-ups on topics ranging from strategy, organizational design, pricing and GTM, to specific leadership topics. In her most recent operator role as VP Product @ Beekeeper she scaled the product, business […]

Iulia Jacobsson

Product Advisor & Coach
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Iulia is a seasoned product leader and advisor with vast experience across industries and business models. She’s currently advising and coaching product leaders and scale-ups on topics ranging from strategy, organizational design, pricing and GTM, to specific leadership topics. In her most recent operator role as VP Product @ Beekeeper she scaled the product, business […]

Price : starting at CHF 2'490 CHF

Max Availability : 12

Location : mountain offsite 1h from Bern Zurich

Typology : English

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