You're already a great product leader. Now become a great product executive.
It's rarely a skills problem. It's an altitude problem — and most senior product leaders eventually run into at least one of these three.
Battle-tested frameworks, refined across years of Fortune 500 transformations and hundreds of senior product leaders.
9 hours live with Melissa Perri — author of Escaping the Build Trap, former faculty at Harvard Business School, growth stage board member, and advisor to Fortune 500 product executives.
Every lesson draws on real scenarios CPOs have faced — reorgs, leadership transitions, AI shifts, board pressure. You see the playbook applied, then step into the driver's seat to work through how you'd handle it yourself.
Apply every framework directly to a live challenge inside your current company. Bring it to the next session for peer review and feedback from the cohort.
Small by design. Hand-selected so every conversation is with a true peer — VPs, Heads of Product, and practicing CPOs in the same seat as you.
3 hours of live sessions per month for 3 months, plus 5–10 hours of independent work. Built around the calendars of people running product orgs.
A full year of every Product Institute course, plus the alumni community of practicing CPOs to call on for the real questions long after the program wraps up.
Marius Røstad
CPO, Aidn
"As a first time CPO the Accelerator program gave me extremely valuable tools and learnings I could use the next day. It definitely changed how I focus my energies and scaled my impact."
Real relationships, real conversations, real peers. Share challenges in confidence with the product leaders and CPOs in your cohort. Gain a network you'll call on for years.
Amr Basha
Head of Product, Urban Sports Club
"What I like about the CPO Accelerator is that it's not just an opportunity to learn with Melissa, but also access to a strong network of executive mentors and a broad spectrum of program alumni. The value gets bigger with time, not less."
Designed for busy product leaders: Six live sessions for product executives leading transformation in an AI-accelerated world.
Joel Conkling
Group Product Manager, Google Earth
"CPO Accelerator illuminated one of my blind spots: the importance of building relationships with the executive team that CPOs are part of, complete with very practical, usable advice on how to build strong relationships at that level."
From product leader to product executive. From running a team to shaping the company. Careers stepping up and scope of impact widening after the CPO Accelerator Program.
Gonçalo has become one of the most sought-after CPOs in Portugal, and is now in a dream AI CPO role at DeepL.
"The CPO Accelerator course was nothing short of transformative for my career. In every lesson there was a mix of strategic insights and actionable tactics. It fundamentally changed how I approach this job — and gave me insight into areas of the job I didn't even know I had to be doing. A humbling and very rewarding experience."
Under John's watch: Housecall Pro scaled from $179M → $614M+ in revenue (2020–2026).
"I started a new role near the end of the program — moving into the top product role at a SaaS company at the beginning stages of rapidly scaling. The frameworks presented in the program have demystified how to set up a product org, scale it, and run it effectively to drive value. It has also been extremely helpful in highlighting the keys to success for working with executive peers, the CEO, and the board."
Pam stepped into the VP of Product seat after the program, applying the frameworks directly across her organization.
"Within months of finishing the CPO Accelerator Program, the C-suite recognized my growth and promoted me from a Director to a VP of Product. This program gave me a strong foundation to level up from a product leader to a product exec. Thanks a million to Melissa and the team!"
Adam scaled his career and his impact into a multi-billion dollar public company — now CPO at Teladoc Health.
"The CPO Accelerator helped me sharpen my approach to product strategy, executive communication, and organizational leadership. These skills have been invaluable as I've grown into broader leadership roles across healthcare and technology — leading to my current role as CPO at Teladoc Health, a $2.5B public company."
Your Instructor
Melissa Perri is the founder and CEO of Product Institute, a product consultant to Fortune 500 companies, and one of the most cited voices in product leadership worldwide. She advises boards and executive teams on how to build product organizations that scale.
Melissa is the author of Escaping the Build Trap and co-author of Product Operations. She has taught Product Management at Harvard Business School and has trained leaders at Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Walmart, and Moderna.
Two cohorts per year, each capped at 20 senior product leaders.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis — most candidates hear back within 2 weeks.
September 2025
February 2026
September 2026
9 hours live with Melissa Perri
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Transfers to a future session available after that date.
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The systems, data flows, and ways of working that let product teams make better decisions consistently.
The program is designed for experienced product leaders at scaling technology companies. Typically Senior Directors, VPs, CPOs, or Heads of Product with 5+ years of product management experience and a team of PMs reporting into them. It's not designed for solo PMs at early-stage startups, individual contributors, or consultants.
The CPO program runs over 3 months and includes 9 hours of live sessions with Melissa Perri, real-world case studies from CPOs she's worked with, mini-assignments applied directly to your current role, a hand-selected cohort of up to 20 senior product leaders, and a full year of Product Institute course access plus the alumni community of practicing CPOs to call on long after the program wraps up.
We run cohorts periodically throughout the year, usually in September and February. Check the application page for upcoming dates.
The CPO Accelerator Program is a one-time fee of $5,000 USD. This includes the full 3-month live program, ongoing access to the alumni community of practicing CPOs and senior product leaders, and 1:1 networking opportunities. Community access continues long after the program ends.
Submit the short application form on this page. The admissions team reviews every application personally to make sure each cohort is the right mix of senior product leaders ready for the executive step. Most candidates hear back within 2 weeks on whether their application has been accepted. If accepted, you'll receive a payment link (credit card or invoice), with full payment due before the program begins.
All live sessions are recorded, so you can watch later if you can't attend in real time. Recordings stay available for 30 days. If the scheduled session times don't work for you at all, you can defer to a future cohort.
The program is built for scaling technology companies, not service companies or consulting firms. If you're looking for broader product management knowledge, Product Institute offers a range of self-paced courses that may be a better fit.
Cohort sizes are limited to just 20 senior leaders. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis — the sooner you apply, the better your chances of a seat in the next cohort.
