Four hands-on projects evaluating real 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.
Who this is for
Start where this matches your job.
- Product managers with no API experience.
- New API product managers.
- 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
What an API is, the API economy, API personas, the role of the API PM, and what makes API products successful.
Gain Hands-On API Skills
Web API styles, how APIs work, naming and conventions, design patterns, auth types, API client tools, and hands-on work with public APIs.
Master the Business of APIs
Business problems APIs solve, productizing, value propositions, positioning, customer discovery, prototyping, demoing, and monetization.
Deliver Exceptional Developer Experiences
API and design-first strategy, working with engineering, requirements, metrics, and DX evaluation.
Logistics
Cohort details
- Enrollment
- See Maven
- Next cohort
- Aug 6, 2026
- Workload
- 4 live sessions, 3 hours each, 12 hours total over 2 weeks; plus about 2 hours of take-home project work and about 1 hour of pre-reading per week.
- Prerequisites
- Some product-management experience. No API experience needed.
Fit check
Is this right for me?
- Do I need API experience?
- No. The course assumes some product-management experience, but no API experience.
- How much time should I expect?
- The cohort has four 3-hour live sessions, for 12 live hours over 2 weeks, plus about 2 hours of take-home project work and about 1 hour of pre-reading per week.
- What do I finish with?
- You complete four hands-on projects evaluating real API products, with a take-home project paired to each session, and earn a certificate of completion.
- 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.