Product Leadership
The methods of building high-performance product teams, managing up/down/across, and creating cross-functional influence.
There's a huge difference between building features and leading product teams.
This program focuses on how to build high-performance product teams, recruit top talent, develop your teams capabilities, manage up/down/across, and communicate effectively across functions. We will help you develop your unique leadership style as you learn the methods behind high-performing product teams.
To join Product Leadership you need to be a Reforge Member.
Built By Top Executives
Ravi Mehta
Co-Founder & CEO at Scale Higher, Formerly Tinder, Meta, TripAdvisor, Xbox, Microsoft
Ravi is the CEO of Scale Higher and an active angel/advisor in consumer tech companies. His focus includes social, gaming, travel, healthcare, and marketplaces. Previously, he was an EIR at Reforge, CPO @ Tinder, and a product leader @ Meta, Tripadvisor, and Xbox.
What you get as a Reforge Member
Reforge membership combines cohort-based programs with a year-round experience to help you learn, execute, and scale. Participation in Product Leadership and access to the content and community of all programs are included.
On-Demand
Access content from all programs
Step-by-step projects to help you execute
Content releases, events, and updates
Connect with peers solving similar problems
Cohort Based Programs
4 or 6 weeks, part-time, virtual, and intense
Built and led by executives
Application focused
Live case studies with a cohort of peers
Product Leadership Program Format
Deep Learning Guided By A Leading Executive
Each week you will go through 2 to 3 hours of self-paced material covering actionable frameworks and proven systems for B2B & B2C companies that were created by leading executives. The topics this program covers are:
Week 1: Developing your product team
You will learn how to evaluate PM’s on 12 different competencies, give feedback that creates compounding rather than linear improvements, understand areas of weakness of your team, figure out where to invest in high performers, and then make critical decisions like promotions, terminations, and reassignments.
WEek 2: Designing your product team
Your team structure needs to constantly evolve with the needs of the company. You will learn how to design and redesign your team in a structured and deliberate way. Then build a system to attract, hire, and onboard the best people. Develop a winning culture that implements key rituals to identify and resolve bottlenecks.
Week 3: managing product work
You will identify areas where you need to lead with context and where you need to exert targeted control. Deconflict and align your PM’s across OKRs. Make critical tradeoff decisions using strategic frameworks. Drive cross-functional alignment and communicate with leadership across the company.
Week 4: accelerating your career
Managing yourself is just as important as managing your team. Dive into how Product Leaders progress through three vectors: domain, product work, and scale. Develop a 90-day plan as a product leader. Understand how to showcase success and failure. Build long-lasting credibility as a leader.
Live Case Studies Each Week
Each week, you will go deeper by attending a live online session via Zoom we will walk through a real-life scenario applying the concepts you learned.
Hear how industry leaders from companies like Tripadvisor, Tinder, Uber, and more have addressed similar challenges. Former Reforge guests include:
Nick Allardice CPO at change.org
Adam Fishman CPO at Imperfect Foods Jiaona Zhang VP Product at Webflow Selina Tobaccowala CDO at Openfit Justin Bauer EVP Product at Amplitude Ely Lerner VP Product at Chime Kelly Mayes Sr Dir Product at Roblox Mindy Zhang Dir Product at Oscar Bela Stepanova VP of Product at Iterable
Darius Contractor Head of Growth at Airtable
Nate Moch VP of Product Teams at Zillow
Heidi Gibson Sr. Director of Product Management at GoDaddy
Apply the Concepts
Translate the frameworks to your company with active, hands-on exercises, worksheets, and weekly micro-projects. Expect to spend about 2 hours a week on active learning.
A plan for Action
Build a plan that you can take back to your company. Start small, achieve results, and amplify your impact.
Become A Member To Join Product Leadership
To join this program you need to be a Reforge Member. To participate in our upcoming cohort apply today.
Membership includes participation in a cohort-based program and ongoing access to content from all programs, deep-dive sessions, and a community of vetted peers to help you execute what you learn.
Who this program is for:
Reforge members who are Group PM’s, Product Leaders, or Dir and above or Senior PM’s on a leadership track.
✓ 5+ Years of Professional Experience
✓ Product or Engineering Role
✓ Strong Initiative
✗ Entry Level
✗ Career Switching
✗ CEO or Founder
In addition to participating in Product Leadership, get access to everything you need to execute…
Your growth doesn’t stop with the cohort, it just begins. When you join as a Reforge Member, in addition to participating in this program, you will get on-demand access to everything you need to execute.
Access All Program Content
Your career doesn’t follow the schedule of a course. Access content across all programs when you need it:
Cross-Functional Growth Programs
Growth Series, Advanced Growth Strategy, Retention + Engagement, Monetization + Pricing, Experimentation + Testing
Product Management Programs
Product Management Foundations, Mastering Product Management, Product Strategy, Scaling Product Delivery, User Insights For Product Decisions, Data for Product Managers, Finding Product/Market Fit
Marketing & Engineering Programs
Marketing Strategy, Growth Marketing, Engineering Management, Technical Strategy, Brand Marketing, Marketing Leadership
Step-by-Step Projects
Go from learning to execution with step-by-step projects to guide implementation.
Content releases, events, and updates
New projects, cases, and examples across topics in Product, Growth, and Marketing
Deep dive sessions
Throughout the year, Reforge partners host live sessions to examine critical topics and coach community members through their most difficult issues
"Reforge was the most valuable educational experience of my life. It’s like a mini MBA that I’ll use for the rest of my career."
Brandon Smith, Product Manager, Kiva
Reforge 2019
"You learn so much useful and applicable information at Reforge. I can definitely see myself referring back to lessons when I need to tackle growth projects at work. I would recommend any of my friends or colleagues to take a Reforge program if they want to deepen and broaden their knowledge of growth. "
Adrienne Liu, Product Manager, Spotify
Reforge 2020