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Marcus has been a Product Owner for six years.

He is good at his job. His stakeholders trust him. He knows how to write a user story that a team can actually build from, how to run a backlog refinement that doesn't eat the whole afternoon, how to push back on scope creep without losing the room.

Then one Monday morning he opens his laptop and finds something unsettling.

His manager has forwarded an article. The headline reads: "AI can now prioritise your product backlog better than you can." A colleague in another team is already using it. Three executives in his organisation have asked about it in the last two weeks.

Marcus stares at the screen. He has spent six years developing the instincts, the frameworks, the stakeholder relationships that make him effective. And he has no idea whether any of that still matters in the world the article is describing.

He feels something he hasn't felt in years. Not threatened exactly. But unsettled. Like the rules of the game he has spent years mastering have quietly changed while he wasn't watching.

He has two choices.

Wait and see what happens. Or get ahead of it.

Most Product Owners are watching AI reshape their role from the sideline. This course puts you on the field, with real product scenarios, real AI tools, and real stakes, so you leave not just understanding AI but leading with it. Across every stance. Confidently. Ethically. Without losing what makes you irreplaceable.