Advanced (Internal)
Product Ownership
(DC-AdPO)
From Managing the Backlog
to Influencing the Organisation
Course Description
Are you stuck in the delivery grind, endlessly refining user stories and managing Jira tickets? This course transforms your role from reactive backlog manager to proactive strategic influencer—empowering you to lead across systems, shape stakeholder alignment, and scale meaningful product outcomes.
This is Part 2 of our Agile Product Ownership series and is designed for experienced Product Owners, internal-facing product professionals, and strategic change agents working in scaled or complex environments.
The course addresses the real challenges faced by POs working inside enterprise systems: balancing competing stakeholder demands, working across multiple teams, managing platform products like Salesforce or CRM systems, and needing to influence without formal authority.
Each session is packed with practical tools, peer learning, and concrete applications you’ll take back to your product environment. You’ll complete work between sessions, reflect on your growth, and build a resilient, values-led PO practice.
Why attend?
By the end of this course, you will:
- Master stakeholder alignment across complex systems and organisational politics.
- Confidently handle conflict, prioritise time, and say "no" with clarity and courage.
- Navigate the nuances of internal product ownership and governance (e.g., CRM/Salesforce, platform teams, components etc.).
- Influence culture and decision-making beyond your backlog.
- Connect long-term product strategy to daily delivery with clarity.
- Level up your facilitation skills for co-creation and alignment.
- Define and refine your personal product ownership identity and impact.
- Walk away with a toolkit of advanced models, maps, and practices to influence at scale.
Course Modules
- Strategic Multi-Stakeholder Alignment
Navigate political tension and align divergent stakeholder needs through influence mapping and real-world roleplay.
- Time Mastery, Handling Conflict and Saying No
Build a high-impact weekly routine and develop assertiveness to protect value and focus.
- Working Across Systems – Scaled & Complex Product Contexts
Learn to operate in matrixed teams and map cross-system dependencies.
- Owning an Internal Product (e.g. CRM or ERP)
Balance user needs, platform governance, and organisational risk in internal product ecosystems.
- Product Owner as Organisational Influencer
Discover your informal power and use influence mapping to shift team culture and behaviour.
- Product Strategy and Vision at Scale
Translate vision into outcomes and link OKRs to delivery plans in complex environments.
- Co-Creation & Facilitation Mastery
Lead workshops with confidence using Liberating Structures and facilitation techniques that drive alignment.
- Crafting a Personal PO Practice
Develop your own Product Owner manifesto that reflects your values, goals, and leadership identity.
- Integration, Feedback & Intentions
Reflect, consolidate learning, and build momentum for the future with action plans and peer coaching.
Meet your course leaders
Simon Powers
You will get dedicated support from our CEO and Founder, Simon Powers.
Simon has 20 years of consultancy experience helping everyone from the big consultancies (Deloitte, Accenture, Mckinsey), to the world's largest corporations. Specialising in financial services, retail / FMCG, pharma, entertainment), he has supported leaders to make the changes they needed to make.
Simon has 10 years of professional consultancy experience, 8 years as a coach, 4 years as a therapist, and over 30 years of professional leadership experience to draw upon for strategy work.
Malika Desai
Malika has over 10 years of experience leading Salesforce implementations and digital transformation projects across industries. She’s worked with startups, global consultancies like Deloitte Digital, and clients in the US, Australia, and Europe. With a strong product mindset and deep expertise in enterprise platforms, Malika brings sharp insight into aligning product strategy with real-world execution—making her an ideal guide for advanced product owners ready to lead with clarity and impact.
Book your place
Advanced (Internal) Product Ownership (DC-AdPO)
Course Format
- Nine live sessions
- 2 hours per session, delivered over Zoom
- Mural-based collaboration
- Between-session practices
- Peer learning, roleplay, feedback, and real-world application
- Access to the Community Slack workspace
- Certification: Deeper Change Certificate in Advanced Product Ownership Practice
Summer Special
July 2025 Online
Call 1: 30th June
Call 2: 3rd July
Call 3: 7th July
Call 4: 10th July
Call 5: 14th July
Call 6: 17th July
Call 7: 21st July
Call 8: 24th July
Call 9: 28th July
15:00 – 17:00 UK timezone
Over Zoom
Early Bird Fee: £1,299+ VAT
Standard Fee: £1,499 + VAT
Sept 2025 Online
Call 1: 1st Sept
Call 2: 4th Sept
Call 3: 8th Sept
Call 4: 11th Sept
Call 5: 15th Sept
Call 6: 18th Sept
Call 7: 22nd Sept
Call 8: 25th Sept
Call 9: 29th Sept
15:00 – 17:00 UK timezone
Over Zoom
Early Bird Fee: £1,799+ VAT
Standard Fee: £1,999 + VAT
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In-person dates
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Private course
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FAQ
The programme is taught in English.
The registration fee covers all modules and certifications. The in-person 5-day course in London includes breakfast, lunch, refreshments, and a printed manual. The registration fee does not cover accommodation, evening meal, or travel to and from the venue.
- 1 “Connecting” call: connect to each other, the themes and the program
- 12 x 5-hour enriching discovery days – providing deep learning, rich feedback and growth, breakouts, supervision, and practice (2 per month)
- 1 x 360 Leadership Assessment
- 2 x 90-minute assessment, review and Q&A cohort call
- Many 1-hour participant-led support calls – enriching self-development and assessment work
- 2 x 1 hour closing and concluding calls
- Mentorship calls with the course leaders for guidance and assessment
- Continuous support via Slack
- Access to our learning portal with all the learning materials
- ICE-EC certification (certification fee included)
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