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API Product Mastery for Experienced PMs

4.8 (3)

2 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Become an expert API Product Manager and learn how to scale and manage an API portfolio.

API Product Mastery for Experienced PMs

4.8 (3)

2 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Become an expert API Product Manager and learn how to scale and manage an API portfolio.

Hosted by

Emmanuel Paraskakis

15+ years in APIs | Product Consultant for SaaS and API Companies | 3x VP PM

Emmanuel Paraskakis

15+ years in APIs | Product Consultant for SaaS and API Companies | 3x VP PM

Previously at

Course overview

Accelerate Your Career and Become the Go-To API Expert in Your Organization

If you’ve shipped an API product—or more—and you want to level up your expertise, API Product Mastery for Experienced PMs is for you. You’ll learn how to design and deliver API products that not only meet technical standards but also drive measurable business impact. We’ll go beyond the basics, digging into real strategies for building APIs that empower both developers and business stakeholders, all while solidifying your role as an API thought leader within your organization.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to speak confidently about APIs in product parlance, build robust solutions your engineering teams will appreciate, and design Developer Experiences that rival the best in the industry. My core goal is to help you sharpen your capabilities so you can set bold KPIs, exceed them, and demonstrate the ROI of your API initiatives.

You’ll walk away with a practical toolkit for everything from rapid prototyping to scaling API products for high-volume use. Whether you’re perfecting an existing product, tackling a new launch, or even guiding a team of product managers, you’ll have the structure and know-how to succeed:

Understand APIs at a deeper level—enough to earn the respect of peers, leadership, and technical teams

• Drive business impact by setting stronger goals and hitting KPIs for your API products

• Build a clear path to product growth through monetization, internal advocacy, and advanced Go To Market strategies

• Deliver a stellar Developer Experience with better documentation, security, and onboarding flows

• Become the API champion who can confidently guide decision-making and position APIs as a strategic advantage within your organization

• Explore the future of APIs as they evolve with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent API consumption, including design and building of APIs with the help of LLMs.

After 15+ years managing API products, I’ve seen firsthand how to thrive as an API PM—and I want to share what I’ve learned!

When you complete this course, you’ll have the skills and perspective to deliver real value and confidently guide and scale the next generation of API portfolios.

Who is this course for

Product Managers with some API PM Experience who want to take on more responsibility and become experts at shipping public and internal API

Product Managers who have shipped API Products but want to gain a deeper understanding and scale to an API Portfolio

Product Leaders who want to hire and manage a team of API Product Managers.

Product Managers with some API PM Experience who want to take on more responsibility and become experts at shipping public and internal API

Product Managers who have shipped API Products but want to gain a deeper understanding and scale to an API Portfolio

Product Leaders who want to hire and manage a team of API Product Managers.

What you’ll get out of this course

Define a Winning API Strategy for the Future

Adopt API-first and secure executive buy-in to build an API portfolio.
Make API governance, security and compliance a part of your roadmap.
Explore how MCP & Agents will drive the next wave of API consumption.
Identify how API businesses succeed by examining real-world business m

Understand How Great APIs Are Made: The API Lifecycle

Evaluate modern API architectures (REST, GraphQL, Async, gRPC) to choose the right approach for your use case.
Craft consistent API designs using standards, OpenAPI, and style guides.
Plan for API evolution by creating a deprecation policy and implementing effective versioning.

Drive API Adoption with an Effective Go-to-Market Approach

Develop a frictionless Developer Experience, from clear documentation to Dev Portals with PLG.
Optimize usage and revenue by analyzing API metrics, refining pricing models and tracking churn.
Implement clear pricing strategies—like tiered or usage-based pricing—supported by data.

Design and Build a Working API Using Best Practices

Use AI tools to iterate on your API design for usability, consistency , and standards.
Gather feedback from users through documentation and mock services.
Implement your API prototype using AI codegen.
Deploy your API behind an API Gateway and view Analytics

Network and Collaborate with your peers

Demo the API Prototype you built to the class.
Group discussions where you can learn from others.
AMA session with the instructor - bring the topics you’d like to cover!

What’s included

Live sessions

Learn directly from Emmanuel Paraskakis in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.

Course syllabus

59 lessons • 5 projects

Week 1

Aug 7—Aug 10

Module 1 - API Strategy

9 items

Pre-reading materials - Module 2

5 items

Module 2 - The API Lifecycle

8 items

Week 2

Aug 11—Aug 17

Pre-reading materials - Module 3

6 items

Module 3 - API Go To Market

9 items

Pre-reading materials - Module 4

3 items

Module 4 - Security & AI Agents

5 items

Pre-reading materials - Module 5

1 item

Module 5 - Build Your Own API Prototype with AI

11 items

Week 3

Aug 18—Aug 19

Aug

Demo & AMA

Tue 8/194:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)

Bonus

Further Learning Resources

7 items

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What people are saying

When TruSTAR wanted to go API-first, we hired Emmanuel as an advisor to help transform our API strategy. We tapped into his know-how and product management experience in developer tools to shorten our time to market. Emmanuel has been instrumental in guiding our team towards launching our API as a Product.

Patrick Coughlin

CEO, TruSTAR

Emmanuel has a real talent for consolidating the latest thinking and best practices on software product management and business models, and conveying it to others in a thorough yet easily-understandable way. He’s a great source of insight for those looking to move their organizations forward.

Jay Alexander

CTO, Keysight Technologies

Meet your instructor

Emmanuel Paraskakis

API PM Executive | 15+ Years, VP-Level Experience

I’m Emmanuel, an entrepreneur, product management executive, and consultant at Level 250 with over 15 years of experience shaping API products.

I’ve led large API programs in fintech for Verisk, Moody’s, and Precisely, and served as VP of Product for some of the world’s most influential API tools—like API Blueprint at Apiary (550,000+ APIs), Oracle’s first Cloud-Native API Gateway, and Swagger at SmartBear (750,000+ APIs).

Over the years, I’ve consulted with everyone from Fortune 500 CEOs to startup founders, engaging with thousands of API providers and consumers to help them build winning products and exceptional developer experiences.

My passion is to make APIs more impactful and developer-friendly, which is why I created the API Product Mastery for Experienced PMs course: to share my lessons learned and help Product Managers fast-track their careers.

Join me to gain practical insights, avoid common pitfalls, and learn how to deliver API Products that enable great user experiences—without repeating the mistakes I’ve already made along the way.

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