The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK), in partnership with Emeritus, is running its Chief Product & AI-Driven Strategy Officer (CPAIO) Programme, an executive course built for product leaders who want to integrate AI, including agentic AI, into enterprise product strategy.
The programme is now open for enrolment in its latest batch, with eligibility and curriculum details available on the official Emeritus-IIMK portal. It comes at a time when product leadership roles are increasingly expected to combine strategic vision with hands-on AI fluency.
What Is the CPAIO Programme About?
The CPAIO Programme is an 11-month blended learning course combining live online sessions by IIMK faculty with an online certificate course from Kellogg Executive Education, plus a three-day in-campus immersion at the IIM Kozhikode campus. It is designed to help product leaders move beyond execution and take ownership of business-wide outcomes, unifying product vision, AI-driven decision-making, and customer-centric growth.
A dedicated module, AI-First Product Thinking, covers foundational AI concepts such as NLP, computer vision, LLMs, and RAG, along with AI-integrated product lifecycle management. Elsewhere in the curriculum, the Kellogg component weaves in generative AI and agentic AI applications, focusing on how these technologies reshape customer experience, marketing, and operations.
Who Should Apply?
The programme targets three broad groups:
- Product leaders looking to bring AI-first practices into their product strategy
- New and emerging Chief Product Officers (CPOs) aiming to shape customer-centric, AI-led products
- Product-led growth founders and consultants seeking to build differentiated, AI-powered products
Eligibility requires a graduate degree or diploma (10+2+3 pattern) from a recognised university, along with a minimum of 8 years of work experience.
Curriculum Highlights
The course is structured across seven modules, covering:
- Product strategy, design thinking, and growth mindset
- Product finance and performance control
- Product lifecycle management and rapid prototyping
- AI-first product thinking, including agentic AI foundations
- Product marketing and AI-driven growth
- Product innovation and cloud/DevOps for product leaders
- Product leadership, ethics, and change management
Participants also complete business simulations, a capstone project, and case studies from companies such as Uber and Tata Steel as part of the CPAIO Programme, alongside masterclasses from practising CPOs.
