PDMA SF Bay Area

PDH Credit: 1

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Description

An intimate evening hosted by PDMA in collaboration with Roundtable Ventures, bringing together product leaders, founders, and builders for thoughtful conversations, audience interaction, and meaningful connections. We’re excited to have an incredible lineup of speakers from across various industries with a focus on AI, with discussions moderated by Sagnik Dey!

This is designed to be more than a panel - it’s a chance for founders, product managers and AI enthusiasts to exchange ideas, share experiences, and build connections in a smaller, more conversational setting.

Learning Objectives

• Learn how product leaders are thinking about building and scaling AI-driven products across different industries.
• Understand practical lessons from leaders who have worked across startups, Big Tech, healthcare, fintech, and AI infrastructure.
• Explore how founders and product managers can identify real customer problems, separate AI hype from product value, and build products that users actually trust and adopt.

About the Panelists

Gautam M Shah, MBA, FACHDM, Chief Product & Strategy Officer, NextGen Healthcare and PDMA Co-President

Amar Saurabh, Lead Product Manager, PayPal, ex-TikTok, ex-Meta

Saurabh Singh, Staff Product Manager, Snorkel AI, ex-Amazon

PDMA SF Bay Area

PDH Credit: 1

Registration

This is a FREE event. RSVP today by clicking the button above!

Description

A 1-hour live session for Heads of Product, CPOs, and Product Leaders running product teams in the AI era.

The bet

PMs who learn to ship with Claude Code today will outpace those who don't by 10x or more within 12 months, and the teams that train them first compound that lead. The core idea: Claude Code isn't just a coding tool, it's the operating system that supports a PM across the entire lifecycle of building an application, from the first insight to the release.

What you'll see live

I'll put myself in the shoes of a PM on a real open-source project, Excalidraw (120,000+ GitHub stars), and walk the full lifecycle live. In 30 minutes you'll see one PM:

• Capture insights without a data team, via an agent that mines GitHub Issues, Hacker News, and competitor changelogs into a ranked weekly digest.
• Vibe-code a prototype that follows the production design system without a designer, shipped on a real branch, not in Figma.
• Decide build vs. hand-off, using an agent that sorts work into "PM-shippable" vs. "needs engineering."
• Ship end-to-end with no engineering ticket: branch, build, test against the real use case, and push V2 in one prompt.
• Release without a marketing team, via an agent that turns the merged PR into a changelog, launch tweet, and 60-second demo script.

These recurring agents are the start of a "Feedback OS": Claude Code piping product and competitive intel to your PMs every Monday, no analytics team required.

What you'll leave with

A framework to judge if your team is ready to make the shift, and the exact syllabus we use to take teams from PMs to Product Builders (available as a public cohort or a private 1-day workshop on your own codebase).

By the end of this hour, you'll walk away with three things:

• A clear answer to what the "Product Builder" everyone is talking about actually is. The PM job is splitting in two, and I'll show you exactly which side your team needs to be on.
• An understanding of why Claude Code is the perfect tool for Product Builders. Not another prototype tool, but the one that lets a PM ship into production responsibly.
• Concrete use cases you can implement to 10x your development team's leverage. The recurring agents and workflows that change what a single PM can ship in a week.

About the Speaker

Jules Boiteux, Founder, Vibe Coding Academy

After six years as a Product Manager in B2B SaaS, I now run Vibe Coding Academy, an e-learning platform helping PMs and product teams become Product Builders, fully autonomous throughout the lifecycle of developing a new feature. The rise of AI was a turning point: I went from a no-code background to full autonomy in shipping production-ready applications. The same transition is now happening for Product teams.

PDMA Pittsburgh Chapter

PDHs: 2 per session

This eight-week program will be held every Tuesday, from September 1 - October 20 (every Tuesday) from 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm.

Register today to reserve your spot!

Event Description

PDMA Pittsburgh’s eight-week professional development training program* covers the fundamentals of product management and innovation. Expert product development practitioners and talented educators will be teaching seven key areas of study,* including:

• Strategy
• Market Research
• Portfolio Management
• Product Innovation Process
• Culture, Teams, Leadership
• Product Innovation Management
• Product Design and Development Tools

In addition to instructor-led discussions, you’ll use real-world situations during each class to learn about the fundamentals of product management, product development, and innovation. You’ll apply applicable tools, methodologies, and strategies to your own company projects, product lines, and product challenges for a more meaningful learning experience.

Each week, you’ll leave with invaluable knowledge and insight that you can use in your current and future roles.

* Although this program covers all seven knowledge areas of the PDMA Body of Knowledge, it is not intended to fully prepare the participant for the New Product Development Professional (NPDP) certification examination.

Program Benefits

• Learn methods and tools by applying them to your own business challenges during and after class
• Interact with instructors with various areas of expertise and backgrounds
• Collaborate with participants from diverse industries

Who Should Attend

Professionals of all experience levels who want to gain a deeper understanding of innovation process.

Whether you are new to product management/development or are a seasoned professional who wants to revisit the fundamentals, this training will be extremely helpful to you.

Training Program Fees

Consider becoming PDMA member before registering for the training. You’ll be able to take advantage of the discounted registration rates and the other benefits of membership.  Registration will be open until Friday, August 21, 2026.

What’s Included with the Program Fee:

• One-year PDMA membership for non-members (Basic Membership)
• Free electronic copy of the PDMA Body of Knowledge (BoK) Guidebook
• Free access to one PDMA Pittsburgh Innovation Forum plus one free guest pass (for first time attendee) – valid for one year after start of BoK