The AI Product Playbook - by Marily Nika & Diego Granados (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A comprehensive guide for aspiring and current AI product managers

The AI Product Playbook: Strategies, Skills, and Frameworks for the AI-Driven Product Manager, by Dr. Marily Nika and Diego Granados, is a practical resource designed to empower product managers to effectively build, launch, and manage successful AI-powered products. This playbook bridges the gap between artificial intelligence theory and real-world product management, offering actionable learnings tailored to non-technical professionals.

Drawing from extensive industry experience, Dr. Nika and Granados introduce the three essential AI product manager roles: AI Experiences PM, AI Builder PM, and AI-Enhanced PM. They offer guidance on developing skills crucial for each role and navigating common challenges in the workplace. Readers will also find valuable strategies for career growth, lifelong learning, and crafting a distinctive AI portfolio.

Inside the book:

• Practical frameworks for discovering AI opportunities and aligning AI capabilities with business goals
• A deep technical dive with clear explanations of foundational AI and machine learning concepts, including supervised learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, and generative AI
• Guidelines for ethical AI implementation, addressing bias, fairness, and compliance with AI regulations
• Strategies for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and enhancing productivity through AI
• Interactive exercises, action plans, checklists, templates, and quizzes designed to reinforce learning and build real-world skills

Essential reading for aspiring and experienced product managers alike, The AI Product Playbook provides a roadmap to mastering AI-driven product management and advancing your career in the dynamic field of artificial intelligence.

From the Back Cover

A comprehensive guide for aspiring and practicing AI product managers

The AI Product Playbook: Strategies, Skills, and Frameworks for the AI-Driven Product Manager, by Dr. Marily Nika and Diego Granados, is a practical guide designed to empower product managers to effectively build, launch, and manage successful AI-powered products. This playbook bridges the gap between complex AI concepts and real-world product management, offering actionable frameworks and strategic insights tailored to non-technical professionals.

Drawing on their extensive industry experience, the authors guide you in understanding the three essential AI Product Manager personas: AI Experiences PM, AI Builder PM, and AI-Enhanced PM. This framework empowers you to identify your own strengths, focus your skill development, and chart a clear career path in the evolving AI job market.

The AI Product Playbook demystifies the full spectrum of AI product development, with a special focus on today's most transformative technologies like Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). Alongside this modern focus, you will build a strong foundation in the core paradigms of traditional machine learning, understand the complete data science lifecycle, and grasp the operational realities of MLOps. The book also provides actionable frameworks for ethical AI implementation, grounding these concepts in real-world case studies and practical examples.

An essential, strategic guide for aspiring and experienced product managers, The AI Product Playbook delivers an effective roadmap to AI-driven product management and career advancement in the AI era.

About the Author

Dr. Marily Nika is an award-winning GenAI Product Leader at Google and one of the world's foremost AI educators, with over 13 years of experience building AI products at Google and Meta. She holds a PhD in machine learning and is an author, TED AI speaker, Harvard Business School fellow and co-founder of the AI Product Hub (www.aiproduct.com) which offers AI product management certifications.

Diego Granados is a Product Leader with more than 6 years of experience bringing AI products to life in top tech companies in Silicon Valley. He holds an MBA from Duke University and an M.S. in C.S. focused on AI & ML from Georgia Tech and is co-founder of the AI Product Hub (www.aiproduct.com) which offers AI product management certifications.