Executive Edge
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Do you have your eyes on the C-suite in the coming years? If so, the time is now to start preparing. Women In Product, in collaboration with the Athena Alliance, is launching its inaugural program, Executive Edge.
It’s a 1-year comprehensive program that aims to equip women and non-binary product leaders with the skills, knowledge, and mindset necessary to excel in executive and C-Suite roles within the product management domain.
Price: $3,600
Eligibility:
This is a paid program for product executives with a desire to reach the C-Suite with a current title of:
VP, Sr. VP (or equivalent) at any size org, or
Director, Sr. Director (or equivalent) at organizations with 10,000+ employees
THE PRODUCT COHORT EXPERIENCE
You’ll be a part of a community of other VPs of Product where you’ll have opportunities for peer exchange, mentoring from the Women In Product Executive Council, Athena’s Executive mentors, a private Slack channel, and more.
An Executive Edge Council will be available throughout the program for networking, mentorship, guidance, and advice. The Council is a group of highly accomplished product leaders, who will play a crucial role in selecting top applicants for the program, and work with them to accelerate their growth to the C-Suite.
MEET THE COUNCIL
Deb Liu
President and CEO, Ancestry
Heather Inocencio
CEO + Co-founder, The Product Consult
Jessica Dominiczak
CPO, The Mom Project
Malaika Paquiot
CPO on a Break, Former CPO, Avalanche Insights
Ketaki Rao (she/her)
CPO on a Break, Former CPO, data.ai
Jennifer Taylor
CPO, Cloudfare, Inc.
Amory Wakefield
CPO, Aquabyte
Lisa Kamm
SVP, Product, Core Platforms, The New York Times
PRIVATE SALON EVENTS & TOPICS
You’ll access private learning events with others in the exclusive Executive Edge cohort that will help you step by step on your path to the C-suite, hosted by top product leaders who have “been there, done that.” Many of these events will be specifically geared toward leaders with a product background, with topics like:
Creating and Selling Product Vision
Becoming a Steward of the Business
Attributes of a C-Suite Leader
Developing Sponsors to Advance your Career
The Art of Strategic Career Moves
Building the Right Product Team
Product Leadership at Different Types and Stages of Companies
Navigating Politics at the C-Level
WHAT ELSE IS INCLUDED?
As a part of the Executive Edge program, you’ll get an Athena Alliance membership and exclusive executive cohort. This includes:
TOOLKIT OF RESOURCES & NETWORKING COMMUNITY
Athena has a powerful community of diverse business leaders, live and hundreds of hours of on-demand business education, and personalized professional development opportunities to help accelerate you towards your goals.
Executive Coaching
Each member will get 2 hours of world-class executive coaching to prepare for the promotion or job interview.
You’ll walk away with:
A unique value proposition and plan that moves you toward your career goals. You’ll have a peer group to provide you with feedback and support and the materials and connections to set you up for success. You’ll have a clear plan for your professional development goals and the confidence to pursue them.
Selected participants will have the chance to be recommended to partnering executive search firms, venture capital and private equity firms, as well as companies searching for C-level candidates.
YEAR AT A GLANCE
Q3 2023
August 31: All participants notified of their acceptance status
2nd week in September: Kickoff Call to begin program!
Office Hours with Executive Edge Council begin
Q4 2023
2 Private Salon Events (dates TBD)
Office Hours with Executive Edge Council
Continue Athena Alliance Engagement
Q1 2024
2 Private Salon Events (dates TBD)
Office Hours with Executive Edge Council
Continue Athena Alliance Engagement
Q2 2024
1 Private Salon Event (date TBD)
Office Hours with Executive Edge Council
Continue Athena Alliance Engagement
Q3 2024
2-3 Private Salon Events
Office Hours with Executive Edge Council
Continue Athena Alliance Engagement
September: End of program celebrations!
Q3 2023
August 25: All participants notified of their acceptance status
1st week in September: Kickoff Call to begin program!
Office Hours with Executive Edge Council begin
Q4 2023
2 Private Salon Events (dates TBD)
Office Hours with Executive Edge Council
Continue Athena Alliance Engagement
Q1 2024
2 Private Salon Events (dates TBD)
Office Hours with Executive Edge Council
Continue Athena Alliance Engagement
Q2 2024
1 Private Salon Event (date TBD)
Office Hours with Executive Edge Council
Continue Athena Alliance Engagement
Q3 2024
Office Hours with Executive Edge Council
Continue Athena Alliance Engagement
September: End of program celebrations!
About Athena Alliance
The Athena Alliance is an executive learning and development community for top women in business. Athena is a digital ecosystem of 1200+ top business leaders who are in and around the C-Suite and Boardroom.
Athena’s members span various industries, roles, and geographies. Athena provides ongoing, current, and relevant executive learning about the hard skills of running a business, as well as peer-to-peer advice, targeted executive coaching, assisted networking, professional development opportunities, and more.
They’ve supported over 400 women to the boardroom, and hundreds more to the C-suite. They offer the knowledge and resources every executive needs to advance and be successful.
Athena’s supported to the boardroom and hundreds more to the C-suite
racially diverse membership base
Given by 2,000+ connections facilitated by Athena
Athena’s supported to the boardroom and hundreds more to the C-suite
racially diverse membership base
Given by 2,000+ connections facilitated by Athena
I was recently promoted to Chief People Officer at Quinstreet. Athena, the stories I heard, and the women in the community I connected to helped me have the confidence to push forward and make it to C-suite at a public company.
Athena helped me find and articulate my value clearly and gave me the confidence I needed to ask for what I wanted. It is an incredible community with high-quality programming and is a huge value add to me and the women of Quinstreet. It’s truly something special.
of Athena’s members are in the C-Suite
Athena Experience rating by members
of Athena’s members have corporate board experience
of Athena’s members are in the C-Suite
Athena Experience rating by members
of Athena’s members have corporate board experience
I have gained tremendous value from Athena. The network is invaluable and I have been able to leverage new relationships in many ways. The events, the tools, and the support that Athena provides are all very practical and really designed to prepare women for the journey to the c-suite and the boardroom from beginning to end. It’s an experience that every executive ought to have.