Serkan Baydin

Artificial Intelligence

Product & UX Leader

I help startups, teams, and professionals build impactful products either with AI when it adds power, without AI when simplicity is the answer.

Serkan Baydin
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My Vision

At the intersection of AI and human creativity, my philosophy is simple: great products solve real problems.

Over the past 15+ years, I’ve led product and UX teams at companies like Yandex, Zalando, Insider, HeyJobs, Rocket Internet and now Statista, building AI-driven Search, Recommendations, Hyper-Personalization, AI Conversational Experiences and Marketplaces.

Alongside my industry work, I teach AI Product Management in cohorts and corporate trainings in corporation with Brick Institute, helping the next generation of product and design leaders understand how they manage and apply AI as a product and also how to apply AI responsibly and effectively. Now I am building AI Product Institute (stay tuned!)

I believe not every solution needs AI. Sometimes success comes from clarity, strategy, and strong execution. My mission is to help startups, organizations, and professionals embrace both AI and non-AI innovation, shaping products that create lasting business and human impact.

What Do I Offer?

Startup & Product Advisory. Strategic guidance for early-stage and growth-stage startups.

Define product & AI strategy

Build scalable roadmaps

Shape and strengthen product teams

Apply lessons I teach in AI Product Management programs directly

Startup & Product Advisory

Strategic guidance for early-stage and growth-stage startups.

  • Define product & AI strategy

  • Build scalable roadmaps

  • Shape and strengthen product teams

  • Apply lessons I teach in AI Product Management programs directly to your business

Mentorship & Coaching. One-on-one support for product professionals who want to:

Transition into Product Management /  AI Product Management

Grow into senior or leadership roles

Master product thinking that works with or without AI

Mentorship & Coaching

One-on-one support for product professionals who want to:

  • Transition into Product Management / AI Product Management

  • Grow into senior or leadership roles

  • Master product thinking that works with or without AI

Training & Workshops. Creator of the AI & Product Management Training Program with Brick Institute.

Cohort-based learning programs

Corporate trainings on AI, PM, and Generative AI

Practical frameworks for building products that succeed AI-powered

Training & Workshops

Creator of the AI & Product Management Training Program with Brick Institute.

  • Cohort-based learning programs

  • Corporate trainings on AI, PM, and Generative AI

  • Practical frameworks for building products that succeed AI-powered or not

Let’s Collaborate. Beyond advisory, mentorship, and training, I love partnering with ambitious founders, teams, and professionals to co-create the future. Whether your challenge involves AI-driven innovation or building solid products without AI, we

Let’s Collaborate

Beyond advisory, mentorship, and training, I love partnering with ambitious founders, teams, and professionals to co-create the future. Whether your challenge involves AI-driven innovation or building solid products without AI, we can work together to bring clarity, strategy, and impact.

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AI Product Management Training Cohort

  • This five-week program transforms how you think, design, and deliver AI-driven products. You’ll go beyond buzzwords; learning how to turn AI technologies into real business impact.

    From AI fundamentals to strategy, validation, development, testing, and iteration, you’ll gain both strategic and hands-on skills. We dive deep into Generative AI, Machine Learning, NLP, and Computer Vision, while also covering AI ethics, user experience, LLMOps, and AI-first product strategies.

    You’ll work with real case studies, interactive exercises, and practical tools, from AI Canvas and PRDs to MVP and test planning.

    By the end, you’ll be able to design and lead AI products end-to-end, align AI with organizational goals, and manage technical and cross-functional teams with confidence.

  • Designed for professionals building the next generation of AI-powered or AI-first products

    This program is for:

    • Product Managers who want to lead AI initiatives.

    • Aspiring PMs or entrepreneurs looking to build AI-first products.

    • Leaders and innovators forming or scaling AI teams.

    • Data, UX, or engineering professionals aiming to connect their expertise with business strategy.

    No matter your role, you’ll learn how to identify opportunities, shape strategy, and manage the AI product lifecycle, from data to deployment.

  • Strategic insight + practical execution

    You don’t need deep technical knowledge—just curiosity and a product mindset.
    Through guided frameworks and exercises, you’ll learn how to:

    • Understand how AI technologies connect with product management

    • Identify and validate high-value AI opportunities

    • Design AI-first product strategies aligned with business goals

    • Write and manage AI PRDs and roadmaps

    • Master the end-to-end AI product lifecycle, including data, model development, and MLOps/LLMOps

    • Apply ethical, transparent, and compliant AI practices
      Lead cross-functional teams and continuously improve products using feedback, testing, and evaluation

    Every concept is made tangible through step-by-step activities and case studies—helping you translate theory into practice immediately.

  • 5 Weeks. 10+ Hours of Video Learning + 10+ Hours of Interactive Sessions. 100% Action-Oriented.

    A blend of asynchronous video lectures and interactive cohort sessions gives you both flexibility and collaboration.

    Week 1 – Foundations of AI & Product Management

    Understand the AI landscape, core technologies (ML, NLP, CV, GenAI), data foundations, ethics, and how they intersect with product management.
    Hands-on: AI concept mapping and solution brainstorming.

    Week 2 – Identifying & Validating AI Opportunities

    Use frameworks like AI Canvas and Pain–Gain Mapping to find and evaluate high-impact AI opportunities.
    Learn agile AI methods, UX principles, and MLOps basics to move from idea to feasibility.

    Week 3 – AI Product Strategy & Metrics

    Craft winning strategies and success frameworks.
    Define North Star Metrics, OKRs, KPIs, and learn how to measure engagement, satisfaction, trust, and model quality.
    Apply everything through the Zalando Chatbot case study.

    Week 4 – AI PRDs, Testing, and Roadmaps

    Adopt the Working Backwards approach, create full PRDs, and plan your roadmap.
    Learn how to test AI products—A/B tests, hallucination control, bias detection, and AI Eval (LLM-as-a-Judge).

    Week 5 – Scaling AI Products & Future Trends

    Dive into Build vs Buy vs Partner frameworks, synthetic data, multi-modal design, Generative AI optimization, and AI copilots.
    End with a capstone strategy session on evaluation, compliance, and continuous improvement.

  • AI Product Management training cohorts are run together with Brick Institute. Please follow the enrollment links for each cohort with the following links:

    • English cohort - Coming Soon in February 2026!

    • Turkish cohort - November 8 till December 6, 2025 - Enrollment link

No AI was harmed in the making of this website.
— C. Serkan Baydin

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