Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Great Minds is a mission-driven education organization that develops research-based, knowledge-rich math, science, and ELA curricula and related educator tools. The Senior Product Manager will lead math products across the full product lifecycle, shaping vision, roadmaps, research, launches, and post-launch performance. The role also drives cross-functional alignment, customer-informed decision-making, budgeting, and product strategy across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Own products in the math portfolio end to end, developing and maintaining the vision, roadmap, scope, and release plans in alignment with the long-range plan
- Support the development of the product vision, including research, market mapping, competitive analysis, market opportunity sizing, and strategic development
- Execute end-to-end product lifecycle activities, including market research, competitive analysis, product strategy and design, scope and roadmap development, pricing analysis, and launch
- Collaborate with the Content team to develop and execute product strategy related to state adoptions, sampling, and open-territory and large-district opportunities
- Serve as the voice of the customer: conduct user interviews, coordinate classroom pilots and user testing, and validate product decisions with evidence from educators and students
- Synthesize customer feedback, product analytics, and competitive market data into clear prioritization recommendations for Math product leadership
- Partner with the content and research teams to reflect the instructional research and the math instructional model in the product design and development process
- Lead rigorous discovery, human-centered design, and evidence-based decision-making
- Drive cross-functional alignment for the projects you lead, making decisions and unblocking progress across Content, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Design, and Operations
- Serve as the connective tissue across cross-functional teams, keeping vision and execution aligned even where authority is shared rather than direct
- Provide oversight and ensure alignment between the instructional philosophy, content development, and Great Minds’ digital platform in the delivery of features and customer experience
- Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues, including those that sit across team boundaries, that may impair the organization’s ability to meet its strategic, financial, and technical goals
- Drive the budgeting process for your projects, ensuring business and classroom needs are met, prioritizing and proposing tradeoffs where necessary
- Monitor the budget for the projects you lead, managing scope changes for budget impact, advocating for funding when appropriate, and surfacing risks and recommended remedies to leadership
- Own post-launch performance of the product, including adoption, usage, retention, and renewal metrics, and use those signals to inform enhancements and roadmap recommendations
Skills
- Demonstrated ability to drive alignment and progress across teams without direct authority over them, including managing competing priorities and resolving conflict between stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience gathering and synthesizing user research, product analytics, and market data to drive product decisions
- Deep respect for and alignment to the philosophy, instructional design, and pedagogy of Great Minds' knowledge-building vision
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including customers, sales teams, content development teams, product marketing, and senior leadership, requiring a sophisticated level of sensitivity and excellent judgment
- Strong analytical thinking and decision-making skills to anticipate challenges, issues, and opportunities
- Strong business acumen, with the ability to think about ROI and the potential value of ideas to help the team prioritize where and how to spend limited resources
- Fluency in modern product development practices, including Agile and human-centered design
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority
- Deep belief that every child is capable of greatness
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience
- At least 5 years of experience in education publishing or K-12 edtech, with a track record of success in product management, digital product development, and/or curriculum development; experience with K-12 math products strongly preferred
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
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