Director, Product Management

Summary

Join D2L's Talent Acquisition team as Director of Product Management for Artificial Intelligence (AI)! Lead the AI product strategy and roadmap, driving innovation for Higher Ed, K12, and corporate customers. You will be responsible for the commercial success of D2L Lumi products and the overall AI product strategy. Collaborate with product management, design, and engineering leaders to integrate AI capabilities across the product portfolio. Communicate effectively with academic and business leaders, demonstrating thought leadership. Manage a team of product managers, fostering a positive and high-performing culture. This role requires significant experience in B2B SaaS product management, AI, and ideally, EdTech.

Requirements

• Over the top energy and drive to deliver commercial success
• Create, socialize, align, and measure strategies in support of the higher-level vision
• Ability to research, define, measure and report on business fundamentals for a product or portfolio of products
• Strong communication and interaction skills - need to be extremely comfortable presenting to internal executives, stakeholders, and external customers, and managing customer expectations
• Ability to influence peers and stakeholders to achieve strategic priorities
• Identifies future opportunities and develops action plans to best utilize the opportunity
• Demonstrates positive, professional, and credible reputation both internally and externally.  Utilizes networks and working relationships to identify strategic opportunities and potential partnerships
• Leads by Example with personal and professional integrity, high accountability and say/do ratio
• Boundaryless collaboration and influence skills both within team, peer group and broader organization. Effective communicator with a proven track record of
• Delivers Awesome Outcomes : Strategic mindset and business acumen, with strong prioritization skills and a focus on organizational outcomes vs. team tasks. Effective problem solver, able to achieve results individually and through others, in fast paced, deadline-driven environments
• Talent Magnet : Talent-focused leader, with demonstrated ability to coach, build and lead a high performing, diverse team
• Better, Smarter, Faster : An agile learner, with a growth mindset, attention to detail and organizational skills. An operationally minded leader, with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation
• Wins Hearts and Minds : An effective communicator, with the ability to connect the why and the what. A change agent, with proven delegation, motivation, and team building skills
• Success in growing the market share with B2B SaaS products, and improving product impact velocity
• Minimum 7 years of product management experience in B2B SaaS products across hundreds of customers and 100K+ users
• 10+ years of experience in B2B SaaS industry, at least 3 years in AI products
• Degree or Diploma in computer science, engineering, or a similar technical field, or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Grow the market share for D2L products by driving AI innovation for the benefit of Higher Ed, K12 and Corporate customers
• Direct D2L’s AI product strategy and Lumi’s roadmap definition, focused on achieving business results, in partnership with Corporate Strategy, Sales and Marketing
• Articulate the benefits of new features and the future direction of the platform to customers and internal stakeholders
• Build market awareness and excitement of D2L’s AI excellence with thought leaders, industry analysts, and future customers
• Work collaboratively with Marketing, Sales, Services, Support, Legal, and other cross-functional teams to develop, enable and execute GTM plans
• Manager your team of product managers, championing a positive high-performing culture
• Collaborate closely with other product managers, Design, and Engineering to launch innovative and value-generating AI capabilities frequently, test their performance, and iterate quickly
• Advise and seek input from key stakeholders across all phases of the product life cycle
• Collaborate with D2L Services to define services offerings that increase the value of AI to customers
• Identify opportunities for strategic partnerships with industry leading vendors and system implementers to augment the product offering

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with learning management or edtech products is a big plus
• P&L ownership experience for SaaS B2B products is a big plus

Benefits

• Wellness Subsidy
• Equity Grants
• Variable Incentive
• Impactful work transforming the way the world learns
• Flexible work arrangements
• Learning and Growth opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement of up to $4,000 CAD for continuing education through our Catch the Wave Program
• 2 Paid Days off for Catch the Wave related activities like exams or final assignments
• Employee wellbeing (Access to mental health services, EFAP program, financial planning and more)
• Retirement planning
• 2 Paid Volunteer Days
• Competitive Benefits Package
• Home Internet Reimbursements
• Employee Referral Program
• Wellness Reimbursement
• Employee Recognition
• Social Events
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