Director, Product Management

Summary

Join D2L, a leading EdTech company, as a Product Leader for Creator+, a key product driving the future of learning. You will be responsible for the product's commercial success, strategy, roadmap, and team leadership. This role requires deep experience in content creation and EdTech, strong communication skills, and a passion for transforming education. You will collaborate with design and engineering leaders, engage with customers, and contribute to D2L's mission of improving human potential globally.

Requirements

• Over the top energy and drive to deliver commercial success
• Strategic thinking – understands how the product fits into the company’s strategy and portfolio; identifies and pursues growth opportunities
• Market research – customer needs, competitive analysis, and market trends
• Data driven decision making
• Strong communication and presentation skills – comfortable presenting to internal executives, stakeholders, and customers; and managing customer expectations
• Excellent collaboration – team player who recognizes strengths in others and skillfully influences others
• Execution focused – acts with urgency and attention to detail to achieve goals
• Empathetic leadership – creates a positive employee experience and high-performance culture in pursuit of the company mission to transform the way the world learns
• Has shipped successful EdTech solutions, especially focused on course and content authoring
• Understanding of learning sciences
• 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

Responsibilities

• Grow the revenue, attach rate, and market share for Creator+, while delighting customers
• Collaborate closely with Design and Engineering leaders as business success includes delighting users and technical sustainability
• Set the product strategy for Creator+, focused on achieving business results
• Plan the roadmap for Creator+
• Develop go-to-market plans and enable our sales and marketing teams
• Articulate the value and the future direction of Creator+ to customers and internal stakeholders
• Manage and mentor your team of product managers, championing a positive high-performing culture
• Work with other Product Managers to ensure coherent offerings for our customers
• Identify opportunities for strategic partnerships to augment the product offering
• Define, monitor, measure, analyze and report regularly on key business, customer and user metrics
• Be an important part of our Product leadership team, significantly contributing to improving our Product Management practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Product Management leadership experience in B2B SaaS products across hundreds of customers and millions of users
• Experience with content management or EdTech products; both is a big plus
• Strong background in content engineering, learning science, curriculum or assessment
• P&L ownership experience for SaaS B2B products is a big plus
• Degree in computer science, engineering, business, or a similar field, or equivalent work experience

Benefits

• 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
• Dog Friendly Offices at our HQ in Kitchener, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Melbourne