Remote Product Manager
closedGreat Minds
π΅ $92k-$100k
πRemote - Worldwide
Job highlights
Summary
Join our team as a Product Manager at Great Minds, where you will develop and execute product strategy for knowledge-building instructional materials. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive customer feedback, market analysis, and innovation.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience working in education publishing with a track record of success in product development, digital product management, curriculum development and/or project management, preferably in the K-12 education market
- Experience in K-12 edtech, proficient in practices such as Agile and human-centered design
- Experience in an editorial or media environment with an understanding of the challenges unique to the transformation of print materials to a digital format
- Deep respect for and alignment to the philosophy, instructional design, and pedagogy of Great Mindsβ knowledge-building vision
- Ability to navigate the Great Minds climate, where leadership often drives product vision and roadmap decisions
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including customers, sales team, content development teams, software engineers, and senior leadership that require a sophisticated level of sensitivity and excellent judgment
- Strong analytical thinking and decision-making skills to anticipate challenges, issues, or opportunities
- Ability to work on cross functional teams with a collaborative approach, equally comfortable talking content development with writers, tech with developers, user experience with designers, copy and positioning with product marketers, and numbers with finance and marketing
- Strong business acumen, with the ability to think about ROI, strategic pricing, and the potential value of ideas to help the team prioritize where and how to spend limited resources
- Ability to synthesize market, customer, and cross-organizational needs for teams, particularly teams new to product mindset, digital development, and revenue-driven decision-making
- Propensity to understand and know the market and competitors to strategize and think ahead for future opportunities that meet the Great Minds vision
- Capacity to receive and then apply external and internal content feedback from advisors, senior leadership, consultants, and colleagues
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills in an all-remote working environment, demonstrating an ability to adapt to a variety of individual communication styles and needs
- Strong organizational habits necessary for successful goal setting, project management, collective decision-making, deadline execution, and record keeping
- Fluency in the use of applications and collaboration tools such as Atlassian JIRA/Confluence, MS Office 365 and Google suite
- Ability to remain flexible in an ambiguous, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
- Passion for and commitment to the importance of high-quality, knowledge-rich curriculum
- Receptivity to feedback with a focus on reflective practice
- Willingness to embrace a mindset that is receptive to the perspectives of others
- Commitment to high standards and continuous improvement
- Proficiency at both working independently and collaborating as part of a team
- Highly collaborative with the ability to consistently exhibit diplomacy, tact, and integrity
- Willingness to bring a proactive problem-solving orientation to every task
- Appreciation for the challenges and victories faced everyday by classroom teachers
- Commitment to collective authorship
- Deep belief that every child is capable of greatness
- Bachelor's degree
Responsibilities
- Work in partnership with the Senior Manager, Product to develop a product aligned to the Great Minds knowledge building approach
- Oversee the product management process for a product, including market research, competitor analysis, planning, positioning, requirements and roadmap development, and product launch
- Collaborate with the Content & Editorial team to execute the strategy related to state adoptions, pricing bundles, sampling, and open territory/large-district opportunities for a product
- Work with the Senior Manager, Product to determine the go to market strategy and product pricing for a product
- Conceptualize and quantify product vision, including research, market mapping, competitive analysis, market opportunity, and strategic development
- Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of both customer and business requirements, while partnering with the content area leaders and product operations to leverage overall product management best practices
- Synthesize data, observations, and other research into insights to help advise product strategy
- Define product components, configurations, and pricing (both print and digital) that addresses market needs and optimizes adoption and implementation
- Conduct user testing interviews; coordinate and recruit for pilots to identify problems and validate improvements
- Research the competitive product landscape and education market
- Gather information about buyer and user needs through interviews and customer visits as well as product analytic tools
- Facilitate purposeful feedback gathering initiatives with internal and external customers to inform product priorities
- Raise issues, risks, and dependencies when appropriate with relevant parties, while collaborating to resolve them
- Proactively connect and work with key partners on cross functional teams, including content and editorial, finance, marketing, sales, design, legal, and operations, to ensure alignment of product vision and execution
- Leverage data/analytics to make decisions, driving a process of continual customer feedback
- Monitor the Return on Investment (ROI) and Profit & Loss (P&L) for a product line and raise risks and remedies to the Senior Manager, Product
- Support the development of market share, revenue, pricing, and P&L recommendations for leadership team approval
- Support the required market analysis, and innovation necessary to meet market opportunities and needs
- Provide oversight and ensure alignment between the instructional philosophy, content development and Great Mindsβ digital platform in the delivery of features and customer experience
- Support financial analysis and drive business case development for data-driven decisions on investment priorities
- Foster a healthy, strong team culture that values humility, feedback, and alignment to Great Minds mission, including knowledge-building and high-quality instructional materials
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