Product Manager, English Language Arts

Summary

Join Open Up Resources as a dynamic Product Manager to contribute to the development and growth of high-quality K–12 educational resources. This role involves leading the product lifecycle for ELA products, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring alignment with company objectives. You will conduct market research, gather user feedback, and define product specifications. The position requires strong communication and collaboration skills, along with data-driven decision-making. This is a remote, full-time position offering competitive compensation and a generous benefits package. Open Up Resources is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and seeks candidates with lived experience related to social justice.

Requirements

Have lived experience related to social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of product development for ELA products, from concept, launch and beyond
• Maintain curriculum catalog in CMS including corrections, updates and improvements
• May train and manage contractor(s) to assist in ingestion and maintenance of catalog
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define product vision, goals, and success metrics that align with the company’s strategic objectives
• Conduct market research, analyze trends, and gather feedback from users and internal teams to identify customer needs and opportunities
• Work with Engineering and Design teams to build, test, and ship new products prioritizing features and improvements based on customer impact, business value, and technical feasibility
• Define detailed product specifications and requirements, oversee development, write user stories, and perform user acceptance testing of all feature development
• Partner with other departments and external partners to successfully roll out new products, features and optimizations
• Lead cross-functional teams to prioritize and pursue the highest impact opportunities
• Communicate progress and challenges to all stakeholders regarding timelines and deliverables
• Engage with the ELA community to understand the unique needs of educators and students and ensure these are reflected in our product offerings
• Monitor and measure product performance, using insights to make data-informed decisions on product iterations and enhancements
• Conduct customer site visits and interviews (Travel required)

Benefits

• Free healthcare
• Vision
• Dental
• 401k matching
• Unlimited paid-time-off
• Monthly home-office stipends
• This is a remote, full-time, benefited position with a salary range of $60,000 - $98,000