Senior Director, Product Management

Summary

Join D2L, a leading EdTech SaaS organization, as the Senior Director of Product Management for Creator+. This impactful role involves leading the creation of a new platform, rethinking content creation and management for various sectors, and driving product roadmap execution to achieve business results. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, launch innovative products, and mentor a high-performing product management team. The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership, communication, and product management skills within the B2B SaaS space, ideally with experience in EdTech and content management. D2L offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including flexible work arrangements, learning and growth opportunities, and a commitment to employee well-being.

Requirements

• Strong communication and interaction skills - need to be extremely comfortable presenting to internal executives, stakeholders, and external customers, and managing customer expectations
• Ability to Mentor and lead people leaders, providing the resources and fostering environment for high performance teams
• Demonstrates expert ability to influence at senior levels of the organization
• 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
• Realigns resources aimed at assisting the organization in reaching strategic priorities
• Success in conceiving and launching major new products, and improving product impact velocity
• Ability to create the environment and resources needed to successfully deliver on execution plans in support of the strategy and vision
• Ability to research, define, measure and report of business fundamentals for a product or portfolio of products
• Create, socialize, align, and measure strategies in support of the higher-level vision
• 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
• Product Management leadership experience in B2B SaaS products across hundreds of customers and 100K+ users
• Degree or Diploma in computer science, engineering, or a similar technical field, or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Drive the rethink of what Content Creation and Management means for Higher Ed, K12 and Corporate customers
• Lead the product roadmap definition and execution that is focused on achieving business results, partnering with Design and Engineering
• Articulate and cascade the benefits of new features and the future direction of the platform to customers and internal stakeholders
• Work collaboratively with Marketing, Sales, Services, Support, Legal, and other cross-functional teams to develop and execute GTM plans
• Launch innovative and value-generating products and features frequently, test their performance, and iterate quickly
• Advise and seek input from key stakeholders across all phases of the product life cycle
• Identify opportunities for strategic partnerships with industry leading vendors and system implementers to augment the product offering
• Define, monitor, measure, analyze and report regularly on key business and customer metrics and usage funnels
• Attract and lead a talented, diverse, equitable and inclusive team of product managers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with content management or EdTech products; both is a big plus
• Deep understanding of concepts such as automated assembly and adaptability. creating smart, modular content assets that can automatically be assembled according to learning outcomes, using machine learning when appropriate
• Strong background in content engineering, learning science, curriculum or assessment
• 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
• Dog Friendly Offices at our HQ in Kitchener, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Melbourne