Senior Product Manager, Strategies

Summary

Join Ellevation Education as a Senior Product Manager and play a key role in leading the agile team focused on the Strategies product, a professional learning platform for EL Administrators. You will collaborate with Design, Education, and Engineering teams to solve business problems and drive value for customers. The role involves identifying and weighing trade-offs, driving an experimental approach to delivery, and ensuring the product's positive impact on customers and the company. You will build strong relationships across the organization, fostering collaboration and transparency. Success in this role requires a deep understanding of the business, strong communication skills, and the ability to articulate strategic decisions to various stakeholders. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of demonstrated success driving business outcomes, managing trade offs, and delivering iterative solutions in enterprise SaaS environment (bonus points for EdTech)
• You are experimental and curious; you love to test ideas, learn quickly, fail fast, and iterate
• You are a natural leader with the ability to build cross-functional alignment and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• You love to tackle complex problems and have a knack for identifying the right solution through a mix of customer discovery and strong product instincts
• You have experience conducting customer-focused discovery and user research with diverse audiences in the field
• You are an excellent communicator and have the ability to articulate nuanced strategic decisions to a variety of stakeholders
• You are highly accountable for your work; you own problems from beginning to end with urgency

Responsibilities

• Build a strong understanding of the strategic context and key challenges facing Ellevation with a special eye on the Strategies domain
• Learn about how Ellevation products operate and integrate with one another
• Develop familiarity with business and product strategy
• Develop rapport with peers and key stakeholders across the business
• Shape strategic decisions in the Strategies domain
• Work cross-functionally to develop a strong feedback loop between customers and the team
• Perform discovery against key problems to solve and drive iterative delivery of key features
• Establish influential, high-trust relationships in key spots across R&D and Commercial organizations
• Ensure team is delivering high-impact business outcomes
• Help craft ambitious strategy for the product line aligned to overall business and product strategy
• Collaborate with other product leaders to improve the way our products integrate with one another
• Continue to grow influence across the organization
• Take full ownership over the domain
• Work with R&D Leadership to set multi-year strategy in the space
• Drive key outcomes in the Strategies domain which ensure Ellevation is in a position to build towards our multi-year goal of serving 70% of the EL’s nationwide

Benefits

• Benefits eligible employees (and qualifying dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• Employees can enroll in our company's 401(k) retirement plan and receive an employer match up to 50% on the first 7% of your contribution, with pre-tax and Roth options
• Employees have access to flexible paid time off for vacations, sick and disability policy, additional 10 paid company holidays, 2 floating holidays and a winter office closure between Christmas and New Year's
• In addition, we provide a generous parental leave benefit, back-up childcare or eldercare, and a variety of other perks to support the health and well-being of our employees
• Mission-driven organization where team members are empowered to make a significant impact
• Opportunities to join DEIB-focused groups and support building a culture of belonging
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Company and team offsites in various cities across the United States
• Collaborative workspace in the heart of Boston - a stone's throw from many central T stops (Downtown Crossing, Government Center, and Aquarium). Free snacks, beverages, and local organic fruit provided
• Remote and in-person engagement opportunities, including happy hours, themed events, and competitions
• Remote and in-person wellness programming to support team’s mental and physical wellbeing