Technical Product Manager

Summary

Join Ellevation Education as a Product Manager to play a key role in expanding Single Sign On (SSO) capabilities and improving authentication security. Co-lead the User Management team, focusing on efficient and safe scaling of product offerings. You will consider end-user experience and support internal product teams. Work cross-functionally throughout the product lifecycle, from discovery to delivery, ensuring positive impact. Develop relationships across the organization, creating opportunities for others to contribute. The role requires a strong strategic vision, accountability to outcomes, and a commitment to driving business value.

Requirements

• You have 4-6 years of demonstrated success delivering value in a technical space, including 2+ years of experience as a product manager
• You are deeply curious about how things work “under the hood”— e.g. API integrations, authentication, data warehousing, etc
• You have successfully built solutions where you have to weigh the tradeoffs of serving internal and external customers
• You have a track record of collaborating cross-functionally to drive business outcomes and deliver iterative solutions in enterprise SaaS environment (bonus points for EdTech)
• You are highly accountable for your work; you own problems from beginning to end with urgency
• You have excellent communication skills, with the ability to bring others along in your thinking by articulating nuanced strategic decisions to non subject matter experts
• You are naturally curious and demonstrate an eagerness to learn from others

Responsibilities

• Build a clear picture of the key challenges and strategic contexts facing Ellevation with a particular eye on user identity & access, and understand key in-progress initiatives. Develop rapport with key stakeholders and team members
• Begin to shape and drive strategic decisions around the User Management domain. Work alongside engineering to prioritize, scope and develop new increments that immediately add value while building toward our User Management vision. Set ambitious learning objectives and drive the pace and quality of decisions on the team. Establish influential, high-trust relationships across the organization
• Ensure team is delivering high-impact business results. Work with Platform Leadership to define a Product Strategy for User Management that positions Ellevation to significantly increase the value and security of its identity and access management systems. Continue to grow influence across the organization
• Take full ownership over user management strategy. Drive key outcomes against our business goals and support the transformation of our product suite to ensure Ellevation is in a position to build towards our 5 year goal of serving 70% of the EL’s nationwide

Preferred Qualifications

Bonus points if you have a background in cybersecurity and data protection

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 Employee Resource 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