Director of Product Management, Literacy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• Oversee the strategy and success of Carnegie Learning’s expanding Literacy product portfolio.

• Align long-term product vision with methodical execution.

• Gain insights into educators, districts, state adoption priorities, customers, competitors, and market dynamics.

• Recognize unmet needs and convert insights into product and investment strategies.

• Establish product vision, strategy, roadmap, and investment plan.

• Lead cross-functional teams comprising Product, Marketing, Sales, Engineering, UX, Customer Success, and Literacy specialists.

• Develop and implement go-to-market strategies, including targeting, differentiation, positioning, messaging, campaigns, sales enablement, and commercialization plans.

• Ensure launch readiness by defining critical paths, responsibilities, milestones, risks, and decisions.

• Facilitate launch reviews and evaluate timing, sequencing, risks, and trade-offs.

• Track pipeline, bookings, adoption, usage, customer feedback, competitive responses, and other success metrics.

• Make portfolio decisions regarding scaling, enhancing, repositioning, expanding, or ceasing investment.

• Convey market opportunities, product strategies, go-to-market plans, launch readiness, performance, risks, investment needs, and trade-offs to senior leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in product management.

• Proven ownership of product strategy, go-to-market plans, launches, and growth initiatives.

• Experience in EdTech, educational publishing, or SaaS is particularly advantageous.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent applicable experience.

• Established history of leading go-to-market strategies, including comprehensive launch planning, market segmentation, positioning, launch sequencing, and sales enablement.

• Experience managing products throughout their lifecycle while leveraging customer insights, market data, prioritization frameworks, and performance metrics.

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and make decisions in uncertain environments.

• Experience in leading, coaching, and developing product talent.

• Strong business acumen and excellent communication skills.

• Familiarity with K–12 education, curriculum products, or state adoption processes is a significant advantage.

• Deep expertise in ELA is welcome but not mandatory.

• Willingness to travel: at least 25%.

🏝️ Benefits

• A comprehensive array of health insurance options, including a premium-free plan.

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance at no cost to you.

• Complimentary access to Headspace at Work.

• Flexible work arrangements under our Work From Anywhere Policy.

• Paid time off that you can utilize as you prefer.

• Paid Parental Leave.

• Reduced working hours at full pay for soon-to-be and new parents.

• Free access to CL products for employees and their children.

• Quarterly Wellness Incentives.

• Monthly employee activities and a recognition program.

• 9 Employee Resource Groups.