Product Manager

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of the LSAC Advising Portal product backlog by developing, prioritizing, and sustaining features, enhancements, and fixes in line with product strategy.

• Collect advisor feedback through direct relationships, structured feedback mechanisms, and community involvement.

• Convert advisor needs into actionable product requirements.

• Establish acceptance criteria and ensure clarity with the development team.

• Collaborate with the software development team throughout the product lifecycle and make decisions regarding scope.

• Oversee user acceptance testing, bug tracking, and coordination of customer feedback.

• Engage in sprint reviews and agile ceremonies.

• Track product usage and advisor feedback to evaluate performance and guide product decisions.

• Investigate tools, market trends, and related products to inform the product roadmap.

• Create and present product updates and status reports to users and internal stakeholders.

• Foster and maintain relationships with prelaw advisors across various institution types.

• Coordinate community engagement strategies, communications, and programming with the Director of Prelaw Advising.

• Represent LSAC at events, webinars, conferences, and LSAC Law School Forums that engage advisors and prelaw audiences.

• Assist in onboarding new advisors and serve as a point of escalation for product inquiries.

• Offer subject-matter expertise to Prelaw Engagement initiatives, presentations, and content creation.

• Direct the activities of Prelaw Engagement staff regarding Advising Portal issues; no formal supervisory responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree.

• A minimum of three years of professional experience in prelaw advising, law school admissions, or a closely related role serving prospective law students.

• Experience in gathering and acting on feedback from a professional community.

• Extensive knowledge of prelaw advising and law school admissions, acquired through direct professional experience.

• Proven systems thinking: experience in building programs, workflows, or reusable resources that serve a broad audience.

• Evidence-oriented approach: tracking outcomes, collecting data, and differentiating between individual requests and community needs.

• Demonstrated ability to complete defined projects successfully.

• Proficiency in translating concepts among advisors, admission professionals, students, and technical teams.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Strong writing and editing abilities.

• Capability to prioritize and defer requests with well-founded reasoning.

• Willingness to accept feedback and revise decisions based on evidence.

• Curiosity about the design and development of software products; no technical expertise required.

• Commitment to complete LSAC-provided product training within three months.

• Ability to work the necessary hours to fulfill assignments satisfactorily.

• Capability to regularly write, read, communicate effectively, stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible remote work arrangement.

• Comprehensive product training provided by LSAC.

• Continuous mentorship through LSAC's Product Center of Excellence.

• Opportunities for occasional travel to advisor-focused conferences, LSAC Law School Forums, and LSAC staff events.