Product Owner – Digital Product

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with Curriculum, Digital Content, UX Research, business leaders, and stakeholders to understand user needs and define actionable challenges.

• Compose clear briefs that outline problems, desired outcomes, supporting evidence, and constraints.

• Work alongside senior engineers to develop solutions within the constraints of build-cycle time and available resources.

• Design user flows, identify technical dependencies, evaluate trade-offs, and create presentations for build teams.

• Assist in implementation by clarifying product intentions, resolving queries, and aiding teams in scope decisions.

• Integrate instructional best practices and classroom realities into product decisions for students, teachers, and administrators.

• Acquire a strong understanding of existing platforms and upcoming product initiatives.

• Manage escalated product inquiries, reported issues, and enhancement requests.

• Analyze product usage, educator feedback, and evidence to evaluate adoption, usability, and impact.

• Utilize insights to guide future problem definition and product priorities.

• Convert student data into actionable information that supports educators’ instructional strategies.

• Develop wireframes, user flows, and interactive prototypes.

• Employ AI-assisted design and prototyping tools.

• Advocate for accessible experiences and ensure compliance with WCAG and compatibility with assistive technology.

• Collaborate across departments including Technology, Content, Professional Learning, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Support.

• Convey product decisions, scope, dependencies, and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Produce release notes, FAQs, and internal training materials.

• Prepare customer-facing teams to communicate product updates and support educators.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager in education technology, interactive learning games, or SaaS digital products.

• Familiarity with Shape Up or similar outcomes-driven software development frameworks, with a history of consistently delivering functional, high-quality software.

• Established experience in addressing digital accessibility in educator-facing platforms and interactive student learning experiences, including WCAG compliance, assistive technology compatibility, and inclusive user experience design.

• Practical experience in creating user flows, wireframes, and rapid prototypes, including the use of AI-assisted design tools.

• Technical fluency to discuss data models, APIs, system constraints, dependencies, and trade-offs with engineering teams.

• Experience leveraging product usage data and user feedback to set priorities, evaluate outcomes, and make scope decisions.

• Understanding of the Science of Reading, K–12 public school processes, and classroom instructional delivery methods.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to effectively collaborate across technical, instructional, and customer-facing teams.

• A Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Education, Computer Science, Design, Business, or a related field is advantageous but not mandatory.

• Capability to work at a screen for prolonged periods, use standard input devices, and engage in virtual meetings.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for professional growth.

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Commitment to equality and inclusivity in the workplace.