Senior Manager, Product – Literacy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the strategic vision and roadmap for the Literacy State Adoption product portfolio.

• Lead, mentor, and nurture the development of Product Managers.

• Establish priorities across products and manage tradeoffs involving shared resources.

• Collaborate with Content and Research teams to integrate instructional research and literacy pedagogy into product design and development.

• Oversee the complete product lifecycle activities, including market research, competitive analysis, product strategy and design, scope and roadmap development, pricing, and launch.

• Work alongside Content on state adoption strategies, pricing bundles, sampling, and opportunities in open territories and large districts.

• Facilitate and oversee user interviews and classroom testing.

• Aggregate customer feedback, product analytics, and competitive market data to generate prioritization recommendations for senior leadership.

• Partner with leaders across Content, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Design, and Operations.

• Formulate a portfolio-level product vision through research, market mapping, competitive analysis, market opportunity assessment, and strategic development.

• Ensure alignment between instructional philosophy, content development, and the Great Minds digital platform.

• Identify and address strategic issues impacting the strategic, financial, and technical objectives.

• Manage post-launch portfolio performance metrics, including adoption, usage, performance, retention, and renewal.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in education publishing, demonstrating success in product development, digital product management, curriculum development, and/or project management.

• At least 3 years of experience in directly leading and developing Product Managers or similar product professionals.

• A deep respect for and alignment with Great Minds’ knowledge-building instructional philosophy, instructional design, and pedagogy.

• Capability to set strategy and priorities across a multi-product portfolio.

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills across customers, sales, content development, product marketing, and senior leadership.

• Strong analytical thinking and decision-making capabilities.

• Solid business acumen, including understanding ROI, strategic pricing, and prioritization of limited resources.

• Bachelor’s degree is required.

• A cover letter and resume are required.

• Successful completion of a background check is required for new employees.

• Legal authorization to work in the United States is addressed in the application questions.

• A Master’s degree is preferred, but not mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employment.

• Background check required for new employees.

• Remote work arrangement.