Senior Product Manager, 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 develop Product Managers.

• Establish priorities across products and address resource trade-offs.

• Collaborate with content and research teams to integrate instructional research and literacy pedagogy into product development.

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

• Formulate product strategy for state adoptions, pricing packages, sampling, and opportunities in open territories/large districts.

• Facilitate and support user interviews and classroom testing.

• Analyze customer feedback, product analytics, and competitive market data to make prioritization recommendations.

• Work alongside leaders in Content, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Design, and Operations.

• Articulate the portfolio-level product vision through research, market mapping, competitive analysis, market opportunities, and strategic development.

• Ensure coherence among instructional philosophy, content development, digital platform features, and customer experience.

• Identify and address strategic challenges impacting financial and technical objectives.

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

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in education publishing.

• Proven success in product development, digital product management, curriculum development, and/or project management.

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

• Strong alignment with Great Minds’ knowledge-building instructional design and pedagogy.

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

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

• Proficient analytical thinking and decision-making capabilities.

• Solid business acumen, including ROI evaluation, strategic pricing, and resource prioritization.

• Bachelor’s degree is required.

• Master’s degree is preferred.

• Submission of a cover letter and resume is mandatory.

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

• Legal authorization to work in the United States is requested in the application process.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal opportunity employment.

• Background check is required for new employees.

• Remote work arrangement.