Join a high-impact product leadership team and take ownership of a core portfolio within a leading higher education technology platform. In this role, you will shape the long-term product vision and strategy for solutions used daily by millions of students and thousands of instructors. You will lead, mentor, and develop a team of Product Managers while driving innovation, execution, and measurable business outcomes. Working closely with Engineering, Design, Data, Marketing, and other cross-functional teams, you will transform customer insights into impactful product experiences. You will also play a key role in exploring AI-powered solutions and emerging technologies to improve teaching and learning. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and hands-on leader who thrives in fast-paced environments, embraces ownership, and wants to make a meaningful impact on education at scale.
Product Strategy and Vision: Define, communicate, and champion the long-term product vision, strategy, and roadmap for your portfolio, ensuring alignment with business objectives, customer needs, and market opportunities.
Portfolio Ownership: Lead key product domains across the platform, identifying opportunities to strengthen product-market fit, improve customer experiences, and build sustainable competitive advantages.
Strategic Business Planning: Develop compelling business cases supported by financial projections, ROI analysis, and strategic value assessments to guide product investments and priorities.
People Leadership and Development: Lead, coach, and mentor a team of Product Managers through regular one-on-one meetings, constructive feedback, career development, and clear performance expectations.
Execution and Delivery: Oversee the development and launch of high-quality products across your portfolio, maintaining strong product management standards from ideation and validation through delivery and continuous improvement.
Technical Innovation: Use technical tools, data, SQL, APIs, business intelligence platforms, and AI-assisted development technologies to validate hypotheses, build prototypes, and accelerate product discovery.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Build strong partnerships with Engineering, Design, Data, Go-to-Market, Customer Success, and Marketing teams to align priorities and drive successful product outcomes.
Stakeholder Management: Influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders through clear communication, sound judgment, and compelling product recommendations.
Customer Discovery and Validation: Conduct regular customer research, develop prototypes, recruit design partners, and establish pilot programs to test ideas and validate product opportunities.
Operational Excellence: Make timely decisions, balance value and risk, proactively resolve challenges, and ensure reliable delivery against critical deadlines, including fixed academic calendar milestones.
AI and Emerging Technologies: Identify and explore opportunities to integrate generative AI and other innovative technologies into product development and customer-facing experiences.
Product Portfolio Integration: Where applicable, lead complex multi-product initiatives and integrations, ensuring interoperability and a cohesive product strategy across interconnected solutions.