Associate Product Manager

At Watermark, we partner with institutions of higher education to improve student learning and institutional quality with proven, reliable, and user-friendly assessment management and e-portfolio solutions and supporting services. Watermark is a recognized leader in student assessment, portfolio and accreditation. We serve over 1,700 institutions and close to a million students across the country.


About Us
We’ve spent the last 20 years helping thousands of colleges and universities spend less time collecting data and more time learning from it. Watermark is a global, high-growth SaaS provider of assessment software for higher education institutions worldwide including the majority of the top 200 U.S. News & World Report colleges. There is a reason we’ve won EdTech’s Overall Higher EdTech Solution of the Year! In 2024, we celebrated being named a winner for The Edtech Breakthrough, The TITAN Business, and the Stevie Award. We’re just getting started! Our phenomenal team of people is at the heart of everything we do — we’d love to have you join us!

About The Role
The Associate Product Manager ensures successful delivery of value within a product area while coordinating broader strategy execution. They partner with product managers and designers to define the tactical details of the roadmap, bring market and user context to day-to-day decisions, and own the backlog for a development team. They serve as the primary liaison between the development team and client-facing and go-to-market teams through the release process.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop a deep understanding of the user problems being solved and the product vision; communicate vision, priorities, and progress clearly to both the development team and cross-functional stakeholders before, during, and after delivery cycles
• Translate user needs into well-structured epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria, iterating with AI tools and the team to ensure requirements are precise, actionable, and reflect customer value; maintain relevant product and feature documentation
• Own and maintain a clearly prioritized backlog that balances business, technical, and user needs, aligns with broader product strategy, and accounts for defect triage and resolution
• Drive iterative planning, discovery, and backlog refinement alongside designers and engineers with a user-centered approach; review QA plans and perform story acceptance, including review of AI-assisted outputs, for compliance and quality
• Use AI tools to extend your reach across research, analysis, backlog management, and documentation, operating as an amplifier rather than a bottleneck
• Use a range of techniques, including AI-assisted analysis, to understand the business domain, customer segment, and competitive landscape; extract key insights to inform decisions
• Gather feedback from clients, sales, support, and implementation teams; incorporate insights into plans and backlog priorities
• Track sprint, release, and adoption metrics that inform product and feature success; use data to drive decisions

Required Skills and Experience
• 2+ years in software development, product ownership, business analysis, or a closely related role
• Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, or related field, or equivalent work experience

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and manage competing demands
• Experience working within iterative, agile delivery teams
• Experience with business analysis, use case documentation, or requirements gathering
• Proficiency using AI-powered tools (e.g., research tools, writing aids, prototyping assistants) to increase personal and team productivity
• Strong interpersonal, written, and organizational communication skills
• Comfort working in a fast-changing environment across teams and departments

Watermark is committed to fair and equitable pay practices for all qualified candidates. The pay range for this role is $80K - $90K and varies based on several factors including geographical location, level of experience related to the role, education/ licensure/certificates of the individual filling the role and other business and operational considerations.

At Watermark we are continually strengthening the rich diversity in our workplace - the primary reason we succeed. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment and work together to provide an inclusive hiring experience where all qualified applicants receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, family status, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, neurodiversity, disability, age, protected military/veteran status, or any other non-merit based or other legally protected grounds.


About Watermark
Watermark’s mission is to put better data into the hands of administrators, faculty, and students everywhere to empower them to connect information and gain insights into learning that will drive meaningful improvements. Through its innovative educational intelligence system, Watermark supports over 1,600 institutions around the world in developing an intentional approach to learning so that they can leverage data for a more holistic view of learning, faculty and staff impact, and institutional quality.