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Group PM / Director of Product, Premium

🇺🇸 Hybrid - San Francisco, CA

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Product Development

🗓️ August 19th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Academia is hiring a Group PM / Director of Product, Premium to lead the strategy, growth, and adoption of its Premium product offering. The role involves managing a high-performing product team, developing product roadmaps, coordinating cross-functional efforts, and using data-driven approaches to optimize product success.

Highlights
  • Drive adoption and growth of the Premium product.
  • Develop and align product strategy with executive stakeholders.
  • Hire and support a high-performing product team, including mentoring and modeling execution excellence.
  • Maintain comprehensive product roadmaps matching company goals and market needs.
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, UX, Research, Data, and Design teams.
  • Conduct market research and implement data-driven decision-making processes.
  • Establish KPIs to measure product success and foster innovation.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or related technical field (or equivalent experience).
  • Minimum 6 years experience in B2C or subscription products, with at least 3 years in growth, pricing, or subscription feature development.
  • Experience in hiring, leading product managers, startup environment, A/B testing, and scaling products to millions of users.

Group PM / Director of Product, Premium Full Description

Group PM / Director of Product, Premium

San Francisco, CA | Hybrid

Duties
  • Drive adoption and growth of the Premium product offering.
  • Define the overarching strategy for your group and align with exec stakeholders.
  • Hire and support a high-performing product team; with a track record of empowering reports.
  • Be an Individual contributor a product team in the early stages of your time with us, in order to show execution excellence and model performance to your reports.
  • Advocate for and up-skill product as a function in your area, and across the company.
  • Develop and maintain a comprehensive product roadmap that aligns with company objectives and market demands.
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration to ensure seamless product development and launch processes.
  • Conduct and analyze market research to identify new opportunities and stay ahead of industry trends.
  • Implement data-driven decision-making processes to optimize product performance and user experience.
  • Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and drive continuous improvement.
  • Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation within the product team and across the organization.
  • Serve as a key communicator between product teams and senior leadership, providing clear updates and strategic insights.

Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field. (will accept equivalent foreign degree).
  • 6 years of total experience in either business to consumer ("B2C") or subscription products.
  • 3 years of experience in growth, pricing, or subscription feature development is required.
  • 2 years of experience in hiring and leveling-up Product Managers.
  • 2 years of experience demonstrating strong IC product skills, including leading from the front and teaching best practices.
  • 2 years of experience leading autonomous projects that resulted in significant business impact.
  • 2 years of experience applying a customer-centric approach and validating decisions with data.
  • 2 years of experience working with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, User Experience, Research, Data, and Design.
  • 1 year of startup experience.
  • 2 years of experience engaging in high-level technical discussions.
  • 3 years of experience with A/B testing and user research (both qualitative and quantitative).
  • 3 years of experience scaling products to millions of users.
  • Will also accept any suitable combination of education, training, and/or experience.