Edtech.com's Summary

Benchmark Education Company is hiring a Platform Product Manager. The role involves overseeing the development of new online educational products from inception to launch, collaborating with UX designers, engineers, and stakeholders to enhance teacher instruction and enrich the student learning experience. The product manager also acts as a mediator between users and developers, ensuring clear communication and translation of user needs into product features.

Highlights

Development and planning for new digital products and updating existing print products for a digital presence.
Requires 2-5 years of digital product management experience in educational technology.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and JIRA.
Conducts user acceptance testing and communicates product use to departments.
Independently drives projects to completion with multitasking abilities.
Understands the needs of teachers, administrators, and Pre-K-8 students.
Compensation details not specified.
Benefits include working with a leading publisher in educational technology.
Bachelor's degree required.

Platform Product Manager Full Description

Platform Product Manager

Remote - USA

Full time

Position Purpose:

As Platform Product Manager, you will help oversee the development of new online educational products, from inception to launch, for assigned applications within a larger platform. You will collaborate with UX designers, engineers and other stakeholders to create innovative, customer-focused products meant to enhance teacher instruction and enrich the student learning experience.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Oversee the development and planning for new digital products and for existing print products that need a digital presence
Conceptualize user experience from a student, educator, and administrator’s perspective
Utilize user research, competitive analysis, and stakeholder input to form a creative vision that provides solutions and clear customer benefit
Act as a mediator between the user and developers, communicating and translating user needs into new product features for the team to design and develop
Identify problems, suggest solutions, and clearly communicate the details required to build the product as conceptualized, including writing high-level requirements
Prioritize user stories for development and maintain a groomed backlog of work and bugs
Track and document digital product through all stages of development
Conduct user acceptance testing on all development work
Train and communicate with other departments on use of digital product
Troubleshoot problems identified by other departments and customers
Present work to senior directors of product management and key stakeholders and executives for review and feedback

Job Requirements/Skills and Experience:

A minimum of 2-5 years of digital product management experience in the educational technology industry
An understanding of the needs of teachers, administrators, and Pre-K-8 students
Knowledge of current ed tech trends and capabilities
Ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously
Ability to independently drive projects to completion
Working knowledge of user experience, user interaction, and responsive design across mobile platforms, devices, and products
Bachelor's Degree
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and JIRA

Preferred Qualifications

Ability to develop concepts into elegant, customer-centric solutions
Contributor of solutions to interactive and user experience challenges
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Ability to collaborate with developers and stakeholders
Experience with Agile development practices

About Us

Benchmark Education Company is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, both print and digital, as well as world-class professional development. Since its founding in 1998, our company has proven to be one of the most nimble and innovative content creators on the cutting edge of pedagogy and technology. The digital content in our many learning programs delivers all the rigor of its print counterpart and is designed for virtual and blended learning contexts.

Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For further information, visit us at: https://www.benchmarkeducation.com

Original Job Description

Platform Product Manager

Remote - USA

Full time

Position Purpose:

Duties and Responsibilities:

Oversee the development and planning for new digital products and for existing print products that need a digital presence
Conceptualize user experience from a student, educator, and administrator’s perspective
Utilize user research, competitive analysis, and stakeholder input to form a creative vision that provides solutions and clear customer benefit
Act as a mediator between the user and developers, communicating and translating user needs into new product features for the team to design and develop
Identify problems, suggest solutions, and clearly communicate the details required to build the product as conceptualized, including writing high-level requirements
Prioritize user stories for development and maintain a groomed backlog of work and bugs
Track and document digital product through all stages of development
Conduct user acceptance testing on all development work
Train and communicate with other departments on use of digital product
Troubleshoot problems identified by other departments and customers
Present work to senior directors of product management and key stakeholders and executives for review and feedback

Job Requirements/Skills and Experience:

A minimum of 2-5 years of digital product management experience in the educational technology industry
An understanding of the needs of teachers, administrators, and Pre-K-8 students
Knowledge of current ed tech trends and capabilities
Ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously
Ability to independently drive projects to completion
Working knowledge of user experience, user interaction, and responsive design across mobile platforms, devices, and products
Bachelor's Degree
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and JIRA

Preferred Qualifications

Ability to develop concepts into elegant, customer-centric solutions
Contributor of solutions to interactive and user experience challenges
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Ability to collaborate with developers and stakeholders
Experience with Agile development practices

About Us

Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For further information, visit us at: https://www.benchmarkeducation.com

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