Product Manager

We are looking for a highly skilled Product Manager to join our team. At Discovery Education, we inspire learning – the product team is committed to making a difference for educators and students.
The role of product management can be captured as follows: responsibility for evaluating opportunities to determine what should be developed.
The Discovery Education product team is organized to enable Agile development – cross functional teams are formed around objectives and measurable key results. Each team collaborates to determine which problems are most pertinent to solve, and which potential tactics will drive the most growth. The Product Manager is responsible for the product backlog and for the viability of the product (or success of the objective).
In This Role You Will:
• Owns / manages the roadmap / backlog for Social Studies product or product area.
• Represents the business needs through defined requirements and priorities for design and engineering teams.
• Represents the needs of educators and students, building them directly into priorities – though collaboration with user research, product marketing, data teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Defines product specific key results (KPIs) and gathers reporting to measure and communicate success.
• Articulates the product strategy and priority of tactics, including expected value, business growth, and direct ties to key results.
• Leans on strong relationships across the product and broader organization to garner buy-in, pull workstreams together, and leverage internal expertise.
• Provides project management leadership during implementation to ensure coordination of release schedules, communicate status, resolve issues, align resources, and adhere to quality standards.
• Validates tactical viability with various release strategies, feedback forums, and data collection techniques.
• Helps build business cases for growth.

Core Competencies for Success:
• Always willing to learn something new, not rigid in beliefs or expectations and share new learning or knowledge with others.
• Have a demonstrated ability to understand, accept and engage with people of diverse backgrounds.
• A sense of humor because we all need to laugh sometimes.
• K-12 market expertise / exposure.

Credentials and Experience:
• 3+ years product management (or similar) experience.
• Experience working in Agile / SCRUM development.
• Experience working closely with digital designers (product, UI/UX, etc.) and software engineers (both front and back end).
• Experience evaluating and pitching business growth opportunities to Senior Leadership.
• Proficiency in Excel/PPT, JIRA, BI tools, SQL, etc. or similar.
• Legal right to work in the United States.

This role is designed to be hybrid/remote.


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At Discovery Education, we are fulfilling our mission of preparing learners for tomorrow by creating innovative classrooms connected to today's world.
Serving more than 4.5 million educators and 45 million students, available in approximately half of U.S. classrooms and primary schools in the UK, and more than 140 countries around the globe; we are on a journey to transform teaching and learning though innovative partnerships with school districts, states, ministries of education, and other like-minded organizations.
We have built an award-winning and highly reputable organization because of talented and driven people who work together to accelerate student achievement by tapping into students' natural curiosity and desire to learn by capturing their minds and imagination through the fascination of Discovery.
Why Join Discovery Education?
Discovery Education believes empowering each team member is vital to cultivating high performing, highly engaged teams. Being a part of our team means we partner together to achieve mutual goals. To this end, Discovery Education offers a robust and comprehensive insurance package. You can find a complete listing on our Career Page.
Along with traditional insurance offerings, our inclusive offerings center around:

• Career Development Ownership - Be the driver of your success!
• Continuing Education AND Tuition Reimbursement Programs
• Mentorship program and collaboration with veteran leaders
• Constant opportunities for cross-functional training and skill building
• Uncapped career growth
Team Member Wellness – When you feel great, you do great work!

• Leave for life’s moments including 7 recognized holidays
• Take PTO without the vacation guilt
• Up to 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Annual Winter Holiday Break (typically the last week of December)
This opportunity is perfect for people interested in joining a high-performing, collaborative team, who enjoy a dynamic industry, and are excited about high-impact, project-based work.
Inspired? We would love the opportunity to review your candidacy! Select the blue “Apply Now” button at the bottom left of the screen to begin your application.
Discovery Education is an equal opportunity employer. Discovery Education is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the communities we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, protected veteran status or disabled status, or genetic information.