Great Minds
Product Manager, Literacy
K-12
K-5
Edtech.com's Summary
Great Minds is hiring a Product Manager, Literacy who will lead the end-to-end development and execution of their core Literacy product line. The role involves leveraging market research, user insights, and data analysis to shape product roadmap, pricing, and go-to-market strategies that align with the company's mission of providing high-quality instructional materials to support all students.
Highlights
- Manage full product lifecycle including market research, competitive analysis, roadmap creation, pricing, and product launches.
- Collaborate with Content & Editorial teams on strategies for state adoptions, pricing bundles, and large-district opportunities.
- Conduct user interviews and tests to validate product decisions and prioritize features based on customer feedback and analytics.
- Monitor product P&L, identify risks, and recommend solutions to leadership.
- Work cross-functionally with Content, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Design, and Operations to ensure alignment of vision and execution.
- Ensure consistency between instructional philosophy, content development, and digital platform delivery.
- Requires at least 3 years of experience in education publishing or related fields with success in product or project management in the K-12 market.
- Must demonstrate strong stakeholder management, analytical decision-making, and business acumen related to ROI and strategic pricing.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
- The salary range is $78,000-$87,000 base, subject to variation based on experience and location.
Product Manager, Literacy Full Description
Product Manager, Literacy
Remote
DC, District of Columbia, United States
Product
Product
Job description
Who We Are
Great Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization founded by educators in 2007. As a for-profit, Public Benefit Corporation, we believe all students deserve access to meaningful, challenging content—and all teachers deserve tools that are intuitive, effective, and built for the realities of today’s classrooms.
We develop high-quality, knowledge-rich math, science and ELA curricula grounded in research and designed in collaboration with educators. Our materials reflect real classroom needs and are built to drive lasting student outcomes.
We are committed to usability, coherence, and practical implementation—supporting teachers not just through curriculum, but with professional learning, purposeful technology, and responsive service that enable strong adoption and impact.
What We Build
Our products—Eureka Math and Eureka Math², Wit & Wisdom, PhD Science, Geodes, and the newly launched Arts & Letters ELA—are trusted by thousands of schools and districts nationwide.
- Eureka Math is the most widely used math curriculum in the U.S., and is focused on balancing conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application.
- Wit & Wisdom® and Arts & Letters ELA™ anchor our reading strategy with content-rich, grade-level instruction that integrates literature, history, and the arts, grounded in the science of reading. Geodes® complements our reading suite with decodable texts that pair phonics with meaningful content to support early literacy.
- PhD Science is a hands-on K-5 Science program that sparks curiosity as students build enduring knowledge of how the scientific world works.
These programs reflect a shared belief in high expectations, joyful rigor, and deep respect for educators and students.
Where We’re Headed
Great Minds is entering a new stage of growth and product maturity. We are focused on building more connected, customer-informed experiences across the full educator journey—from curriculum to professional learning to platform and support.
Our long-term vision is to become a true partner in impact—not just delivering curriculum, but supporting educators in achieving outcomes at scale.
Job Purpose
We're looking for a Product Manager to help develop and execute the full lifecycle our core Literacy product line to ensure it aligns to Great Minds’ mission of serving all students with high-quality, knowledge building, instructional materials. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Product, you'll serve as the voice of the customer by bringing market research, user insights, and data-driven analysis to shape roadmap, pricing, and go-to-market strategy.
Responsibilities
- Execute product management end-to-end including: market research, competitive analysis, roadmap development, pricing, and launch.
- Collaborate with the Content & Editorial team to execute the strategy related to state adoptions, pricing bundles, sampling, and open territory/large-district opportunities for a product.
- Conduct user interviews and coordinate tests to validate product decisions.
- Synthesize customer feedback, product analytics, and competitive market data into clear prioritization recommendations.
- Monitor P&L for your product line and surface risks and remedies to leadership.
- Collaborate across Content, Marketing, Sales, Finance, Design, and Operations to keep vision and execution aligned.
- Provide oversight and ensure alignment between the instructional philosophy, content development and Great Minds’ digital platform in the delivery of features and customer experience.
Job requirements
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience working in education publishing with a track record of success in product development, digital product management, curriculum development and/or project management, preferably in the K-12 education market
- Deep respect for and alignment to the philosophy, instructional design, and pedagogy of Great Minds’ knowledge-building vision
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, including customers, sales team, content development teams, product marketing, and senior leadership that require a sophisticated level of sensitivity and excellent judgment
- Strong analytical thinking and decision-making skills to anticipate challenges, issues, or opportunities
- Strong business acumen, with the ability to think about ROI, strategic pricing, and the potential value of ideas to help the team prioritize where and how to spend limited resources
- Deep belief that every child is capable of greatness
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Status
Full-time
Location
Remote
The expected base salary range for this position is $78,000-$87,000, however the offered salary may be higher or lower than the above range dependent on numerous factors including, but not limited to location, work experience, skills and internal equity considerations. The base salary is not inclusive of benefits or other incentives.
A cover letter and resume are required to be considered for this position.
New employees will be required to successfully complete a background check.
Any communication to applicants relating to the Great Minds hiring process will only come from email addresses with the domains greatminds.org or greatminds.recruitee.com. If in the course of the application or hiring process with Great Minds you are contacted through another domain, are requested to provide banking or other sensitive information, or you note any other suspicious activity, please contact security@greatminds.org
Great Minds is an equal opportunity employer. We will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws. Our policy reflects and affirms the organization’s commitment to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.
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