McGraw Hill
Sr. Product Owner, AI
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $110K - $150K
💻 Product Development
🗓️ July 7th, 2025
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Edtech.com's Summary
McGraw Hill is hiring a Sr. Product Owner, AI to lead AI innovation and product strategy within their Platform & Product Delivery team. The role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to develop and launch AI-driven educational platforms, managing investment business cases, conducting market research, and ensuring the ethical implementation and success of AI features targeted at higher education.
Highlights
- Drive AI innovation and product strategy across educational platforms.
- Develop and manage investment business cases, including financial forecasting and KPIs.
- Conduct market and user research to understand customer needs and competitive landscape.
- Lead evaluation and management of AI technology partners aligned with platform strategy and ethical AI principles.
- Collaborate with engineering, data science, and go-to-market teams to deliver customer value and maximize revenue.
- Oversee implementation of AI features such as adaptive learning, content recommendations, and personalized experiences.
- Ensure fairness, transparency, and privacy in all AI-driven products.
- Monitor AI success metrics including model performance, user adoption, learning outcomes, and ROI.
- Require 5-7 years of product management experience focused on AI, with knowledge of LLM frameworks (LangChain, Semantic Kernel, LlamaIndex) and AI ethics.
- Compensation range from $110,000 to $150,000 annually, with medical and other benefits available.
Sr. Product Owner, AI Full Description
Sr. Product Owner, AI
- United States
- Technology
- Higher Education
- Remote
Overview
Impact the Moment
McGraw Hill is a diverse and inclusive company that believes we can change the world by leveling the playing field and giving every learner an equal opportunity to succeed. We create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide. Our goal is to accelerate student success through intuitive and effective learning experiences, and to continually reimagine the way our customers teach and learn, simplifying the path to a better education for all.
McGraw Hill Higher Education is seeking a Sr. Product Owner, AI to join its Platform & Product Delivery team. Experience working with AI in product management or product development is required.
How can you make an impact?
As the Sr. Product Owner, you will work closely with users, technology product managers, engineers, designers, and other stakeholders to conduct research, devise innovative ideas, requirements and roadmaps, work with the go-to-market (GTM) teams to successfully launch new platform builds and customer experiences, measure their in-field performance against KPIs, and implement improvement strategies and tactics. You will be responsible for partnering with your director to determine what the product team builds, the investment needed, and the KPIs tied to usage and quality of user experience. The Sr. Product Owner is responsible and accountable for the success of the platform build delivered to market.
The Sr. Product Owner is a champion of our platform vision and a catalyst of new opportunities balancing continued platform improvements with innovation. This role is an opportunity to shape the future direction of McGraw Hill’s platform strategy and delivery for the higher education market.
This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States and requires 10 - 20 percent travel throughout the year
What you will be doing:
Impact the Moment
McGraw Hill is a diverse and inclusive company that believes we can change the world by leveling the playing field and giving every learner an equal opportunity to succeed. We create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide. Our goal is to accelerate student success through intuitive and effective learning experiences, and to continually reimagine the way our customers teach and learn, simplifying the path to a better education for all.
McGraw Hill Higher Education is seeking a Sr. Product Owner, AI to join its Platform & Product Delivery team. Experience working with AI in product management or product development is required.
How can you make an impact?
As the Sr. Product Owner, you will work closely with users, technology product managers, engineers, designers, and other stakeholders to conduct research, devise innovative ideas, requirements and roadmaps, work with the go-to-market (GTM) teams to successfully launch new platform builds and customer experiences, measure their in-field performance against KPIs, and implement improvement strategies and tactics. You will be responsible for partnering with your director to determine what the product team builds, the investment needed, and the KPIs tied to usage and quality of user experience. The Sr. Product Owner is responsible and accountable for the success of the platform build delivered to market.
The Sr. Product Owner is a champion of our platform vision and a catalyst of new opportunities balancing continued platform improvements with innovation. This role is an opportunity to shape the future direction of McGraw Hill’s platform strategy and delivery for the higher education market.
This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States and requires 10 - 20 percent travel throughout the year
What you will be doing:
- Drive AI innovation and product strategy across platforms.
- Own investment business cases supporting platform strategy; inclusive of financial forecasts, defining KPIs, obtaining approval, operationalizing, and executing the business cases.
- Own market and user research to gain a deep understanding of customer needs, challenges, and motivations as well as, market segmentation & the competitive landscape as it relates to platforms and functionality.
- Lead evaluation, selection, and management of AI technology partners and vendors, ensuring alignment with our platform strategy, integration requirements, and ethical AI principles while optimizing for both capability and cost.
- Partner with business and product leadership to create a market-focused development roadmap that delivers customer value and maximizes revenue opportunities; accountable for the success of platform build delivered to market.
- Lead the strategy and implementation of AI features and products, including adaptive learning algorithms, content/feature recommendations, and personalized experiences.
- Collaborate with data science teams to develop and refine AI models that enhance platform experiences and user outcomes.
- Oversee the ethical implementation of AI, ensuring fairness, transparency, and privacy in all AI-driven features.
- Define and drive AI-specific success metrics including model performance, user adoption rates, learning outcome improvements, and ROI of AI features while continuously monitoring and optimizing based on real-world performance data.
- Influence and align cross-functional teams including Engineering, Data Science, Product, Design, and GTM stakeholders to drive AI product vision while effectively communicating complex technical concepts and business value to senior leadership.
- Partner with business, marketing, and other stakeholders on all aspects of the Go to Market Plan for new features, including but not limited to data capture needed, timeline of release to customers, training, and communication to internal and external customers.
What you can bring to this role:
- Bachelor's degree, advanced degree preferred.
- 5-7 years' experience in product management or related field with a focus on AI driven products and features.
- Working knowledge of LLM frameworks and tools such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, or LlamaIndex, and understanding of their application in educational contexts.
- Understanding of NLP, machine learning, and deep learning principles.
- Knowledge of AI ethics, bias mitigation, and responsible AI development.
- Data-driven mentality with focus on analyzing and synthesizing financial, usage, and/or research data to understand market trends and product performance to create data-informed strategies.
- Track record of successful AI product and/or feature launches.
Preferred Experience:
- Product analytics expertise (Pendo, Amplitude, or GA4).
- Understanding of educational technology integrations (LTI).
- Knowledge of accessibility requirements (WCAG).
- Proficiency with product management and BI tools (Jira, Confluence, Tableau).
- Experience mentoring team members.
Why work for us?
The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfillment that will inspire you to even greater heights.
The pay range for this position is between $110,000 - $150,000 annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered. Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings.
McGraw Hill recruiters always use a “@mheducation.com” or "@careers.mheducation.com” email addresses and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. Additionally, McGraw Hill recruiters and authorized representatives will never request sensitive information in email.
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