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Join Benchmark Education Company as a Platform Product Manager, where you'll oversee the development of innovative online educational products aimed at enhancing teacher instruction and enriching student learning experiences.

Responsibilities: You will manage the development and planning of new digital products, collaborate with UX designers and engineers, conduct user acceptance testing, and communicate with various stakeholders to ensure successful product delivery.

Skills: Candidates should possess 2-5 years of digital product management experience in the educational technology sector, strong understanding of user experiences for teachers and Pre-K-8 students, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and JIRA.

Qualifications: A Bachelor’s degree is required, along with a collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and experience with Agile development practices.

Location: Remote - Florida, United States of America

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $85,000 - $120,000.

Position Purpose:

As Platform Product Manager, you will help oversee the development of newonline 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
• Utilizeuser 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 designand develop
• Identify problems, suggest solutions, and clearly communicate the details requiredto 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 managementand 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 
• Proficiencywith 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