Senior Product Manager

Overview

At ACT Your Work Makes a Difference

 

Education has power – a power that changes lives forever. It creates opportunities that lift up individuals, their families, and sparks societal change that echoes through generations to come. From our grassroots we have fought the good fight for fairness in education, and we remain devoted to helping anyone who struggles to access that power. This is what matters to us and we must do better -- we’ve never been more sure of our purpose.

 

ACT Education Corp. team members are part of an organization dedicated to an important mission: Helping people achieve education and workplace success. Advancing the mission internally, by helping team members achieve education and workplace success of their own, is core to our values. ACT values a diverse workplace and is committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which every team member has equal opportunity to grow.

 

We want our team members to have the well-being and confidence they need to do their best work, in an environment where both they and ACT thrive. To support this, our total rewards include company paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision, flexible health and dependent spending accounts, 401(k) retirement savings with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, and so much more. You can find a comprehensive list of our benefits here.

 

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager with passion and experience for creating high impact solutions that make a real difference for the learners, families, and educators we serve. The Senior Product Manager will drive the complex aspects of product management in the data and research backed strategy for the Direct to Learner Market, namely for the ACT National assessment and its companion test prep products. This role focuses on the innovation, development, and management of the flagship ACT assessment utilized by millions of learners and thousands of schools across the country. This role is responsible for contributing to and delivering to the product strategic goals, recommending investment and development priorities, leading cross-functional matrixed teams, and creating incredible experiences for all internal and external customers, always keeping the students at the heart of our efforts. 

 

The finalist will be hired at the salary and level commensurate with their qualifications. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary in the range of $95,000 to $135,000. ACT manages salaries within the range based on relevant factors including, skills, experience, and internal equity. The position is incentive eligible.

 

Location: Remote (can also be onsite or hybrid if in Iowa City, Iowa area) 

 

A Day in the Life:

• Serve as the leader for your product - driving its vision, strategy, roadmap, development, activation, and success.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders, customers, and influencers to explore, identify, and assess their needs, opportunities, and problems to solve that will provide them with maximum value and positive impact.
• Collaborate across the enterprise to develop/recommend and evaluate business plans for your products that align to strategic goals and investment priorities, to market demands and opportunities, and to technical and financial resources.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and leverage emerging technologies for competitive advantage.
• Identify, evaluate, prioritize, and execute feature and functionality ideas, growth experiments, and long-term strategic plans.
• Partner with cross-functional matrixed teams to prepare and implement initiatives, features, and requirements from the product’s strategic roadmap to enter the active development and release cycle.
• Build relationships and trust through clear communication and alignment across internal and external teams and stakeholders to inform and deliver on product roadmaps.
• Create and execute on successful market development and go-to-market plans with marketing, sales, and relationship management teams for new features, iterations, and products.
• Develop and deliver internal and external product presentations and demos.
• Mentor other product managers and coordinate with them on building and rolling out functionality across multiple platforms and markets.
• Build the company public profile through networking, presentations, and conferences.
• Provide strategic updates and proposals upwards through the product operating model to senior leadership.

Role Progression:

• Within 1 month you will have a high-level understanding of the ACT National assessment and companion products as well as the Direct to Learner Market (D2L) that this position wil