Director, Product Management

Discovery Education is looking for a Director of Product Management to join our product team. Initially, this will involve bringing Doodle to market for our North America K-12 partners. You will also focus on how Discovery Education integrates with other ed tech products, such as learning management systems, student information systems, and roster / identity providers. The successful implementation (and classroom impact) of DE products is often dependent upon delightful integration solutions.

This role will focus partially on tactical development – working with design, software engineering, project management, etc. to deliver improved solutions across the DE product suite. This role will also be responsible for relationships with technical partners, including facilitating co-development and co-marketing opportunities.

This position will report into the Vice President of Product Management.

Preferred location for this role is Charlotte (NC). You will have a hybrid work schedule (2 – 3 times a week).

What You Will Do

• Maintains strong relationships with DE’s technical partners – identifying, prioritizing, and executing on opportunities as applicable.
• Owns / manages the roadmap / backlog for technical partnerships & integrations – including work across multiple SCRUM teams.
• Works with product leadership to set up resources (including bringing on contractors and exploring potential partnerships) and define strategy.
• Monitors team output, staying accountable to key results.
• 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.
• Builds business cases for growth – understanding the market, competitors, and users in depth.
• 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.

Requirements

• 15+ years product management (or similar) experience.
• Experience working closely with digital designers (product, UI/UX, etc.) and software engineers (both front and back end), ideally in SCRUM / Agile.

• Experience evaluating and pitching business growth opportunities to Senior Leadership.

• Experience assessing market viability across multiple industries.

• Experience with multiple technology stacks / solutions / devices.

• K-12 market expertise / exposure, especially with rostering, identity management, and assessment tools.

• Proficiency in Excel/PPT, JIRA, BI tools, SQL, etc. or similar.

• Legal right to work in the United States.

Benefits

• Flexible PTO.
• Paid holidays include Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve.
• Generous parental leave.
• Annual education and professional development dollars.
• Major medical, vision, and dental (multiple choices).
• Summer hours and company recharge days.
• Company-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability.
• Pet insurance.
• Company paid volunteer hours.

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 diverse and culturally rich communities that we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disabled status or, genetic information.