Product Research & Insights Specialist

Position: Product Research & Insights Specialist

Location: Remote (U.S. based), up to 20% travel

ABOUT PowerMyLearning

PowerMyLearning is a national nonprofit transforming math education through innovative math products and evidence-based professional learning. We help educators strengthen math instruction and deepen student understanding so every child can build strong math foundations and thrive academically.

Our evidence-based solutions foster rich math discourse, meaningfully engage families, and support multilingual learners while equipping teachers with AI-driven insights that reveal how students think about math, not just whether they get the right answer.

With more than two decades of experience in historically marginalized communities, we've demonstrated statistically significant gains on math achievement, growth mindset, and teacher practice.

To learn more, visit PowerMyLearning.org.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The Product Research & Insights Specialist is a full-time role that serves as part of PowerMyLearning's Product Team and reports to the Managing Director, Product and Programs. The Product Research & Insights Specialist plays a crucial role in shaping product development and demonstrating impact by designing and executing user research, managing reach and usage reporting, and collaborating with external evaluators on impact and efficacy studies. The Product Research & Insights Specialist ensures that product decisions are grounded in evidence and user needs. The ideal candidate brings analytical rigor and deep curiosity about how teachers, students, and families experience our products as well as some design experience.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Product and User Insight (60%)
  • Develop and lead user research efforts to inform product strategy and feature development, including field interviews, surveys, usability testing, and prototype validation with teachers, administrators, students, and families.
  • Analyze qualitative and quantitative data from user interactions, platform usage, and pilot tests to identify actionable insights that shape product direction.
  • Translate academic research and emerging findings in learning science, family engagement, supplemental math instruction, and AI in education into actionable design principles and product decisions.
  • Collaborate closely with product manager, content lead, designer, and engineers to embed user voice in the discovery-to-delivery process and ensure research is integrated into the product development lifecycle including creating lo-fi wireframes to visually communicate design priorities.
  • Synthesize and communicate research findings through clear, compelling reports and presentations tailored to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Support efficacy storytelling by generating evidence about how and why the product works for key user groups, especially in the context of new AI features and expanded grade-level content.
• Product Data Reporting (30%)
  • Track core metrics for reach, usage, and engagement to support internal decision-making and external communications with funders, partners, and stakeholders.
  • Align research activities with grant and partnership requirements, providing accurate and timely data, insights, and narratives that support funding renewals and deepen stakeholder trust.
• Product Research Strategy & Roadmapping (10%)
  • Build a lightweight product research infrastructure, including templates, workflows, and protocols for field research, insight synthesis, and cross-functional sharing of findings.
  • Maintain a product research roadmap aligned with product development, grant deliverables, and partnership milestones to ensure timely insight generation and reporti