Senior Director, Product - Education

Senior Director, Product – Education

Common Sense Media is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive. Our ratings, research, and resources reach more than 150 million users worldwide and 1.4 million educators every year. Learn more at commonsense.org.
 

Job Overview: 
 

We are seeking an experienced product leader to manage the strategy and execution of Common Sense Media's educator-facing platforms. The Senior Director of Product will drive the vision, road map, and cross-functional development of digital tools and curriculum delivery systems that empower K–12 educators and support students' digital literacy and well-being.

The Senior Director of Product will play a pivotal role in translating Common Sense Media's world-class research and curriculum into engaging, scalable, and effective products. This role requires a strong mix of partner and stakeholder management, strategic thinking, user empathy, technical fluency, and executional excellence—alongside a passion for improving student outcomes and educator experiences via digital products.

Location: San Francisco, California
Reports to: Vice President, Product Innovation & Growth
Salary: $140,000–$166,250
Type: Full-time, exempt

What You'll Do:

• Lead work with cross-functional leadership and external partners to develop strategy, systems, and frameworks to define and evolve Common Sense Media's education product in service of Common Sense's mission and strategic organizational goals. Help source and evaluate opportunities that balance organizational goals with mission objectives via expert frameworks and industry best practices.
• Act as the recognized expert in the edtech industry: pedagogy, school systems, classroom realities, competitors, and trends. Act as a recognized expert in incorporating AI into edtech and product development, including sourcing and assessing possibilities, curricular grounding, privacy, and tech industry best practices in AI adoption. Incorporate industry and domain knowledge into product decisions and broader strategic discussions.
• In partnership with Marketing, Education, Curriculum, and Research teams, translate field insights, educational frameworks, and research into intuitive, engaging digital experiences for education leadership, teachers, and classrooms. Drive buy-in and alignment from other teams, delivering cross-team solutions and building systems that other teams can leverage. Structure and drive cross-functional prioritization negotiations.
• In partnership with the Education team, represent Common Sense Media to high-profile external organizations, grant-making organizations, and educators, including relationship-building conversations, proposal discussions, and presentations to the field.
• In partnership with Engineering, deliver the development of digital experiences for educators and students, including curriculum tools, professional learning resources, lesson planning platforms, and integration with school systems. Act as lead to the Education product development team, enabling impactful, high-quality throughput. Lead multiple product-development work streams from concept through delivery, including product briefs, feature specs, implementation planning, and QA oversight.
• With support from Engineering and Data partners, bu