[Remote] Sr. Product Manager, Assessment

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. McGraw Hill is dedicated to delivering digital learning experiences that transform education for learners and educators. They are seeking a Senior Product Manager, Assessment to define strategy and lead integration of third-party assessment and student data solutions, supporting teachers in personalizing learning in their classrooms.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of a comprehensive strategy for new assessment and reporting product and feature development, with a focus on external partnerships and data integration to augment our capacity and increase our competitive differentiation: define market needs and opportunities, lead cross-functional concepting and solutioning, and translate strategy to a delivery plan
• Lead day-to-day partner interactions to ensure ongoing customer satisfaction, and identify opportunities to enhance customer value proposition over time
• Define and drive new assessment and reporting product features in support of third-party assessment data by combining market & customer knowledge alongside internal capabilities and constraints. Perpetually strive for product differentiation that resonates with the market
• Oversee the delivery of new assessment integrations through milestone planning, feature articulation, user story development, and day-to-day engineering team management
• Continuously monitor new product performance, the competitive environment, and market changes to increase product effectiveness, usage, and profitability
• Partner with portfolio leadership, marketing, and other stakeholders on all aspects of the Go to Market Plan for new partnerships, including but not limited to messaging definition, training, and communication to internal and external customers
• Serve as primary business product stakeholder for Assess platform, partnering with Technical Product Management to define and prioritize platform features based on business value and user impact, to drive assessment quality and overall utilization
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Skills

• Bachelor's Degree required, advanced degree (MA or Doctorate) is preferred
• Ability to create, grow, and manage P&L responsibility
• 7+ years of product management or equivalent leadership role
• Background and experience in K-12 assessment, data-driven instruction and/or personalized learning required; Edtech experience preferred
• Proven experience generating and utilizing qualitative and quantitative data to drive product decisions
• You can support the articulation of a vision for the future, while meeting the needs of the classroom of today
• You actively engage with customers
• You understand the market and competitive landscape and know how to deliver measurable business results
• You exhibit exceptional communication and leadership skills
• You are skilled at bringing internal and external stakeholders along in embracing and realizing a product vision
• You have a proven ability to lead strong cross-functional teams; to inspire, influence and negotiate at all levels of an organization
• You have the ability to drive/evolve assessment from a product feature to differentiated capabilities and new product offerings
• You influence cross-functional teams to conceptualize, create, and deliver market winning learning experiences that delight customers
• You leverage McGraw Hill's vast technology ecosystem to conceive of and deliver innovative solutions in support of your product strategy
• You oversee multi-year roadmaps through all stages of the product development cycle
• You translate high-level goals into clear deliverables
• You maintain the backlog, prioritize what matters, and make scope tradeoffs when reality doesn't match the plan
• You align on specs, data requirements, and timelines—and you flag misalignments early so there's time to fix them
• You partner with Program Managers and Engineering Leads to keep your team healthy and delivery on track
• You surface dependencies, identify risks, and help clear obstacles
• You define integration requirements—API specs, data flows, UX expectations—and make them accessible to the people who need them
• You uphold business objectives
• You support the development of business cases that articulate emerging market value, timelines, and financials to obtain funding approvals
• You support the management of overall financial and new product performance, including revenue, profit, and loss through the product lifecycle
• Advanced degree (MA or Doctorate) is preferred
• Edtech experience preferred

Benefits

• An annual bonus plan may be provided as part of the compensation package
• A full range of medical and/or other benefits, depending on the position offered

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