Product Manager

About Us

By combining our unparalleled domain expertise with leading-edge technology, Ad Astra is helping higher education in its mission to advance timely student completions. We are building a cloud-based software platform that will provide the foundation for our next generation of industry-leading solutions and analytics. Simply put, we're helping students graduate faster.

Our Core Values

• We recognize talent. We recognize and appreciate the unique God-given talents that our people bring to Ad Astra. Aligning these individual gifts with our work sets team members up to succeed.
• We're unpretentious. There's no room for ego. We admit our imperfections and have the humility to know what we don't know.
• We're passionate. We aren't satisfied with the status quo. We're on a mission together to protect the value of degree completion and to transform the higher education industry.
• We're pioneering. We're pioneering and aren't afraid to fail-in fact, we celebrate it. We love it when our people boldly experiment with innovative solutions.
• We love fun. The health of our relationships is strengthened by working with people who stretch our thinking-and by enjoying the lighter side of life together. We don't take ourselves too seriously, but we do take fun seriously.
• We have grit. Beyond talent and intelligence, our people have stick-to-itiveness. We push through challenges to make goals a reality.

Getting students the classes they need, when they need them, in order to graduate is a difficult task. We aim to make it easy. At Ad Astra, we build products and offer services that help colleges and universities graduate more students in a financially sustainable way. To help in that mission, we're looking for a creative, driven, customer-focused Product Manager to bolster our portfolio of products.

What you'll do

• Foster and build relationships with partners and integration vendors to collectively build solutions for our shared customer base
• Engage in product, design, marketing, and user research activities to create the best experience for our customers
• Work directly with our engineering teams to regularly ship new experiences to help our customers achieve their goals
• Creatively iterate on ideas to improve products or establish new offerings in the market
• Define, measure, and monitor Ad Astra products quantitatively and qualitatively and integrate findings into future outcomes
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to create and prioritize the backlog of product outcomes to meet customer needs - continually refining product backlog as the needs of the market evolve
• Clearly communicate product plans, benefits, and results to a wide range of audiences ranging from Ad Astra team members to customers

Who you are

• You have experience in a software-focused role such as product marketing, product design, development, or user research
• You put the customers and end users at the center of your universe with a desire to build products they will love
• You're familiar with iterative development principles and practices, including breaking large product goals into small, achievable slices for early and frequent delivery
• You're comfortable driving projects from start to finish, with a predictable cadence and involving multiple stakeholders from diverse disciplines
• You enjoy an ego-free environment that celebrates the best ideas and empowers everyone to tackle them
• You believe data is the most powerful tool for informed decision-making, and have experience running experiments to interpret both quantitative and qualitative results
• You possess strong interpersonal skills and demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of a diverse team of stakeholders

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in a technical or design-related field (or equivalent experience)
• A track record of delivering products that have shown proven impact
• Ability to distill complex concepts into easy-to-understand ideas
• Comfortable with decision-making in an absence of clarity
• Familiarity with the dynamic nature of continuously deployed SaaS products
• Passionate about delighting users
• Limited travel as necessary

Benefits Highlights

• Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package
• 401(k) with profit sharing
• Flexible Time
• Office dog

This position is located in Overland Park, Kansas. Ad Astra does not pay for relocation expenses.

Ad Astra Information Systems, LLC. is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business need.