Senior Director Product Management - Platform

Company Description

When you join Renaissance® you join a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology! Renaissance’s solutions help educators analyze customize and plan personalized learning paths for students allowing time for what matters—creating energizing learning experiences in the classroom.

Our fiercely passionate employees and educational partners have helped drive phenomenal student growth with Renaissance solutions being used in over one-third of US schools and in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Every day we are connected to our mission by exemplifying our values: trust each other win together strive for the best own our actions and grow and evolve.

Job Description

As the Senior Director Product Management you'll lead an amazing team of product managers and owners to define and deliver the vision and strategic roadmap for our platform which supports key product verticals like Assessment Practice and Journeys. The ideal candidate will work closely with the Chief Product Officer and other Product Managers to ensure alignment of platform strategies with overall company objectives.

Your primary customers will be Renaissance product teams who work directly with schools. You’ll develop deep understanding of the complex challenges these teams are facing and lead your team in building systems that tackle those challenges.

We believe interoperability work should be lean and human-centered just like any other software development work. You & your team will use practices like Lean User-Centered Design and CI/CD to move quickly and stay focused on what matters.

As a Senior Director Product Management you will:

• Lead and Mentor a team of product managers fostering a culture of innovation excellence and accountability.

• Develop and articulate a clear vision and roadmap for the platform ensuring it supports a range of product verticals including Assessment Practice and end-to-end experiences like Journeys.

• Collaborate with the CTO and interface with the CPO Product leaders and Engineering leaders to align platform development with the broader product strategy and company goals.

• Drive the development and implementation of core services such as Identity Rostering Provisioning and Licensing to create a seamless and integrated user experience across our platform.

• Utilize data-driven insights to inform decision-making and prioritize platform enhancements that deliver business value.

• Act as a key spokesperson for the platform articulating the value proposition to internal stakeholders and external partners.

• Stay connected to industry trends technological advancements such as AI leveraging this knowledge to maintain our competitive edge.

Qualifications

For this role as Senior Director Product Management you must have:

• 10+ years of progressively accountable product strategy product lifecycle product commercial management experience with demonstrated results of success

• Experience leading Product Management professionals to achieve high degrees of customer satisfaction and attaining commercial product goals

• Ability to prioritize work make tradeoffs drive deadlines and deliver projects on time on budget

• Demonstrated experience nurturing a culture that celebrates diversity of thought risk-taking openness to new ideas and a fail-fast mentality

Bonus Points:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management Operations Marketing or equivalent; or a Bachelor’s degree in another discipline plus substantial Product Management experience training and/or certification; MBA a plus

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Salary Range: $160300 to $220400 This range is based on national market data and may vary by location.

Benefits for eligible employees include:

• World Class Health Benefits: Medical Prescription Dental Vision Telehealth

• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts

• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match

• Paid Vacation and Sick Time Off

• 12 Paid Holidays

• Parental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork program

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Life & Disability Insurance

• Well-being and Employee Assistance Programs

Frequently cited statistics show that some women underrepresented individuals protected veterans and individuals with disabilities may only apply to roles if they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Renaissance we encourage all applications! Roles evolve over time especially with innovation and you may be just the person we need for the future!

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Renaissance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate with respect to any term condition or privilege of employment based on race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability military or veteran status marital status or status of an individual in any group or class protected by applicable federal state or local law.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

Renaissance also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please contact Talent Acquisition.

EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

For information about Renaissance visit: https://www.renaissance.com/