Platform Product Manager

This position is onsite at our New Rochelle, NY office.

Position Purpose:

The Platform Product Manager will inform the development of new online educational products for multiple applications within a larger platform. They will collaborate with stakeholders, other Product Managers, UX designers, and engineers to create innovative, customer-focused products meant to enhance teacher instruction and enrich the student learning experience.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Represent multiple modules on a platform that is accessed by millions of users with multiple curriculum products
• Help gather requirements and answer questions for new amd existing digital products with key stakeholders
• Clearly communicate the details of completed, in progress, and planned work across the platform working closely with other Product Managers
• Track and document stakeholder feedback and team decisions
• Represent the user in stakeholder conversations, communicating and identifying user needs into new product features for product teams to design
• Train and communicate with other departments on use of digital product

Job Requirements/Skills and Experience:

• Minimum 3-5 years in product management working in the K-8 edtech space
• An understanding of the needs of teachers, administrators, parents/caregivers and students
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills, with ability to manage stakeholders
• Knowledge of current ed tech trends and capabilities
• Ability to work effectively and handle multiple projects and teams simultaneously
• Experience with Agile development practices
• Understanding of WCAG and Accessibility guidelines
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Pre-K - 6 literacy instruction and digital solutions that support it
• Contributor of solutions to interactive and user experience challenges
• Problem-solver with ability to think out-of-the-box and empathize with users
• Working knowledge of user experience, user interaction, and responsive design across mobile platforms, devices, and products

Salary Range: $90,000 - $120,000

*The base salary range represents the low and high end of the expected salary range for the position. The base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors such as geographic location, experience, education, and skill level.

ABOUT BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY

Benchmark Education Company (BEC) is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, with valid and reliable digital assessments that inform instruction. BEC is also a provider of exceptional professional development to educators.

BEC is recognized as a responsive publisher that offers equally rigorous and engaging digital, print, and hybrid learning materials grounded in the Science of Reading research. BEC monitors research outcomes carefully to create effective foundational resources that include strong decoding materials with systematic and explicit instruction and high-quality resources focused on language development and comprehension. BEC's content-rich and authentic texts offer instruction in close reading and analysis, multiple perspectives, and authentic literature while building world knowledge and reflecting the individuality of every student in each diverse classroom.

Family owned and operated for more than 25 years, BEC is committed to partnering with educators to provide the best for all students through resources of exceptional quality, world-class professional learning, and effective and dedicated customer support.

Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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