Remote Software Product Manager

Job description

ABOUT US

Albert is an instructional platform that empowers teachers to unlock the potential in all learners. We are a mission-driven team of passionate and thoughtful individuals creating the practice and assessment platform of the future.

THE ROLE

Our Product teams are divided into three integrated functional groups of frontend engineers, backend engineers, and a product owner. As a Product Manager , you will develop expertise in one of these groups with the goal of eventually being the product owner for that group.

Your responsibilities will include:

● Integrating usability studies, competitive research, and market analysis into product requirements.
● Synthesizing customer feedback and user interviews with internal roadmaps and strategies to develop winning product strategies.
● Defining and analyzing metrics that inform the success of products to share with the broader team.
● Coordinating new product launches across teams.
● Providing project management assistance to the engineering team.
● Triaging user issues, working across teams to build understanding and present solutions.

LOCATION

We are a remote-first company. We are accepting applications from people who live and work in the following states:

• Arizona

• California

• Colorado

• Florida

• Georgia

• Illinois

• Louisiana

• Nevada

• New Jersey

• New York

• North Carolina

• Ohio

• Pennsylvania

• South Carolina

• Tennessee

• Texas

• Virginia

• Wisconsin

WHY ALBERT?

Albert is more than a job. We are long-term thinkers building a truly unique product in the digital curriculum space--one known for academic rigor, modern usability, and an uncompromising commitment to quality. We carefully maintain a culture of high standards, freedom of opinion. psychological safety, calculated risk-taking, accountability, and first principles thinking. Our philosophy is to hire the best people possible, empower them to do their best work, and make sure they're happy and well-rested. Here, you will do great work supported by talented, thoughtful, and kind colleagues. You'll have the agency to make decisions in a decentralized culture while maintaining a sustainable work-life balance.

INCLUSION AT ALBERT

Albert is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also strive to create and strengthen a culture that deliberately promotes personal growth, diversity, and inclusion, especially in the unique ways that an education company can do so.

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary. We observe the same pay bands, regardless of where you live. For this role, our starting salary is $115,000-175,000.

• Health, dental, vision, and long-term disability insurance. We contribute 90% of the cost for our various medical insurance options and 90% for vision and dental. We contribute 50% for dependents. For long-term disability, we contribute 100% of premiums.

• Paid parental leave. Parents are eligible for up to twelve (12) weeks of fully paid parental leave after a year of service.

• A 401k plan. Save for retirement with a fully managed plan and a 1% match.

• Commuter benefit. Use pre-tax earnings on your commute through our managed platform.

• One Medical. We cover enrollment in One Medical to provide all employees with convenient access to primary care.

• Multiple FSA plans. We offer both normal and dependent care FSA plans that allow up to $650 per year in rollover of unused funds.

• Flexible, guilt-free vacation. Take guilt-free vacations with no hard limit. Most people take 3-4 weeks per year and are encouraged to take time off. This is not a vague policy where "unlimited" ends up meaning "hardly ever, it's too stressful to ask for time off". We actively encourage everyone to take off.

• Half-day Fridays. We value work-life balance and observe half-day Fridays every week.

Job requirements

● Strong technical understanding of how software products are built and ideally, of programming languages.

● 2+ years experience as a product manager in a software context, ideally within edtech.

● Strong first-principles reasoning skills and open-mindedness.

● Ability to identify what is important and prioritize several competing priorities.

● Exceptional analytical skills: Expert at Excel, SQL, or both.

● Natural curiosity to develop multi-disciplinary skills and constantly explore problems from multiple angles.

● Demonstrable leadership potential and high levels of emotional intelligence.

● An ability to communicate effectively, tailoring communications for various contexts and personalities.

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