At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers. We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. And that's where you come in:
We are hiring for a Sr Product Manager
As a Sr Product Manager for Core Products at Instructure, you'll help bring our mission to life - elevate student success, amplify the power of teaching, and inspire everyone to learn together. You will be responsible for all things learning evaluation as part of our flagship product, Canvas LMS, as well as building the next set of product innovations and features to drive growth of our core business. You’ll need to employ everything in your product toolkit to architect the product strategy, constantly discover new insights, and drive forward on execution.
This is a remote position. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $140,000 - $160,000 + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.
What you will be doing:
Generate vision, goals, and opportunity assessments for area of product ownership, which for this role includes critical features that allow students to demonstrate their learning and educators to evaluate that learning and inform their instruction
Think Big, Start Small: Effectively prioritize short term incremental opportunities in pursuit of longer term strategic initiatives
Base decisions in evidence and insights to inform and drive decision making as part of a business case
Write effective user stories and acceptance criteria that are actionable by development team, considering outcome potential, competitive landscape, technical requirements, and user experience
Create compelling stories that are audience specific and contextualize and humanize the problem to solve
Partner effectively with analytics team to understand how data insights might impact product strategy
Identify and document requirements across customers, prospects and internal teams
Organize and prioritize work in order to release with confidence and predictability
Collaborate with Program Management, Design, and Engineering to deliver enhancements
Collaborate with other product teams to provide consistent user experiences across all products
Collaboration with cross-functional teams such as CX, Support, Global PMs, and Sales to fully understand our customers and their experiences to inform opportunities
Collaborate with marketing and sales to support go-to-market plans
Mentor other product team members and up-skill through informal and formal opportunities
What you will need to know/have:
Experience in product management, with a minimum of 5-6 years of relevant experience
Be a self-starter who can create a vision and has a proven record of delivering on plans and achieving outcomes
Strong analytical skills in leveraging data to drive product decisions and improve metrics
Be highly motivated and results-driven, with a strong business acumen
Deep user empathy and experience building products based on user needs
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience with a culture of rapid experimentation to accelerate learning and iteration
Ability to influence and build alignment between different teams and functions to successfully execute your roadmap and deliver against goals
Experience in the education industry is a plus (but not required)
Get in on all the awesome at Instructure:
401k with company match
HSA program, vision, voluntary life, and AD&D
Tuition reimbursement
Lifestyle Spending Account
Paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules