Senior Software Product Manager

About the role

The university is dedicated to expanding access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs. It values a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with cross-functional team to understand problems and define requirements.
• Creates and manages strategic roadmaps for product releases.
• Manages expectations and communicates risks to stakeholders.
• Gathers feedback from various sources to inform product development.
• Participates in vendor selection processes.
• Ensures product quality through testing and user acceptance testing.
• Mentors less experienced Product Managers.
• Uses data and insights to guide decision-making and prioritize initiatives.
• Provides strategic direction to less senior Product Managers.
• Acts as Product Lead on one or more projects.
• Communicates the impact of the product on the platform and business.
• Makes priority decisions based on business goals, market demand, and user needs.
• Evaluates trade-offs to ensure maximum value to users.
• Crafts business cases, ROI analyses, and manages project prioritization.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's Degree and 7 years of experience as a Software Product Manager or Product Owner. A Master's Degree is preferred, along with experience in Education Technology.

Qualifications

Must have strong leadership instincts, a positive team-building approach, and excellent communication skills. Proficiency in agile environments and professional product certifications are beneficial.

Skills

Expertise in product discovery techniques, ability to assess product health, and strong problem-solving skills are essential.

Benefits

Includes comprehensive benefits such as medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off.

Pay

$143,700.00 - $222,700.00 annually.

Schedule

Full-time, regular position with 40 standard weekly hours.