Associate Product Manager, Math

A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our captivating core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products turn data into practical instructional support to help students at every skill level build a strong foundation in early reading and math. Our programs provide teachers with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of all their students. Today, Amplify serves five million students in all 50 states.

We’re seeking an enthusiastic associate product manager to join the math team, ready to dive into cross-functional product initiatives, building our innovative educational products, and ensuring they work exceptionally well in classrooms. Our product managers partner with engineering, design, curriculum, marketing, and implementation to understand our vision and collaborate to build and execute against the roadmap. An ideal candidate is passionate about building the best possible experience for teachers, students, and administrators and is excited to lead cross-functional agile teams.

Responsibilities of the Associate Product Manager:

Be an agile team leader.

• Communicate product vision and goals to your team regularly to motivate them and empower your team to take on work they think is best based on the prioritized backlog.

• Serve as a key member and collaborative leader of your cross-functional agile team to plan, develop, design, test, and deliver working software and content.

• Participate in agile ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospectives, scrum, etc.) and accept completed work.

• Prioritize your backlog, breakdown features into user stories, and elaborate on those stories for your agile team.

Communicate across the organization.

• Proactively communicate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of product vision and execution.

• Track progress toward successful delivery. Raise issues, risks, and dependencies, and work collaboratively to resolve them.

• Deeply understand your product’s features, content, user experience, and relationship to the broader product ecosystem, so you can effectively communicate about your component with a broad range of team members.

• Draft release notes, announcements, and training materials to support the launch of new features and products.

Develop exceptional products.

• Empathize with our customers’ and users’ needs and be a passionate advocate for their perspectives through all phases of product development.

• Conduct user testing interviews, organize and recruit for pilots, and visit Amplify classrooms to identify problems and validate improvements.

• Research the competitive product landscape and education market.

• Synthesis data, observations, and other research into insights to help inform product strategy.

Basic Qualifications of the Associate Product Manager:

• Bachelor degree or equivalent experience

• 1+ year of experience in a product management role

• Organizational skills and great attention to detail

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills

• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills

• Strong project management skills

Preferred Qualifications of the Product Manager:

• Classroom teaching experience

• Experience with relevant software and content development life cycle, from concept to delivery, using Agile practices

• Background in technology, design, user experience, or curriculum development

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To that end, we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

This position may be funded, in whole or in part, through American Recovery & Reinvestment Act funds.

Amplify Education, Inc. is an E-Verify participant.