As the CogAT & Iowa Product Manager, you will lead the strategic development and execution of Riverside Insights’ CogAT and Iowa Assessments product lines. You’ll champion customer needs, define product vision, and drive growth initiatives that expand market reach and enhance user satisfaction. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of two flagship assessment products by aligning cross-functional teams around a shared mission of innovation and impact.
In this role you will get to:
- Lead quarterly business reviews and communicate key performance metrics (usage, adoption, revenue, retention) to internal stakeholders.
- Develop and execute data-informed product growth initiatives based on customer and market insights.
- Define and maintain a 2-year roadmap for Next Gen CogAT, ensuring milestones are delivered on time and within scope.
- Translate customer needs into clear, validated business requirements for features such as scoring, reporting, UX/UI, and directions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure coordinated execution of growth plays and roadmap priorities.
- Partner with Product Marketing to develop go-to-market plans for major feature releases, including messaging, enablement assets, and success metrics.
- Monitor delivery progress and ensure milestones translate into measurable customer and business value.
Disclaimer
The above statements describe the general nature and level of the work performed by people assigned to this work. This list does not cover all possible duties, tasks, or responsibilities. Riverside Insights may amend or change responsibilities to meet the needs of the business and organization as necessary.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of product management experience
- Experience in education with a deep understanding of the education market
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to connect customer insights, market trends, and business objectives to identify growth opportunities.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Skilled in interpreting both qualitative and quantitative data to inform priorities and measure success.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proven experience partnering with Finance, Marketing, Sales, and CX to drive aligned execution.
- Customer-Centric Mindset: Deep understanding of customer needs and how to translate them into product strategy and requirements.
- Execution Through Influence: Ability to lead initiatives and drive results across teams without formal authority.
- Communication Clarity: Strong written and verbal communication skills to articulate complex business and technical needs.
- Commercial Acumen: Understanding of market dynamics, customer segments, and revenue levers to shape impactful GTM strategies.
Physical Requirements
- Remote
- Up to 5% travel for off-site team meetings
- May require stationary positions (sitting or standing) for extended periods
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance
- Company paid short-term and long-term disability
- Supplemental life insurance options
- Company paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Retirement plan with discretionary company matching
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options
- Premium subscription to Calm for employee and dependents
- Company paid time off (PTO)
- 13 named holidays, 2 floating holidays, and 4 early-release half days
- Quarterly Focus Days
- Flexible work arrangements
- Work-from-home expense reimbursement
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Company orientation and 30/60/90 Day Onboarding
Compensation: Compensation: A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $100,000 - $125,000 USD plus applicable bonus. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures, degrees, and certifications; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters.
Why Join Our Team?
At Riverside Insights, achieving real results for students and educators is more than talk – it's what we do. As we grow, so will you, offering the chance to expand your skills on an ambitious, solution-focused team. Join us in making great work possible, where your well-being and dedication to making an impact go hand in hand. If you're ready for an ambitious, collaborative environment, Riverside is the place for you.
Riverside Insights is an Equal-opportunity Employer:
Riverside Insights provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
At Riverside Insights, every employee has the right to a welcoming and inclusive workplace where their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued and celebrated.
Thank you for considering joining our growing team and our mission to help elevate potential globally! Please check out www.riversideinsights.com to learn more about our work.
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ssessments play a critical role in unlocking a person’s true potential. Actionable insights — derived from accurate, reliable and consistent data — create opportunities that help people thrive.
Through our proven portfolio of trusted and precise assessment solutions, Riverside Insights offers the clarity and perspective needed to create a meaningful impact at the state, district and individual levels. We're dedicated to creating and providing a broad range of high-quality, time-tested professional testing products and services as well as delivering meaningful information that can enhance the lives of children and adults.
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We aspire to enrich 1B lives globally by 2030 by providing insights born of research-based assessments to students, clinical patients, and employees/companies.
Elevating potential is what we do… and for over 80 years, developing and providing research-based assessments has been how we do it. Riverside is one of the preeminent and most longstanding assessment developers/publishers nationally.
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