Thanks for your interest in Success Academy! Running a large, fast-growing, and high-performing network of public charter schools takes a village - families, children, teachers, staff and faculty, advocates, and supporters alike. We are growing fast in New York and expanding to Florida, and we would love to welcome you to our community! We work tirelessly every day to ensure children have access to a fun, rigorous, whole-child education regardless of zip code or economic status. When you join SA, you play a part in giving every student who walks through our doors a fair shot at reaching his or her potential.
Leader, Technology Products
Success Academy is seeking a strategic, outcomes-driven product leader to own and evolve our digital product ecosystem. You will define and drive the product vision, strategy, and execution across our core domains within our school operations and family experience. You will lead the product organization and collaborate with our Engineering, Operations, Marketing, and Customer Experience groups to shape the product strategy and deliver high-quality, scalable, and cohesive user experiences.
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Vision: Define and drive a unified product vision and strategy across the full family lifecycle, prioritizing high-impact opportunities that advance organizational growth and user experience.
Organizational Leadership: Build, structure, and lead a high-performing product organization aligned to core domains, developing strong product owners with clear accountability for outcomes.
Cross-Functional Alignment: Serve as the central product leader across Engineering, Design, Marketing, Operations, and executive stakeholders, ensuring alignment on priorities, tradeoffs, and delivery of cohesive end-to-end experiences.
Product Lifecycle & Delivery Excellence: Oversee the end-to-end product lifecycle, ensuring disciplined execution, clear roadmaps, and consistent delivery of high-quality, outcome-driven products.
Customer & Data-Driven Decision Making: Embed a deep understanding of user needs and a data-driven approach to decision-making, leveraging analytics, research, and experimentation to continuously improve product outcomes.
Platform & Ecosystem Strategy: Define and guide the long-term platform and technology ecosystem strategy, driving simplification and scalability to support a seamless user experience.
Qualifications
7+ years of product management experience, including 3 - 5+ years leading product teams
Proven experience owning and scaling complex, multi-surface digital products (web, mobile, CRM-backed platforms)
Strong track record of defining product strategy and delivering measurable business outcomes
Experience building and managing product organizations, including coaching and developing product managers or product owners
Ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels - setting vision while ensuring delivery
Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and align diverse teams
Data-driven mindset with experience leveraging analytics, experimentation, and user research
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate product vision, priorities, and tradeoffs
Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.
Success Academy Charter Schools is an equal opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.
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Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of product management experience
- 3-5+ years leading product teams
- Proven experience owning and scaling complex digital products
- Experience building and managing product organizations
- Strong cross-functional leadership skills
- Data-driven mindset
- Excellent communication skills
What We Do
Since 2006, Success Academy has tackled educational inequities head-on by providing exceptional public education for 20,000 K-12 students in New York City. Our network of over 50 free public charter schools is looking for diverse, ambitious, talented people like you to join our team! Starting on your first day, you’ll receive world-class training and mentorship while working in a collaborative environment with passionate colleagues. As part of the Success Academy team, you will have ample growth opportunities within our network — including leadership roles. Success Academy is seeking candidates from all majors and backgrounds. All interviews are virtual, and a degree in Education is not required to teach. If you graduated or will be graduating with a bachelor's degree between Dec 2023 and Dec 2024, we encourage you to apply! We encourage you to look at our current openings and consider applying.
