Product Manager (Contract)

Posted Yesterday
Hiring Remotely in US
Remote
40-45 Hourly
Junior
Digital Media • Edtech
The Role
Contract product manager supporting discovery, search, recommendations, onboarding, and engagement. Collaborate with engineering, design, data, content, and marketing to define requirements, run experiments, analyze metrics, iterate on features, and drive product launches and improvements for Epic’s K-12 reading platform.
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About Us
Epic is the leading digital reading platform for kids, used by millions of children, families, and educators around the world. With a vast library of high-quality books and learning resources, we empower K–12 students to explore their interests, build literacy skills, and develop a lifelong love of reading.
As we look to the future, Epic is reimagining what reading can be—more personalized, more interactive, and more accessible than ever before. By combining technology, storytelling, and education, we are building the next generation of reading experiences for kids.

About the Role

We are looking for a Product Manager to join our growing product team. This is a 6-month contract opportunity. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to impactful product initiatives, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. 

Reporting to the product leadership team, this role will support the development and optimization of product experiences across Epic’s platform. You will work closely with cross-functional partners in engineering, design, data, content, and marketing to help define features, improve user journeys, and drive measurable impact.

This role is especially well-suited for someone with an interest in search, recommendations, discovery, and product optimization, and who is excited about using data and experimentation to improve the user experience for children, families, and educators.

 

Key Responsibilities
• Support the planning, execution, and iteration of product initiatives across Epic’s platform
• Partner with engineering, design, and data teams to define product requirements and deliver high-quality user experiences
• Analyze product performance and user behavior to identify opportunities for improvement
• Help optimize key user journeys such as content discovery, search, recommendations, onboarding, and engagement
• Translate user feedback, business needs, and data insights into clear product ideas and actionable next steps
• Contribute to product documentation, roadmaps, experiment design, and launch planning
• Monitor feature performance after launch and recommend improvements based on results
• Collaborate with stakeholders across teams to keep projects aligned and moving forward

Qualifications
• 2–3 years of experience in product management, product operations, strategy, analytics, consulting, or a related field
• Strong interest in digital consumer products, education technology, or personalization systems
• Preferred experience working on or closely supporting search, recommendation, discovery, ranking, or content optimization features
• Understanding of basic product optimization methods, such as A/B testing, funnel analysis, KPI tracking, and hypothesis-driven iteration
• Strong analytical thinking and comfort working with product and business metrics
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities
• Comfortable working collaboratively in a remote, cross-functional environment
• Professional fluency in both English and Mandarin Chinese
• Passion for Epic’s mission to inspire kids to read and learn

Nice to Have
• Experience working with recommendation systems, search relevance, personalization, or content platforms
• Familiarity with SQL, analytics tools, or experimentation platforms
• Experience in consumer, marketplace, media, edtech, or other education-related products
• Experience working in a startup or fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Experience working with cross-functional global teams

Why Join Epic
• Be part of a mission-driven company shaping how millions of children read and learn
• Work on a product with meaningful impact, global reach, and strong growth potential
• Learn from a collaborative, thoughtful, and fast-moving product organization
• Help build experiences that are more personalized, engaging, and effective for young readers
• Enjoy the flexibility of a remote-friendly work environment

Compensation: This is a part-time contract position paying $40–$45 per hour for up to 30 hours per week.

Skills Required

  • 2-3 years of experience in product management, product operations, strategy, analytics, consulting, or related field.
  • Strong interest in digital consumer products, education technology, or personalization systems.
  • Understanding of product optimization methods (A/B testing, funnel analysis, KPI tracking, hypothesis-driven iteration).
  • Strong analytical thinking and comfort working with product and business metrics.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.
  • Comfortable working collaboratively in a remote, cross-functional environment.
  • Professional fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese.
  • Passion for Epic's mission to inspire kids to read and learn.
  • Preferred: experience working on or closely supporting search, recommendation, discovery, ranking, or content optimization features.
  • Preferred: familiarity with SQL, analytics tools, or experimentation platforms.
  • Preferred: experience in consumer, marketplace, media, edtech, or other education-related products.
  • Preferred: experience working in a startup or fast-paced, high-growth environment.
  • Preferred: experience working with cross-functional global teams.
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The Company
HQ: Redwood City, CA
120 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Designed for unlimited discovery and unmatched safety, Epic is the leading digital reading platform for kids. Reaching more than 50 million children in homes and classrooms, Epic fuels curiosity and reading confidence in kids to explore their interests and learn in a fun, safe, kid-friendly environment. Our award-winning service is built on a collection of 40,000+ popular, high-quality books, audiobooks and videos from 250+ of the world’s best publishers including HarperCollins, Macmillan, Sesame Street, National Geographic Kids and Smithsonian. Epic provides free access to educators and is used by more than 2 million teachers in the classroom. The company was founded by Suren Markosian, founder of several successful technology startups, and Kevin Donahue, former YouTube, Google and Disney executive, with the support of top tier investors and veterans of the children’s publishing industry. It is part of the BYJU’S family of brands, working together to unlock a love of learning around the world. To learn more, visit getepic.com, or follow Epic! on Facebook and Twitter. To learn more about Epic, please visit www.getepic.com.

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