This position is onsite at our New Rochelle, NY office.
Position Purpose
The Product Manager, Interactive Content will work with content developers and digital content designers to advise on utilizing interactive technology and platform features to deliver content creatively while maintaining instructional intent. They will become an expert on current platform capabilities for delivering content so they can properly advise on the best transformation of content to deliver innovative, customer-focused products meant to enhance teacher instruction and enrich the student learning experience.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Intake and prioritize new digital content design projects, defining the best interactive format for the content depending on the user and intended instruction or purpose
- Work side-by-side with Digital Designers to prototype content in a clear, engaging manner
- Work closely with Platform Product Managers to understand the existing applications used for multiple curriculum products
- Clearly communicate the details of completed, in progress, and planned work
- Track and document stakeholder feedback and team decisions
- Represent the user in stakeholder conversations, communicating and identifying clear ways o representing content digitally
Job Requirements/Skills and Experience
- Minimum 3-5 years in product management working in the K-8 edtech space
- An understanding of the needs of teachers, administrators, parents/caregivers and students
- Familiarity with Pre-K – 6 literacy instruction and digital solutions that support it
- Contributor of solutions to interactive and user experience challenges
- Knowledge of current ed tech trends and capabilities
- Excellent presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills, with ability to manage stakeholders
- Ability to work effectively and handle multiple projects and teams simultaneously
- Understanding of WCAG and Accessibility guidelines
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
Preferred Qualifications
- Problem-solver with ability to think out-of-the-box and empathize with users
- Working knowledge of user experience, user interaction, and responsive design across mobile platforms, devices, and products
- Experience with Agile development practices
Salary Range: $90,000 - $120,000
*The base salary range represents the low and high end of the expected salary range for the position. The base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors such as geographic location, experience, education, and skill level.
ABOUT BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY
Benchmark Education Company (BEC) is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, with valid and reliable digital assessments that inform instruction. BEC is also a provider of exceptional professional development to educators.
BEC is recognized as a responsive publisher that offers equally rigorous and engaging digital, print, and hybrid learning materials grounded in the Science of Reading research. BEC monitors research outcomes carefully to create effective foundational resources that include strong decoding materials with systematic and explicit instruction and high-quality resources focused on language development and comprehension. BEC’s content-rich and authentic texts offer instruction in close reading and analysis, multiple perspectives, and authentic literature while building world knowledge and reflecting the individuality of every student in each diverse classroom.
Family owned and operated for more than 25 years, BEC is committed to partnering with educators to provide the best for all students through resources of exceptional quality, world-class professional learning, and effective and dedicated customer support.
Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
For further information, visit us at: https://www.benchmarkeducation.com
Skills Required
- 3-5 years of product management experience in the K-8 edtech space
- Understanding of the needs of teachers, administrators, parents or caregivers, and students
- Familiarity with Pre-K through Grade 6 literacy instruction and supporting digital solutions
- Experience contributing solutions to interactive and user experience challenges
- Knowledge of current education technology trends and capabilities
- Excellent presentation, interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder-management skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects and teams simultaneously
- Understanding of WCAG and accessibility guidelines
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Problem-solving ability, creative thinking, and user empathy
- Working knowledge of user experience, user interaction, and responsive design across mobile platforms, devices, and products
- Experience with Agile development practices
What We Do
Why Choose Benchmark Education? Many educational publishing companies say their literacy programs are best. So what makes Benchmark Education programs different? In 1998, we published our first literacy resources. Though we have grown, our mission has not changed: to provide classroom-tested solutions that help differentiate instruction and enable EVERY student to achieve success. Our research-proven programs include content-rich leveled books, differentiated instruction, intervention programs, and professional development that help you meet the needs of ALL kinds of learners – including needs not met by other educational publishers. Choose Benchmark Education and get exceptional teacher tools proven to accelerate student achievement.
