Product Manager

Posted 12 Days Ago
New York, NY
Hybrid
100K-130K Annually
1-3 Years Experience
Edtech • Kids + Family • Social Impact • Software
BrainPOP empowers kids to shape the world around them and within them.
The Role
The Product Manager will lead a squad to develop integrated systems and enhance efficiency. Responsibilities include communicating product vision, building roadmaps, launching features, conducting market research, and managing multiple work streams to deliver value.
Summary Generated by Built In

For over two decades, BrainPOP has been trusted by educators and parents worldwide as a source of engaging and impactful learning experiences for all kids. With a presence in over two-thirds of U.S. districts through school and district subscriptions and an estimated annual reach of 25 million students, BrainPOP is empowering kids to take agency over their learning and excel in and out of the classroom. 

The company was acquired in 2022 by KIRKBI, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO brand, marking a significant milestone as their first acquisition in the digital learning realm. We are thrilled to continue making learning fun and accessible with the strategic guidance and support of KIRKBI.

About the Role

We’re seeking a Product Manager, Integrated Systems, to join our platform product team. As the Product Manager, you will play a crucial role in shaping how BrainPOP connects complex systems while maintaining a simple end-user experience.

This role is hybrid with weekly time spent in our New York City office (1-2 days standard, more as needed).

In this role, you will

  • Lead a squad to develop integrated systems that: 
    • Empower BrainPOP teams to aid in increasing the efficiency of their roles
    • Simplify the identification of high-impact next steps that can be taken to optimize connections and flow of data between systems
    • Manage other systems, such as Stripe payment processing and Salesforce provision integrations
  • Communicate product vision and progress against business objectives to stakeholders throughout the organization  
  • Build and maintain a detailed roadmap using data to inform product decisions
  • Lead the ideation, development, and launch of innovative features
  • Prove your hypotheses by designing quick, low-risk tests with clear success metrics
  • Be a subject matter expert for internal systems and understand the roles of various stakeholders
  • Synthesize market, qualitative, and quantitative research into product insights and use them to author requirements
  • Define and monitor KPIs to better understand user behavioral patterns
  • Deftly manage multiple streams of work to continuously deliver value

You Are

  • Possess a user-centric product mindset 
  • Solve problems with a bias towards action 
  • Curious and inquisitive
  • An analytical and structured thinker
  • Have superior interpersonal skills and boundless empathy for your users, your teammates, and your stakeholders
  • Have a data radar and sense for when a data insight is incongruent with your understanding of user behavior
  • Advocate for your users, your product, and the business
  • Lift up those around you and lead by influence and inspiration
  • Love learning about your discipline, our domain, and the world around you 

On Your Resume

  • 2+ years of digital product management experience with a proven track-record of shipping and iterating on successful products 
  • Experience working on integrating systems, such as Content Management Systems, CRMs, payment processing platforms, and Identity Management providers
  • Demonstrated success working with teams to build systems and interfaces that have resulted in increased user efficiency
  • Effective communication skills to fluidly translate user needs and insights across technical, operational, design, and leadership audiences.
  • Experience partnering with product designers, analysts, and engineers
  • Prove your hypotheses by designing quick, low-risk tests with clear success metrics
  • Experience identifying and prioritizing the most important problems to solve for the user
  • Technical knowledge. You don’t need to be an engineer, but you do need to be technically conversant to understand tradeoff, risks and perspectives of your team
  • Proficiency in using data tracking and business intelligence platforms
  • An undergraduate degree (or equivalent experience)
  • Bonus if you have:
    • An MBA 
    • Education or EdTech industry experience
    • Experience working with remote teams

Location

The BrainPOP team operates in a hybrid work environment: Each role has remote flexibility and an in-person component at our New York headquarters or other meeting locations. For this role, we are seeking a candidate who lives within commuting distance of the NYC office and resides in one of the following approved hiring states:

  • Connecticut
  • New Jersey
  • New York


NOTICE: We have become aware of various fraudulent websites and third parties impersonating our company and offering false job opportunities. These offers are not affiliated with BrainPOP and are considered part of an unlawful recruitment scam. To ensure your safety and protect your personal information we strongly recommend that you only apply for positions through the official BrainPOP website or BrainPOP's official LinkedIn page. If you receive any job offers or communications that do not originate from this page or our official e-mail domain brainpop.com, please treat them as suspicious and do not engage or provide any personal information. For any questions or to report suspicious activity, please contact us directly at [email protected]. While we have reported this general fraud to the authorities, you can report this fraud on your own behalf to the Federal Trade Commission (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’ s Internet Crime Complaint Center (https://www.ic3.gov/).


#LI-DNI

We take a geo-neutral approach to compensation within the US, meaning that we pay based on job function and level, not location. We have competitive pay bands for all other countries based on market standards. Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. Based on these factors, we expect most of the candidates offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range. We recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description, as posted. If so, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate.

USA Pay Scale

$100,000$130,000 USD

Life at BrainPOP

At BrainPOP, our work directly impacts how teachers teach and students learn. They inspire us to build solutions that facilitate joy and meaningful learning outcomes. Our commitment to educators and kids is reflected in our dedication to the BrainPOP team: ensuring their experience is empowering, creative, collaborative, playful, and anchored in learning and growth.  

Our team is made up of educators, data scientists, published authors, engineers, artists, bakers, film buffs, cyclists, dual citizens, and so much more. We value diversity and inclusion, collaboration, and learning from multiple perspectives.

We believe that a diverse organization is a more effective organization. BrainPOP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
309 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1999

What We Do

For over two decades, BrainPOP has been trusted by educators and parents worldwide to provide engaging and impactful learning experiences for all kids. With a presence in over two-thirds of U.S. districts through school and district subscriptions and an estimated annual reach of 25 million students, BrainPOP is empowering kids to take agency over their learning and excel in and out of the classroom.

The company was acquired in 2022 by KIRKBI, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO brand, marking a significant milestone as their first acquisition in the digital learning realm. We are thrilled to continue making learning fun and accessible with the strategic guidance and support of KIRKBI.

Why Work With Us

BrainPOP is a pioneering Edtech brand whose iconic products have been beloved and trusted by millions of kids, educators, and parents for more than two decades. Our mission-driven team is committed to empowering kids to succeed and thrive in the classroom and beyond.

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

The BrainPOP team operates in a hybrid work environment: Each role has remote flexibility and an in-person component at our New York headquarters or other meeting locations.

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