At Curriculum Associates, we believe in the potential of every child and are changing the face of education technology with award-winning learning programs like i-Ready that serve a third of the nation’s K–8 students. For more than 50 years, our commitment to making classrooms better places, serving educators, and supporting accessible learning experiences for all students has driven the continuous improvement of our innovative programs. Our team of more than 2,500 employees is composed of lifelong learners who stand behind this mission, working tirelessly to serve the educational community with world-class programs and support every day.
About Curriculum Associates
Curriculum Associates designs research-based instructional materials and assessments that help educators improve teaching and learning for all students. Our flagship products, including i-Ready, are used by millions of students and educators across the country. We are deeply committed to equity, evidence-based practices, and measurable learning outcomes.
As we expand our use of artificial intelligence, we are focused on building responsible, transparent, and impactful AI-powered solutions that meaningfully support teachers and students.
Role Overview
Curriculum Associates is seeking an AI Product Manager to lead the strategy, development, and delivery of AI-powered features across our digital learning products.
This role will lead large, complex AI-based projects with cross-functional implications and involvement, operating as a Technical Product Manager and Agile Product Owner. Brings deep domain expertise and a strategic lens to product definition, planning, and execution.
You will partner closely with engineering, data science, design, and research teams to identify high-impact opportunities for AI, translate them into clear product requirements, and ensure solutions are ethical, effective, and aligned with our educational mission.
Essential duties/responsibilities:
Oversee cross-team AI based initiatives or projects with many potential key features, driving product definition, successful delivery, and iteration. Lead discussions to set initiative direction and scope/phasing.
Provide the product organization and initiative teams with broad product and implementation expertise across many areas of the platforms/products as well as deep and unique expertise in in AI-powered chatbot experiences..
Gather requirements through market research, data analysis, and stakeholder input. Partner with the UX Research team to plan user research in support of your projects.
Act as Agile Product Owner role with planning and in daily interactions with product, engineering, design, and QA. Work closely with engineering and QA leads.
Create and articulate detailed feature and user-story definitions, including acceptance criteria that map to CA technology platforms to ensure feasible designs.
Review work and represent product updates regularly with product leadership and to get stakeholder alignment at key milestones. Manage feedback and negotiate priorities and direction to achieve product and organizational objectives.
Effectively use product management and development tools and processes
Partner with field and go-to-market teams to provide written information and presentations about your initiatives and major features.
Required Job Skills and Abilities:
Process: strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, and user-centered product definition.
Technical: solid understanding of architecture of relevant system and data structures; AI/ML concepts relevant to chatbot products; can understand trade-offs in tech choices with engineering; advanced skills in translating business and UX objectives into technical requirements.
Customer Focus: strong understanding of customers/users and market; proficient in research and data analysis, skilled in using customer insights to shape product
Strategic Agility: can evaluate the value of creative ideas within the context of market dynamics/direction and propose innovative ideas across owned product areas.
Managing Vision and Purpose: ability to create a compelling vision or sense of purpose and clearly communicate it to the organization, providing guidance to initiative teams.
Communication Skills: strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior leaders; skilled presenter to small and large groups, on both simple and complex topics, with flexibility to adapt to and manage discussion for unexpected issues/topics.
Decision Quality & Problem Solving: skilled at leveraging deep technical knowledge, analytical rigor, and cross-functional collaboration to solve complex product challenges and drive high-impact decisions; able to synthesize data, user insights, and stakeholder input to deliver scalable, technically sound solutions that align with product and business goals.
Conflict Management: can quickly understand diverse views, establish trust, and negotiate solutions for initiative-related issues.
Organizational Agility: ability to understand organizational culture and processes to get things done through normal channels.
Building Effective Teams: Can organize people into teams, acknowledge wins and successes, and promote team continuity and cohesiveness.
Learning on the Fly: can independently and confidently learn and apply new things when faced with challenges and new/unfamiliar tasks and responsibilities; able to quickly understand the essence and the underlying structure of things.
Productivity: can set clear goals, priorities, and plans for self and teams; able to anticipate obstacles and prepare contingency plans to keep everyone on track.
Industry: strong knowledge of EdTech products and competitors. familiarity with AI-powered learning tools preferred.
Tools: proficient with business productivity applications; established skills using product management and development tools.
Required Education and Experience:
Bachelor's/ Masters in Computer science / Eduction /MBA
6+ years of experience in edtech or related software development, with experience working on globally distributed teams.. with at least 2 years working on AI-, data-, or ML-powered products.
Product management or development experience with another EdTech product preferred.
Experience managing larger products through execution and launch.
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Experience with responsible AI practices, including bias analysis, explainability, and governance. Strong ability to translate technical concepts into clear product decisions and user-focused outcomes. Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, data science, design, and research teams. Proven track record of shipping complex products from concept through launch and iteration. Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
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What We Do
At Curriculum Associates, we believe in the potential of every child and are changing the face of education technology with award-winning learning programs like i-Ready that serve a third of the nation’s K–8 students. For more than 50 years, our commitment to making classrooms better places, serving educators, and supporting equitable learning experiences for all students has driven the continuous improvement of our innovative programs. Our data-driven, research-backed cloud technology products transform how students learn, creating an environment where every child can thrive and rise to their potential. Based in North Billerica, Massachusetts, and with offices and remote employees throughout the United States, Curriculum Associates has been awarded many recognitions as a top employer. Our team of more than 2,000 employees is composed of lifelong learners who stand behind this mission, working tirelessly to serve the educational community with world-class programs and support every day. If this speaks to you, we welcome you to explore opportunities on our team.
Why Work With Us
Curriculum Associates is a mission-driven company that adheres to the tenets of conscious capitalism and a belief that businesses thrive when they put impact and people first. This means that we consider how every decision will impact our employees, the educators and children we serve, and the communities in which we operate.
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