The Opportunity
Alma makes mission-critical SaaS operational software for K-12 schools, empowering educators through time savings, data insights, and community connection. We have been the fastest growing K-12 SIS company for most of the past decade.
We are seeking an exceptional product executive to lead our product organization and shape the future of K-12 educational technology. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will own three critical areas:
- Product Strategy: Define and execute our product vision, ensuring we deliver exceptional value to state partners, educators, administrators, students, and parents
- Data/AI Roadmap: Pioneer our evolution into a data-driven, AI-enhanced platform that delivers time savings and actionable insights
- People and Operations: Build and scale high-performing product teams while establishing world-class processes
This is a hands-on executive role for someone equally comfortable setting strategic direction and rolling up their sleeves. This position is 3-5 days a week in-office position in our Portland, Oregon HQs and will be leading a distributed team (60% Portland, 40% other US time zones).
RESPONBILITIES:
Team & Strategy
- Lead and mentor high-performing product managers; partner with CEO and VP of Engineering on long-range goals and roadmaps
- Synthesize and communicate product vision aligned with company goals and market opportunities
- Oversee the entire product portfolio lifecycle from discovery through launch and iteration
- Facilitate cross-departmental alignment across engineering, sales, marketing, and customer engagement
Process & Data
- Implement scalable product processes for research, documentation, prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration
- Utilize AI to streamline product development and install team KPIs
- Guide and lead pioneers in ML and analytics capabilities, championing hands-on development of early data-driven features
- Lead evolution of business intelligence capabilities to deliver dashboards that scale from small schools to large districts
- Navigate compliance requirements to ensure products meet state and federal education standards
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- 8+ years of progressive product leadership, with at least 5 years leading and scaling teams serving enterprise software markets
- Track record of building high-performing teams and shipping successful products with measurable outcomes
- Deep experience with data structure, data modeling, and machine learning projects
- Experience shipping features utilizing ML and data visualization
- Familiarity with BI tools (Tableau, PowerBI, Looker Studio) and active use of AI tools
- Strategic thinking combined with comfort in tactical details; strong communication skills
Bonus:
- Background in compliance-heavy industries
- K-12 education experience as educator, administrator, or edtech leader
- Familiarity with Student Information Systems or Learning Management Systems
Who We Are
Alma is a mission-driven data company serving K-12 administrators, teachers, parents, and students across the US and internationally. We build teams with diverse experiences and perspectives, hiring for culture additions rather than culture fit.
All team members receive health benefits, retirement account, significant PTO, and competitive salary. Alma Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To Apply
Send a cover email and resume to [email protected]. In your cover email, point us to media (article, book, video, podcast, etc.) that has shaped how you think about your work as a product manager.
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What We Do
Alma builds critical SIS tooling that significantly improves school operations and empowers educators to foster better student outcomes, so we can create the greatest generation of educators, so that they can create the greatest generation of students.
