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Senior Product Manager, Mastering
Pearson
Boston, MA, United States
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Description
At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small.
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Product Manager, Mastering:
We seek a product manager to join the highly successful team responsible for the development of the Mastering learning application. With over 2M+ registrations per year, Mastering is the world’s leading online homework, tutorial, and assessment system for science and engineering. Mastering is designed to increase engagement before, during, and after class to improve student outcomes. As a Mastering product manager, you will work with a cross-functional team to develop simple and elegant solutions to current challenges in the higher education science and engineering markets.
The ideal candidate must be comfortable with a high degree of product ownership and be able to manage and deliver on multiple projects efficiently and effectively, while maintaining high product quality and customer value. They should be a creative thinker, who can effectively communicate product vision across multiple cross-functional teams. Experience in higher education with a deep understanding of the teaching and learning challenges present in today’s college classrooms is a plus.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Act as a product owner within our Agile development team
• Drive a solution set from conception to implementation
• Create visual prototypes and design specifications
• Create and manage a user-story backlog
• Deliver a high-quality customer experience
• Communicate the status of product deliverables to stakeholders
• Become an expert with respect to the Mastering product, our customers and our competition
QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Strong technical or scientific background
• 3-5+ years of software product management experience
• Experience working within an Agile environment
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Top-notch problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Excellent teamwork skills, positive attitude and a sense of humor
• Product development experience in educational technology
• Ability to deliver a compelling presentation in front of small and large groups
• This position requires travel to customer and non-customer sites in North America (10%)