Technical Product Manager

Company: McGraw Hill
Location: Irvine
Posted on: January 23, 2023

Job Description:

Overview

Build the Future
At McGraw-Hill, we care about helping the millions of teachers and students worldwide who use our products. With the increasing demand for our digital learning solutions, Technical Product Managers execute on our mission to create intuitive and effective learning tools, content, and products that support our users' teaching and learning journeys.

Make an Impact
As a Technical Product Manager, you will work on our award-winning learning platform, ALEKS (www.aleks.com). Your mission will be to collaborate with development teams and business unit partners to discover, prioritize, and deliver viable solutions that will delight our customers and improve learning outcomes. In particular, we're looking for candidates who have prior experience building educational technology products for Grades K-5.

This role is US remote eligible.

What You'll Do

• Work with business unit partners, Implementation, Customer Support, and, of course, customers, to uncover and understand customers' problems and needs
• Work with UX and Engineering to find and design solutions
• Work with User Research to test hypotheses and validate/invalidate proposed solutions
• Work with Engineering and QA to plan, build, and test your product
• Work with Content Development to successfully integrate and release content into the ALEKS platform
• Work with Product Marketing to position and communicate on your product
• Work with Technical Writing and Training to create release documentation for new products and train internal teams on them
• Be a mentor and leader for your team
• Set the product plan and priorities for your team and own the delivery
• Manage up and manage across teams What We Value/What You'll Need
  • Prior success defining and launching products and features
  • Passion for product, tech, business, and user experience
  • Leadership skills: the ability to influence and inspire your team
  • Technical prowess: you don't need to code, but you shouldn't be afraid of diving into technical issues and then be able to explain technical concepts in non-technical terms to business partners and customers
  • Attention to detail, ability to analyze complex systems, and expertise at managing multiple projects concurrently
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse personalities and skill sets
  • Ability to build a product plan and explain the "why" to your team, peers, and stakeholders
  • Experience articulating objectives and measuring your success The average base salary range for this position is around $115,000 -$140,000 annually, however, base salary pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. An annual bonus plan may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical and/or other benefits depending on the position offered. This information is provided per the New York City Pay Transparency Bill and the Colorado Equal Pay Act.
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