Job Overview
As the Director of Curriculum Product Management, you will help oversee the strategic development of innovative instructional core programs and supplemental products for the K-12 market, from inception to launch. You will collaborate cross functionally with editorial leadership, instructional designers, visual designers, producers, print and digital production team members to create innovative, customer-focused core programs and supplemental products intended to enhance teaching effectiveness and enrich the student learning experience.
This position is hybrid at our New Rochelle office.
Responsibilities
- Oversee ideation and planning for new core and supplemental curriculum products focusing print, digital and hybrid modalities
- Develop and test prototypes with target users to validate product concepts
- Translate user research, market analysis, and stakeholder feedback into compelling product visions
- Serve as the voice of the customer, ensuring user needs are reflected in product design and development
- Collaborate with digital production and technology team to enhance digital features of the platform on which digital products are deployed
- Work with sales and marketing, professional development teams to articulate product value and drive adoption
- Identify problems, suggest solutions, and clearly communicate the details required to build the product as conceptualized, including writing high-level concepts and content architecture
- Work with a team of editorial, instructional designers, visual designers, print and digital production team members to define outline of the product and granular content structure
- Work on ideation of multiple products at the same time
- Track and document product ideation through all phases of product ideation working with a project manager
- Present product concepts and progress to senior leadership and key stakeholders for feedback and alignment
Requirements
- Minimum of 2-5 years of experience in curriculum product management in the K-12 education industry
- Deep understanding of educator and student needs across PreK–8
- Proven experience developing K-12 print and digital curriculum products
- Knowledge of current trends and capabilities in the K-12 ELA market
- Ability to successfully manage multiple product ideations simultaneously
- Ability to independently drive projects/products to completion
- Working knowledge of print and digital product development
- Bachelor's Degree
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and product management tools
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to develop concepts into elegant, customer-centric solutions for print and digital delivery in the PreK-12 market
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Ability to collaborate with editors, authors, instructional designers, visual designers, production team members and stakeholders from school districts
Salary
$130,000 - $150,000
Equal Opportunity Employer
Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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