Director of Product Management, NoRedInk
$200-240k
+ Equity
E-learning platform for 4-12 grade writing
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E-learning platform for 4-12 grade writing
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$200-240k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
NoRedInk's mission is to build stronger writers through interest-based curriculum, adaptive exercises, and actionable data.
Role
Who you are
- You have 10+ years of experience in SaaS product management or similar product development roles
- You have 3+ years of experience hiring and managing other product managers
- You have a track record of successfully launching and growing impactful products and features
- You have experience creating product roadmaps, defining success metrics, and overseeing execution from conception through launch
- You are adept at both user research and quantitative data analysis and can use insights effectively to create the best possible value for users
- You are excited to tackle both high-level strategic thinking and roll-up-your-sleeves individual contributor work
- You make decisions quickly and decisively and can craft a compelling narrative to gain buy-in and inspire others
- You convey information with a high degree of clarity, precision, and succinctness, both verbally and in writing
- You are passionate about education and want to work at a mission-oriented startup with a talented team
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Director of Product Management to manage, mentor, and grow our team of Product Managers while also driving the roadmap for our product teams
- Oversee successful execution against our product objectives, roadmap, and success metrics for our current and future products
- Manage and grow a team of high-performing product managers
- Ship solutions that dramatically increase student success and support the needs of teachers and administrators
- Oversee product initiatives from conception through launch, collaborating closely with our Engineering, Design, Curriculum, and QA teams to ensure that goals are met
- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure alignment across the organization, including with senior and executive-level stakeholders
- Lead initiatives and uphold best practices that improve our team’s approach to product development
Our take
Edtech company NoRedInk is on a mission to help students in grades 4-12 become better writers. The foundational issue the company addresses is that graded papers don’t offer meaningful feedback on how students can improve the quality of their writing and the basic problem they face is how to quantify and teach according to these unwritten rules.
The solution they’ve come up with is a platform that provides targeted, adaptive practice exercises built around engaging content that yields actionable data for educators to monitor a student’s progress. It might seem that this puts them in competition with the AI-based correction app Unicorn Grammarly, but this would be missing the point. The idea is to provide an interactive learning and teaching resource, not simply correct mistakes once made.
It’s won the platform impressive funding in recent years, boosted no doubt by surging VC interest in the edtech sector that’s seen investment in it rise to over $16B globally. With half of US school districts already using the platform, NoRedInk looks set to establish a leading position going forwards.
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Company Specialist
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2021
$50m
SERIES B
Feb 2015
$6m
SERIES A
Total funding: $58m
Company benefits
- Equity package in a high-growth, well-funded startup with massive traction
- A remote-first culture that allows for flexible hours (We were big on remote before COVID!)
- A relaxed and flexible PTO policy and paid parental leave
- LinkedIn Learning subscription with unlimited access to thousands of expert-led online courses
- Team retreats and events to connect with fun, talented coworkers
- Consistent modeling of our company’s core values
- The ability to help millions of students and teachers and address a critical societal need
- Excellent health, vision, and dental benefits (U.S. Only)
- 401(k) (U.S. Only)
Company values
- Put teachers and students first
- Relentlessly improve
- Invest in and take care of each other
- Act with humility
- Delight in our work
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Jeff Scheur
(CEO)He spent 8 years as a high school English teacher before founding NoRedInk.
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