K–12 ELA Product Strategy Advisor (MVP)

Playpower Labs

7d • Remote

About The Position

You’ll help us shape an MVP for a US K–12 audience by translating deep industry knowledge into practical product decisions. Your focus is: what to build now, what to defer, and why—based on buyer needs, classroom realities, district constraints, and integration/compliance requirements.

Requirements

• 7+ years in US K–12 EdTech product (product management, product strategy, or equivalent)
• Demonstrated ability to define MVP scope and make tradeoffs (not just ideation)
• Strong understanding of how US K–12 actually works:
• Stakeholders: teachers, principals, curriculum, district IT, procurement
• Adoption realities and classroom workflows
• Ability to communicate clearly with founders/engineering and turn insight into actionable decisions
• Background across different segments (elementary vs secondary, core instruction vs supplemental)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with district deployments, pilots, or procurement/RFP processes is a plus

Responsibilities

• Define the MVP scope: must-have vs. nice-to-have vs. not-now.
• Produce a prioritized feature list with rationale and tradeoffs.
• Provide a lightweight competitive/alternative analysis (what schools already use; where switching costs are high).
• Create a simple plan to validate the MVP quickly:
• Pilot design ideas (what success looks like in a classroom/district)
• Metrics to track (activation, weekly active usage by role, teacher retention, outcome proxies)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed