Product Developer

McGraw Hill LLC.•UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Product Developer independently develops and improves higher education products and learning experiences that solve validated instructor and student problems. The role owns assigned product components or products from planning through release and maintenance, integrating customer evidence, learning design, accessibility, analytics, author and expert partnership, and responsible AI practices. The position contributes to educational solutions for the school market and develops Science and Health curricula, helping ensure products meet teachers’ and learners’ needs. It is remote and open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related experience in a relevant discipline, education, publishing, instructional design, communications, or a related field.
2–5 years of related experience in product development, educational publishing, learning design, editorial development, or digital learning products.
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working on Agile teams.
Familiarity with print and digital curriculum design, including knowledge of educational standards.
Customer-centered judgment grounded in instructor and student evidence.
Knowledge of learning science, instructional design, assessment quality, accessibility, and universal design.
Ability to use data and qualitative evidence to make and explain product decisions.
Responsible use of AI-assisted workflows, including verification, bias awareness, source traceability, and human review.
Clear communication and collaboration with authors, subject-matter experts, vendors, and cross-functional partners.
Ability to work in iterative, evergreen development models while protecting product coherence and course stability.
Demonstrated ability to independently manage development work and make sound content decisions.
Working knowledge of digital authoring, assessment, analytics, accessibility, and structured-content practices.

Responsibilities

Own development plans and assigned product outcomes across print and digital content, assessments, instructor resources, and related learning experiences, ensuring coherence and alignment with course and discipline needs.
Validate customer problems using instructor, student, market, competitive, usage, and correction evidence; translate findings into content, learning-design, and release decisions.
Guide authors, subject-matter experts, reviewers, and suppliers on scope, expectations, feedback, schedules, and quality standards, while maintaining constructive relationships.
Make content-level decisions within approved strategy and standards, including developmental editing, assessment design, accessibility, evidence quality, metadata, permissions, and product consistency.
Use AI and automation to accelerate appropriate work while verifying accuracy, context, bias, provenance, copyright and licensing considerations, and alignment with product voice and pedagogy.
Monitor product performance and customer feedback after release; recommend and implement smaller, evidence-driven improvements that preserve course stability.