Product Owner, Renaissance Intelligence

Renaissance Learning North America

6d•Remote

About The Position

When you join Renaissance®, you join a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology! Renaissance’s solutions help educators analyze, customize, and plan personalized learning paths for students, allowing time for what matters—creating energizing learning experiences in the classroom. Our fiercely passionate employees and educational partners have helped drive phenomenal student growth, with Renaissance solutions being used in over one-third of US schools and in more than 100 countries worldwide. Every day, we are connected to our mission by exemplifying our values: trust each other, win together, strive for the best, own our actions, and grow and evolve. Job Description The Product Owner will be part of a broader platform experience team, responsible for Renaissance Intelligence – and education intelligence system that unifies assessment, instruction, and practice. This role is responsible for prioritizing and delivering a backlog of product features. As a member of this team, you'll be at the center of product innovation and development. You'll collaborate with product managers, designers, engineers, and your teammates to take ideas from concept to reality, utilizing your full range of skills and a healthy dose of user empathy.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Education Technology, or related field
2-5 years of experience in product management, product ownership, or related role in software/technology environment
Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments with cross-functional teams
Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to translate data and customer insights into actionable product requirements

Nice To Haves

Experience in educational technology, data analytics, or intelligence/assessment platforms
Technical background or experience working closely with engineering teams on complex software products
Knowledge of Spanish a plus
Familiarity with LLM tools and a demonstrated curiosity of AI in product workflows

Responsibilities

Manage and prioritize the product backlog, writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria to guide development team execution
Collaborate with product manager to link business and technical strategy, ensuring alignment of development, release planning, and roadmap to overall product strategy. Establish cadence for delivering value incrementally, considering dependencies and roadmap priorities.
Collaborate with development teams on iterative improvements to team processes, such as sprint planning, backlog refinement, and sprint review and retrospectives, to continuously deliver strategic value efficiently and effectively.
Work cross-functionally with other product, UX, and engineering teams to deliver on Renaissance’s ecosystem value.
Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and product metrics to evaluate success and inform data-driven product decisions
Perform essential acceptance testing in partnership with development teams and QA prior to release
Communicate releases to broader business, in partnership with product manager.