Senior Manager, Production & Release Management

Edmentum

22h•$100,000 - $110,000•Remote

About The Position

Edmentum is a dynamic educator and student-focused company dedicated to tech-enabled learning solutions. Our goal is to ensure that all students have access to flexible learning environments and educators have the tools they need to support their students. We are on a mission to create innovative, proven learning technology, partnering with educators to ignite student potential. We are a Remote First organization with a strong commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction. As Senior Manager, Production & Release Management, you'll lead the team that gets Courses & Career products out the door. Every course educators use started as a production plan your team owned. You'll decide how the work gets sequenced, what the quality bar is, and where AI and automation can take manual effort out of the process. You'll work shoulder to shoulder with Product and Program Management to make delivery dates real, and you'll grow a team that can handle a portfolio that keeps getting bigger.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, master's or equivalent experience preferred, and 8 or more years in education, curriculum development, or content production.
5 or more years of operational leadership experience, including managing a team directly.
Experienced people leader who sets clear expectations, gives honest feedback, and develops the people around you.
Knowledge of content production, from multimedia workflows to LMS platforms.
Understanding of what a clean release takes, including quality gates, versioning, and publishing.
Ability to keep several projects moving at once in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment without losing the thread.
Ability to solve problems that cross team lines and make the fix stick.
Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences alike.
Ability to build strong working relationships with internal partners, vendors, and contractors.
Energized by AI and emerging technology and know how to put it to work to scale production and elevate quality.
Ability to pick up new tools and systems quickly.
Willingness to take on evolving responsibilities based on business needs.

Responsibilities

Lead the building, testing, publishing, and release of Courses & Career products, turning roadmap priorities into production plans and release milestones.
Manage, coach, and grow the Production and Release Management team, setting expectations and building capability across concurrent releases.
Partner with Product Management, Program Management, and content teams to align scope, sequencing, and delivery dates with real capacity.
Own catalog integrity end to end, including release, retirement, and decommissioning of offerings.
Bring AI and automation into production and release workflows to lift throughput and quality.
Manage vendors and contractors who support scaled production, holding them to clear scope and quality expectations.
Communicate status, risks, and constraints to leadership, and respond to external changes such as state standard revisions.