Sr. Technical Product Manager

McGraw Hill LLC.

1d•$124,350 - $142,800•Remote

About The Position

At McGraw Hill we create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide every day. We design intuitive and effective tools and experiences that maximize teachers’ time and students’ learning. And we do all of this in a supportive and collaborative environment where we work alongside brilliant colleagues, touch lives around the world, see the difference our hard work makes, and continue our paths of lifelong learning. Your impact on the team The Senior Technical Product Manager (Sr. TPM) is a results-oriented leader with a passion and capability for creating high-quality learning solutions, on-time, on-scope and on-quality. As a leader of products, platforms, and/or teams within DPG and HE, the Sr. TPM must exemplify best practices in the craft, serving as an advocate for customer-empathetic software, promoting teamwork and knowledge sharing, and demonstrating thoughtful collaboration with customers and stakeholders across multiple business units. The Sr. TPM partners with business unit product managers in the design, development and implementation of digital learning solutions. The Sr. TPM leads product configurations/programs and/or Agile development teams and may specialize in specific areas of product management, such as content development; they are responsible for driving the successful delivery of product and/or platform iterations to the market. The Sr. TPM is responsible for helping their product, content, and/or platform team(s) to define, manage, and implement innovative digital products and platform functionalities that are uniquely responsive to market demands and MH priorities. The Sr. TPM tirelessly acts as the conscience of the product, prioritizing the needs of customers against available resources to deliver viable solutions that will succeed in the market and improve learning for students, instructors, and institutions. This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States. It requires up to 25% travel for the year, and preference will be given to applicants who reside in Central or East Coast time zones.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
5+ years of experience in leading Agile-based, software product development teams and/or leading content development teams, with an emphasis on Pre-K through Higher Education content development and management
Demonstrated success defining and launching complex SaaS products, especially in educational software, to large, established user bases and with no downtime
Knowledge of and experience working on the development of educational software and/or SaaS platforms
Strong decision-making, persuasion, and negotiation skills
Ability to understand and transform technical concepts into non-technical terms that are understandable by business and customer stakeholders and teams
Experience with wireframe and design analysis, business/ecommerce/SaaS application analysis, use case diagram development, and user story writing
Demonstrated ability to lead user-centered design processes, with a strong focus on user experience
Proven success mentoring, if not managing, teams and driving cultural change; must be able to effectively collaborate with, manage and influence diverse personalities and skill
Demonstrated ability to enter new situations and drive change
Deadline‐conscious, results‐driven, and high‐performing in a high‐intensity environment
Acute attention to detail, ability to analyze complex systems, and expertise at managing multiple projects concurrently
Excellent verbal, written, demo, interpersonal, and organizational communication skills; must be able to communicate with technical teams and business stakeholders, as well as clearly document software for these audiences
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, think-on-your-feet business environment
Willingness to travel up to 20%
Jira and Confluence experience
Experience working with remote teams in various time zones
Basic understanding of fundamental principles of business

Nice To Haves

Scrum Product Owner Certification
Knowledge of and experience using the Connect product and platform

Responsibilities

Be the conscience of the product, continuously looking at the product from the end-user’s perspective and driving the complete experience to the best possible outcome for the end user. Ensure the customer experience is represented as a top priority throughout all stages of development, resulting in user empathetic software.
A Sr. TPM works on a variety of projects but is an expert in one or more product areas that may be large feature sets, modules, or services (e.g., reporting and grading, integrations, access and entitlements, accessibility, content development). As such, a Sr. TPM provides input into planning and roadmap and leads the execution of projects whenever needed for those product areas.
Partner with multiple product owners to develop a vision, strategy, and prioritized feature backlog. Resolve ambiguous product requirements to achieve a clear vision that can then be shared with product and/or platform team(s).
Develop a shared vision for product(s) through investigation of market demands, user feedback, and competitive analysis. In partnership with the business unit, gather and prioritize product and customer requirements, articulate user personas and needs, and facilitate user testing programs, including business acceptance testing and user research. Contribute to the HE Roadmap.
Own, drive, and deliver the product and/or platform cycle plans aligned with business milestones. Partner with development teams, business units, and customer-facing teams to ensure a viable scope is delivered on-time, on-budget, and on-quality.
Draft project charters, requirements, and themes/epics/stories while considering and/or incorporating inputs from all stakeholders. The Sr. TPM translates requests and customer needs into working requirements for the engineering team and works with the engineering team to ensure that the delivered product/service is in line with the desired functionality for roadmap milestones.
Oversee the care and feeding of the product and/or platform: ensure all aspects of the product and/or platform receive attention, including technical debt, infrastructure, tools, and feature functionality.
Assist in troubleshooting and resolving customer-reported issues; assess trends and suggest enhancements to drive down call volume and improve the customer experience in platform.
Ensure cross-team dependencies are identified, understood by all affected teams, and then properly managed. When the Sr. TPM is dependent upon multiple teams, it is the Sr. TPM’s responsibility to lead cross-team collaboration and coordination that results in a successful end-to-end user experience. This cross-team communication, leadership, and alignment are essential for the Sr. TPM to be successful.
Partner with the product owners around knowledge transfer and training on new product features. The TPM must work with the product owners, sales and marketing team to evangelize and explain the new product/platform to ensure positive impact on revenues and work with ancillary departments across the organization to share the benefits of the release across business units.
Lead by example and provide mentorship to other TPMs and associates; manage direct reports