RedShelf is a fast-paced and growing Chicago-based EdTech company helping to make education both more affordable and more effective through the use of digital instructional materials. Partnering with more than 600 publishers and 1,900 campuses nationwide, we provide a leading-edge, end-to-end software platform for effortlessly distributing educational content.
Job Summary: Product Manager - Partner ProductsThis Product Manager role is a great opportunity for a talented product person who is seeking to rapidly grow their product management experience and have a meaningful impact on a growth-stage company. In this role, you’ll be responsible for executing the product strategy for a new area of RedShelf’s product portfolio, including the ultimate launch of new product capabilities to the market. As a product manager you will be responsible for leading cross-functional collaboration and execution with your peers in Design and Engineering.
This position requires close collaboration and coordination with customers to rapidly understand and interpret their requirements and execute and launch an MVP to the market. This is a hybrid position- 60% onsite at our new, beautiful RedShelf office in the loop - Tuesdays -Thursdays and occasional ability (~10%) to travel to customer locations. Duties & Responsibilities:
- Own various aspects of the product development lifecycle, including gathering and distilling product feature needs/requirements into Epics, Features & Stories
- Collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to understand requirements and recommend solutions for new RedShelf partner products
- Independently lead technical & requirements analysis discussions and presentations with partners to demonstrate the value and feasibility of product concepts
- Work to identify areas to partner with peers to create unified user experiences that solve important customer problems with accelerated execution.
- Capture new feature requests from customers and work with product and engineering teams to prioritize and execute the most critical features of the MVP solution.
- Help support go-to-market launch and project plans
Requirements:
- 3+ years of B2B product management experience working on an enterprise platform
- An analytical and customer-oriented product manager that can synthesize customer input, market input and technical understanding to create unfair advantage for our products
- Experience driving complex projects or programs with competing stakeholders.
- Natural leadership. You know how to influence people to get things done.
- Clear and effective communication habits that span data-driven insights, written communication (including product requirements and customer note-taking) and verbal and written customer communications to enable fast decision making.
- Experience synthesizing and presenting complex information to senior leadership
- Knowledge or passion for advances in higher educational software, course materials, and digital publishing is a plus
- You thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous and growing environment
Why RedShelf?RedShelf prides itself on maintaining an informal but fast-moving, hard-working, entrepreneurial culture. Our team members are smart, innovative, and passionate about improving education through digital technology.We offer the best of both worlds: the energy and opportunity of a rapidly-growing organization, coupled with the stability of an extensive client base, strong financial backing, and proven track record of success. In addition to a forward-thinking environment with ample opportunity for professional and personal growth, our team members enjoy competitive compensation and benefit packages, including company stock options.RedShelf is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Women, people of color, individuals with a disability, veterans, and others who would enrich the diversity of RedShelf are encouraged to apply.
