Product Manager, Core Experience Team

About Us:
Trusted and loved by 25 million educators, students, and families worldwide, Seesaw is the only elementary learning experience platform, offering a suite of award-winning tools, resources, and curriculum for teachers to deliver joyful, inclusive instruction. Through interactive lessons, digital portfolios, and two-way communication features, Seesaw keeps everyone in the learning loop by providing continuous visibility into the student’s learning experience to support and celebrate their learning.

Our Mission:
Seesaw’s mission is to provide every elementary student with joyful and connected learning experiences that lay the foundation for success in life.

Your Team:
Solving impactful problems on Seesaw’s Product Management team feels different from any other place. First, we are given lots of ownership over the product roadmap early on, collaborating on how and when things will be built from the start. Second, we have a strong connection to the user, listening to teacher feedback and observing how students and families interact with the platform in real life to iterate over our releases. And third, we enjoy ample autonomy to learn and grow, and often see ideas pushed to production in weeks, not months. Globally, millions of children rely on Seesaw every day, and we derive a deep sense of purpose and responsibility towards student learning and the product experience.

Our team is constantly learning and evolving, so we need your flexibility as we define and refine how we need to evolve. We often learn by shipping, so you won’t find an obsession with rigid processes here. As our team ramps up hiring, we’re committed to a collaborative company culture as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); surveying employees, participating in training, and learning from one another. Though we care deeply and work diligently, we also value our personal lives, families, and hobbies, and encourage team members to take time off.

At the end of the day, we delight in how much our users adore our product. It’s incredibly fulfilling to read thank you tweets from teachers and know we are building something with a meaningful impact! And while we saw tremendous growth during the pandemic, we’ve still got a lot more growing to do. Joining our team now means you’ll get to help us innovate the next features that make the learning experience even better for students all over the world.

Your Role:
Seesaw is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative individual to join our team as a Product Manager. As a Product Manager at Seesaw, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our platform and ensuring it continues to provide exceptional experiences for educators, students, and families. Strong candidates will have a background in shipping complex products at scale, and have the ability to leverage their own intuitions and experience to help identify user problems and engage with the broader team to propose solutions by imagining living in the shoes of that user.

Your Responsibilities:

• Product Vision and Strategy: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Design, Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, and Customer Support, to define and execute the product vision and strategy. Ensure alignment with company goals and values, taking into consideration user needs and market trends.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Utilize analytics tools, including Amplitude, Snowflake, and DataDog to collect and analyze data about user behavior and platform performance. Leverage quantitative and qualitative insights to drive product improvements, identify opportunities for growth, and address pain points.
• Release Management: Work closely with engineers to manage and ensure quality product releases. Collaborate with Engineering Managers using project management tools like Jira and Github to track progress and ensure timely delivery of quality features and enhancements.
• Product Roadmap Planning: Facilitate and contribute to roadmap planning, collaborating with different teams to propose and own problem spaces and roadmap items. Continuously evolve project-level roadmaps throughout the year based on insights and feedback, allowing for flexibility based on project requirements and seasonality.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as a key point of contact between internal teams and external stakeholders. Gather feedback from educators and administrators to inform product decisions and ensure their needs are met, and watch Seesaw in action through classroom visits.
• Competitive Analysis: Keep abreast of industry trends and competitor products. Conduct regular analysis to identify opportunities and areas for differentiation, leading to improvements and innovation within Seesaw’s product offerings.

Your Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in product management or related roles within the education technology or software industry.
• A track record of shipping impactful user-facing products in edtech or consumer/SaaS.
• High attention to detail, organization/project management skills, and ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and functions.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to present complex ideas in a clear and concise manner — creates clarity for teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for improving educational experiences.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, adapting to changing priorities and evolving market/business needs.

Preferred experience:

• Experience working within K-12 educational institutions
• Strong familiarity with collaboration tools, including Google Docs, Sheets and Slides.
• Experience with project management tools like Jira and Github.
• Proficiency in utilizing various analytics tools, such as Snowflake, Amplitude and Datadog to drive data-driven decisions.

Compensation & Benefits:
Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry. Salary is just one part of our total compensation package that includes equity, perks & benefits, and development opportunities at Seesaw. Individual pay decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity relative to other Seesawers. It is our expectation that the majority of candidates who are offered roles at Seesaw will land well within our salary ranges based on these factors.

The hiring salary range for this position is: $134,064.00 – $159,201.00 + RSUs

This is an exempt position.

Benefits include: Medical/Dental + Orthodontics/Vision Coverage, 401k Match, Flexible Paid Time Off, Mindfulness First Fridays, Monthly Technology Stipend, Home Office Setup Stipend, Professional Development Stipend, Paid Parental Leave, Charitable Donation Matching, Volunteer Days.

Seesaw cares about building a diverse and inclusive team to better advocate for the needs of our incredibly diverse K-12 users.

We prioritize work-life balance and actually walk the walk — we care a lot about our work, but care more about our employee’s well-being. We encourage everyone to work at a sustainable pace and have a flexible vacation policy that people actually use.

Seesaw provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity/gender expression/transgender, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/characteristics, marital status/registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, or military or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Seesaw complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.