Product Manager - Education

We're looking for two Product Managers to join our Course Experience team, building learning experiences that inspire and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. One will focus on independent learning experiences for students; the other will build the curriculum management systems that power all AoPS learning experiences.

Self-Study Experience: The Self-Study Experience pod creates independent learning experiences where students direct their own learning and embrace productive struggle. This team builds homework, resource, and support experiences for students learning outside of class sessions, as well as self-paced class experiences and standalone learning tools like e-books.

Curriculum Systems: The Curriculum Systems pod creates the foundational curriculum management systems that power all AoPS learning experiences. They enable curriculum developers to create content, configure learning experiences, build engaging experiences using libraries of pedagogical interactives, capture learning analytics, and run experiments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Customer Advocacy: Deeply understand and champion the needs of students and educators, ensuring their voices are embedded in day-to-day product decisions.
• Vision & Strategy: Define a clear vision for course experience enhancements, aligning with broader business objectives.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with design, engineering, curriculum, and operations to deliver delightful and impactful learning experiences.
• Prototyping & User Testing: Collaborate with design and engineering to quickly prototype and test new ideas, gathering user feedback to iterate and improve.
• Data-Informed Decision Making: Utilize customer feedback, analytics, educational research, and market research to inform product decisions and prioritize roadmap.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 3+ years in product management, with a focus on user experience and customer-facing products.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly.
• Empathy: A strong user-first mindset, and a passion for improving real-world experiences for students.
• Analytical Skills: Comfort with data analysis tools and approaches for extracting actionable insights
• Growth Mindset: Curiosity to learn, with a collaborative and open approach to feedback

Preferred Qualifications:

• Education in Business, Computer Science, Design, Education, or a related field.
• Experience in EdTech, K-12 education, or consumer products designed for children and families.
• Technical acumen that lets you dive into data and complex technical problems.
• Interest in pedagogy and how students build deep conceptual understanding of mathematics

Why Join AoPS:

Join a collaborative, mission-aligned team that’s passionate about transforming how students learn and how educators teach. You’ll work alongside brilliant educators, curriculum designers, and product leaders in a culture that values curiosity, innovation, and continuous learning. Your work will directly support students, families, and schools across the country.

This is a hybrid full-time position based at our headquarters in San Diego, CA. The full salary range for this position is 116.6k-185.5k. Here are some things you can look forward to:

• Culture: Work and collaborate with an organization filled with builders and life-long learners who strive to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation
• Flexibility: Casual work environment with a hybrid work week and flexible scheduling
• Benefits: Multiple options for Medical, Dental and Vision plans   
• Future Planning: 401K with company match
• Quality of Life: PTO Plan and supportive leadership that gives you the work-life balance you deserve
• Ease of Transition: Relocation bonus (if currently located outside of San Diego)

Background Check: 

Please note that employment is contingent on the successful completion of a background check.

Work Authorization:

Please note that in order to be considered for this position you must be legally authorized to work in the US. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B. 

About AoPS:

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, we have trained hundreds of thousands of the country’s top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, through the years we have expanded our unique problem solving curriculum into more subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science.