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Product Manager-Virtual Professional Learning for Educators (VPLE)

For almost three decades, Wilson Language Training� (WLT) has been dedicated to �Literacy for All.� We empower individual educators, schools, and districts to achieve literacy with all students in their care.

We started with the education of teachers who were working with individuals with dyslexia. Now, in addition to our school- and district-level in-service work, the Wilson certification models are embedded into several universities� reading or special education graduate degree programs so that teachers are better prepared to teach the most challenged readers.

Whether educators work with us in their schools/districts or at a university, our goal is the same: to give them a high-level of knowledge and skill with teaching reading and writing to all of their students.

Our company is growing and actively looking to hire a Product Manager to join our team.

The Product Manager - Virtual Professional Learning for Educators (VPLE) is responsible for overseeing and managing the lifecycle of virtual professional learning products for clients from their conceptualization to delivery. Working collaboratively with stakeholders from various internal departments, the Product Manager for VPLE develops the vision and roadmap for the use of virtual products, oversees the use of product delivery platforms, and works with stakeholders to ensure the impactful use of virtual professional learning products. The Project Manager for VPLE also provides analytical support for the development and tracking of virtual resources, provides training to internal literacy stakeholders, and is responsible for the accuracy and curation of resources within online platforms.

Essential Job Functions:
  • Collaborate as part of a cross-functional team to create online product visions and roadmaps.
  • Serve as a member of a cross-functional team to create and manage client/participant-facing platforms designed to deliver online professional learning products.
  • Plan and participate in product and platform beta testing to help ensure successful product launches.
  • Create product documentation, project plans, and other artifacts to provide context and direction to internal stakeholders.
  • Serve as literacy stakeholders� primary resource relative to virtual professional learning products for educators by providing expert knowledge of online products and platforms.
  • Contribute to and provide oversight and guidance regarding the release, launch, and scheduling of client-facing virtual professional learning events.
  • Collaborate with team members to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve problems that arise with the delivery of virtual professional learning resources for educators.
  • Provide virtual product-related training to current and newly hired stakeholders.
  • Participate in interdepartmental collaboration to troubleshoot and support virtual professional learning product initiatives.
  • Proactively communicate product vision, requirements, updates, processes, and guidelines to literacy stakeholders.
  • Plan and host regularly scheduled product-related team meetings.
  • Monitor, analyze, and report-out significant product-related statistics to literacy stakeholders.
  • Analyze platform data to monitor the utilization of, and serve as, a curator of client-facing online products.
  • Serve as a curator of client-facing online product resources by analyzing data to identify user needs and impediments.
  • Collaborate with marketing to communicate product development, readiness, and enhancement.
  • Understand and display WLT�s values.
  • Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with both internal and external clients
  • Ability to think strategically and creatively
  • Passion for understanding perspective and needs of internal and external product users
  • Ability to solve challenges experienced by both internal and external clients
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to effectively communicate product story
  • Possess strong analytical skills and data curiosity
  • Native user of office technology who demonstrates comfort and intuition using enterprise software
  • Ability to measure product health and use data to inform prioritization decisions to ensure product quality and service levels and meet defined goals and success metrics
  • Ability to inspire new ways of working and product practice techniques
  • Ability to effectively cope with change and shift gears comfortably
  • Ability to lead, mentor, and inspire team members
  • Ability to work as directed with limited oversight; ability to self-start with a strong sense of initiative
  • Strong attention-to-detail skills
  • Natural leadership instincts with a positive team-building approach

Education or Certification:
  • Bachelor�s degree in Business Management, Educational Technology, or a closely related field, or equivalent work experience
  • Master�s degree preferred.

Experience:
  • 4+ years of demonstrated experience working as a software project manager
  • Strong background in project management
  • Experience in Educational Technology

Wilson Language Training is an Equal Opportunity, Drug-Free Employer Committed to Diversity in the Workplace. M/W/D/V

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