IXL Associate Product Manager at IXL Learning in San Mateo, CA

Summary: IXL Learning is a leading EdTech company focused on creating personalized learning products. The Associate Product Manager will work collaboratively across teams to develop and launch innovative educational products, ensuring a strong user experience throughout the product development process. Responsibilities: - Deeply understand the needs of our student, teacher, and parent users, and advocate for user experience throughout all phases of product development - Deeply understand IXL’s product philosophy and strategy to make feature design and development decisions - Gather context and clarify goals for new projects - Write and communicate product requirements, conduct product reviews - Collaborate with visual designers to co-create effective, engaging product experiences - Partner with your engineering team to align technical designs with product needs and to clear implementation roadblocks - Collaborate with marketing to ensure successful product launches, including crafting product positioning and messaging - Coordinate with teams and leads across functions to share information, seek input, and provide clarity on product and project statuses - Juggle multiple, often competing priorities and projects - Forge strong partnerships with your product lead, designers, engineers, product marketers, and other key stakeholders to ensure the success of your products - Become an expert on the IXL product, and gain domain knowledge in the education space broadly - Do whatever it takes to develop features and deliver value to our users Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in STEM or a related field - 1-3 years of experience in product management or adjacent roles - Demonstrated technical abilities; some computer science coursework or programming experience is preferred - Highly developed analytical-reasoning and problem-solving skills, with proven success applying them independently - Strong written and spoken communication skills, with an eye to clarity and conciseness - Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work across teams to make things happen - Enthusiasm for tackling tough problems independently, from assessing high-level goals through to perfecting every detail - Exceptionally organized self-starter, efficient and thrives under pressure - Growth mindset; you're excited by challenges and you possess a can-do attitude - Curiosity, open-mindedness, and an unfailingly positive attitude Preferred Qualifications: - Interest in design thinking; some coursework or experience in UI/UX design is helpful - Interest in K-12 education! Classroom/teaching experience is a plus Required Skills: Product management experience, Analytical thinking, Communication skills Important Skills: Technical abilities, UI/UX design experience Nice-to-Have Skills: Curiosity, Interpersonal skills, Organizational skills, Growth mindset Benefits: Equity, Benefits