Product Manager, Career Exploration, BigFuture School
AI summary of the role
Product Manager for BigFuture School's career exploration initiative, a high-priority product connecting K-12 students' skills and interests to post-secondary pathways.
What you’ll do
- Lead the full product development lifecycle from ideation to sunsetting for BigFuture School career exploration features.
- Develop and maintain a strategic product roadmap aligned with market trends, customer needs, and organizational priorities.
- Break down features into user stories with clear acceptance criteria, collaborating with technology, UX, and stakeholders.
- Drive Agile delivery through backlog grooming, sprint planning, stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives.
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years of Product Management experience with substantial expertise in education technology (K-12 and/or Higher Ed).
- Experience in career exploration, workforce development, or career readiness strongly preferred.
- Hands-on experience in an Agile product development environment with cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical skills combining quantitative data and qualitative insights.
Technologies
Agile · AI · mobile app · user research · analytics
About College Board
Nonprofit behind SAT, AP, Bluebook, BigFuture, CSS Profile, and CLEP, connecting students, schools, districts, states, colleges, and scholarship programs.
Bootstrapped · 2000–5000 people
Source and classification
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College Readiness Assessments, Strategic Higher Education, State & District Partnerships, Legal, and Finance. About the Opportunity As the Product Manager, Career Exploration for BigFuture School, you bring a strategic, self-directing approach and thrive in ambiguity, with a passion for solving complex problems and driving meaningful outcomes. You will play a central role in one of College Board’s highest priority initiatives, connecting learning to opportunity by helping students understand the skills they are developing, how those skills align to their interests, and how to plan for life after high school. This is highly visible, mission-critical work, and you will serve as a critical influencer and collaborator across the organization, partnering closely with programs including College Readiness Assessments, Advanced Placement, and Learning and Assessment to ensure BigFuture servesHow jobs are selected
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