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Amplify is seeking a Product Manager for their data organization, responsible for prioritizing and managing a roadmap that provides actionable insights to enhance education technology solutions.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include crafting a strategic roadmap, delivering data solutions, and managing project delivery across various educational initiatives.

Skills: Candidate must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, experience in Agile environments, and familiarity with data analytics tools such as SQL, Tableau, and project management software like Smartsheet and JIRA.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include experience in education technology and data governance along with relevant certifications like PMP or Agile Scrum-master.

Location: This position is fully remote, based in the United States.

Compensation: $90000 - $125000 / Annually

A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com.

As a Product Manager, you will step into a key leadership role in Amplify’s data organization responsible for managing and prioritizing a roadmap for our data teams that delivers timely, actionable insights. The data department works across Amplify to empower all with accurate, reliable, governed data and analytic tools to make informed decisions.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Craft Strategic Roadmap: Work with data impact partners, data teams and other key stakeholders to build a product roadmap aligned to company objectives. Ensure it is strategically prioritized to realize meaningful data impact in schools across the country and at Amplify.
• Embody user empathy: Embrace requirement gathering; discover the user stories behind the data needs and requests we hear. Ensure we are delivering a true solution to our users.
• Deliver Compelling Data Solutions: Take responsibility for successful delivery of quarterly projects, including establishing best agile practices.

Example Project(s) You Might Work On

• Enhance teacher experiences by delivering best in class onboarding and customer service. Provide leadership and managers with quality measures and key performance indicators that keep our customer-facing teams on track.
• Ensure the on-time delivery of our printed materials to school districts around the world by providing critical logistics data for delivery teams.
• Partner with Data Governance and Amplify data stewards to bring clarity to critical metrics and attributes, such as product hierarchy, annual recurring revenue, or defining customer issues through our support cases.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g. business, data science, computer science, statistics, mathematics) or equivalent experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with 5+ years of Analyst and/or Product Management experience, particularly in Agile environments
• Proven ability to lead and manage a team, including setting goals and providing guidance and support
• Understanding of basic data warehousing concepts and experience with data and analytic tools including dbt, SQL, Tableau, Looker
• Experience using different project management tools such as Smartsheet & JIRA
• Strong attention to detail and proven record of managing complex projects
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience working in the education technology field
• Experience working with data products
• Certification in a related process (PMP, Lean Sigma Six, Agile Scrum-master)
• Experience working with large and complex datasets, and a strong understanding of data governance and privacy issues.
• Tools such as Smartsheet & JIRA

What we offer:

Salary is only one component of the Amplify Total Rewards package, which includes a 401(k) plan, competitive health insurance and mental health options, basic life insurance, paid time off, parental leave, and access to best-in-class development programs. The gross salary range for this role is $90,000 - $125,000. This role is eligible to earn an annual discretionary bonus that rewards individual and company performance.

Amplify is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Amplify makes employment decisions based on qualifications and merit, and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.

Amplify is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans. If you have a disability and need an accommodation in connection with the application or hiring process, please email [email protected].

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Amplify is an E-Verify participant.