Fast Facts

Khan Academy is seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive international educational solutions. This role focuses on scaling K-14 learning products for global impact, especially in partnership with local teams in various countries.

Responsibilities: Define and implement product vision and strategy, address scaling challenges, lead product execution, drive cross-team alignment, ensure successful rollouts, and communicate product impact to stakeholders.

Skills: 5+ years of experience in product management within K-12 edtech, strong communication skills, proven track record of managing successful software products, and deep understanding of international educational contexts.

Qualifications: Proven experience managing cross-functional teams, designing platforms with reporting capabilities, data analysis skills, and a deep empathy for global educational challenges.

Location: Remote friendly (US + Canada Only)

Compensation: $127423 - $159279 / Annually

ABOUT KHAN ACADEMY

Khan Academy is a nonprofit with the mission to deliver a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. Our proven learning platform offers free, high-quality supplemental learning content and practice that cover Pre-K - 12th grade and early college core academic subjects, focusing on math and science. We have over 181 million registered learners globally and are committed to improving learning outcomes for students worldwide, focusing on learners in historically under-resourced communities.

OUR COMMUNITY 

Our students, teachers, and parents come from all walks of life, and so do we. Our team includes people from academia, traditional/non-traditional education, big tech companies, and tiny startups. We hire great people from diverse backgrounds and experiences because it makes our company stronger. We value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as necessary to achieve our mission and impact the communities we serve. We know that transforming education starts in-house with learning about ourselves and our colleagues. We strive to be world-class in investing in our people and commit to developing you as a professional.

THE ROLE

At Khan Academy, we are looking to drive systemic, country-based change internationally through a network of local teams and partners supported by the Khan Academy team. We currently have teams and partners in India, Peru, Brazil, Vietnam and the Philippines who are focused on implementing Khan Academy in government schools. 

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to scale engaging and efficacious K-14 learning solutions for International reach and impact. The primary focus of this role is managing product capabilities that help scale Khan Academy for International Districts, grassroots teachers and learners, and specifically address the needs of teams and partners in administering the product effectively for their district classrooms. 

You will:

• Define product vision and strategy: Establish the end-to-end product strategy and user experience to scale Khan Academy’s products for international reach and engagement.
• Address scaling challenges and opportunities: Partner with international teams and functional teams (legal, privacy, content) to ensure alignment on product roadmap, dependencies and risks related to:
• Enablement: Partner teams implementing and supporting Khan Academy in their regions.
• Rostering & Operations: IT teams managing setup with support from Khan’s rostering specialists.
• Instructional Administration: Tasks such as instructional coaching, classroom observations, and data analysis to inform professional learning and curriculum decisions.
• Lead product execution: Own requirements, roadmap, research, communication, and trade-offs to enable rapid build–measure–learn cycles while maintaining enterprise-grade stability.
• Drive alignment across product teams: Partner with other PMs to ensure international needs are appropriately prioritized into dependent product team roadmaps; track and manage issues/risks related to International product roadmap. 
• Own outcomes: Deliver product capabilities that expand international reach and deepen engagement in alignment to strategic objectives.
• Champion the International regions: Leverage qualitative and quantitative insights to represent the voice of international partners and drive continuous product improvement.
• Manage rollouts: Track timelines for launches, pilots, and district implementations, ensuring alignment across product, support, and international teams.
• Communicate impact: Share progress and outcomes with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Support teams: Help internal partners resolve technical issues raised by their districts.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 5+ years experience in product management (especially K-12 edtech)
• Proven history of managing and shipping successful software products with cross-functional teams, at scale, including outside U.S. to rest of world
• Experience designing & building a platform with reporting and insights capabilities
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate a vision and strategy
• Experience working closely with engineers and designers on technical, architectural problems
• Strong data, metrics, and analysis skills
• Deep empathy for teachers and administrators around the world and a curiosity about what makes a great classroom experience 
• You love learning and are excited about helping others learn to love learning. You’re motivated to learn new things, experiment, and share what you learn with the world
• Relevant or transferrable experience is preferred (for example: background in edtech, teaching, and tutoring, experience working in international educational contexts)
• Deep passion for what makes a great educational technology as well as a desire to help Khan Academy bring a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere
• Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of other, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization

PERKS AND BENEFITS

We may be a non-profit, but we reward our talented team extremely well! We offer:

• Competitive salaries
• Ample paid time off as needed – Your well-being is a priority
• 8 pre-scheduled Wellness Days in 2026 occurring on a Monday or a Friday for a 3-day weekend boost
• Remote-first culture - that caters to your time zone, with open flexibility as needed, at times
• Generous parental leave
• An exceptional team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to do your best
• The chance to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on high-impact products that are already defining the future of education
• Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups
• And we offer all those other typical benefits as well: 401(k) + 4% matching & comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and life

At Khan Academy we are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, the well-being of our employees, and our Khan community. This belief is why we have built out a robust Total Rewards package that includes competitive base salaries, and extensive benefits and perks to support physical, mental, and financial well-being.

The target salary range for this position is $127,423 - $159,279 USD / $172,188 - $215,235 CAD. The pay range for this position is a general guideline only. The salary offered will depend on internal pay equity and the candidate’s relevant skills, experience, qualifications, and job market data. 

MORE ABOUT US

• Sal’s TED talk from 2011
• Sal’s TED talk from 2015
• Sal's TED talk from 2023
• Our team: http://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team

OUR COMPANY VALUES

Live & breathe learners

We deeply understand and empathize with our users. We leverage user insights, research, and experience to build content, products, services, and experiences that our users trust and love. Our success is defined by the success of our learners and educators.

Take a stand

As a company, we have conviction in our aspirational point of view of how education will evolve. The work we do is in service to moving towards that point of view. However, we also listen, learn and flex in the face of new data, and commit to evolving this point of view as the industry and our users evolve.

Embrace diverse perspectives

We are a diverse community. We seek out and embrace a diversity of voices, perspectives and life experiences leading to stronger, more inclusive teams and better outcomes. As individuals, we are committed to bringing up tough topics and leaning into different points of view with curiosity. We actively listen, learn and collaborate to gain a shared understanding. When a decision is made, we commit to moving forward as a united team.

Work responsibly and sustainably

We understand that achieving our audacious mission is a marathon, so we set realistic timelines and we focus on delivery that also links to the bigger picture. As a non-profit, we are supported by the generosity of donors as well as strategic partners, and understand our responsibility to our finite resources. We spend every dollar as though it were our own. We are responsible for the impact we have on the world and to each other. We ensure our team and company stay healthy and financially sustainable.

Bring out the joy

We are committed to making learning a joyful process. This informs what we build for our users and the culture we co-create with our teammates, partners and donors.

Cultivate learning mindset

We believe in the power of growth for learners and for ourselves. We constantly learn and teach to improve our offerings, ourselves, and our organization. We learn from our mistakes and aren’t afraid to fail. We don't let past failures or successes stop us from taking future bold action and achieving our goals.

Deliver wow

We insist on high standards and deliver delightful, effective end-to-end experiences that our users can rely on. We choose to focus on fewer things — each of which aligns to our ambitious vision — so we can deliver high-quality experiences that accelerate positive measurable learning with our strategic partners.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we encourage candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply.

As part of this commitment, Khan Academy will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact [email protected]