Description
At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives.
As a Product Manager, Content, at Instructure, you'll help bring our mission to life: elevate student success, amplify the power of teaching, and inspire everyone to learn together.
You'll own the content for the Mastery Predictive Assessment and Mastery College Prep Assessment by Instructure. That means setting the roadmap, keeping assessment quality high, and working directly with district leaders who rely on the results.
Responsibilities
- Own the content strategy and roadmap for the Mastery Predictive Assessment and Mastery College Prep Assessment, balancing near-term wins with long-term goals to drive adoption and growth
- Partner with psychometricians and content experts to keep assessment quality, reliability, and validity high
- Meet independently with high-profile customers, including district superintendents, to build trust, gather feedback, and explain product direction
- Help district leaders understand and act on assessment results
- Base decisions on customer insights and data, and build the business case behind them
- Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria that reflect customer, competitive, and technical needs
- Work with product, content, engineering, data, support and go-to-market teams to build assessment content at scale and release with confidence
- Partner with marketing and sales to position assessment content in the market
Requirements
- Experience in product management, with a minimum of 3-4 years of relevant experience
- Proven ability to drive outcomes through influence rather than authority, particularly in matrixed or cross-functional environments, and to build alignment across teams to deliver against goals
- Deep assessment experience, with a strong understanding of how assessments are designed, built, and used in K-12 settings
- Working knowledge of basic psychometrics, including reliability, validity, and how to read and explain score data
- Ability to meet independently with critical, high-profile customers and represent Instructure with sound judgment, without bringing risk to the business
- Ability to influence and build alignment between different teams and functions to successfully execute your roadmap and deliver against goals
- Experience incorporating AI tools and models across the product lifecycle - from discovery and prioritization through delivery and iteration
- Strong analytical skills in leveraging data to drive product decisions and improve metrics
- Be highly motivated and results-driven, with a strong business acumen
- Deep user empathy and experience building products based on user needs
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with a culture of rapid experimentation to accelerate learning and iteration
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, plus all full-time employees participate in our ownership program
- Flexible work culture
- Generous time off, including local holidays and our annual “Dim the Lights” period
- Comprehensive wellness programs and mental health support
- Learning and development resources, including professional development tools and tuition reimbursement
- The technology and tools you need to do your best work
- Motivosity employee recognition program
- A culture rooted in inclusivity, support, and meaningful connection