Director Product Strategy, Learning Hub (Virtual)

Job Description

The Director, Product Strategy is responsible for setting and driving a strategy to provide a seamless multi-product experience for Stride's consumer and enterprise applications. Reporting to the COO, the Director, Product Strategy will collaborate closely with colleagues in IT / Engineering, User Experience, Research, Curriculum, and Go-to-Market teams to ensure a delightful end-to-end experience from discovery, activation, and retention for learners, educators, and families. Success in this role requires a deep understanding of the education sector with a strong ability to center the voice of customer throughout the product lifecycle to quickly deliver and iterate on new offerings that add significant value to learners, educators, and the organization.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Drive the go-to-market teams to define, test, execute, and refine a product-led strategy for growth, adoption, and monetization that considers the enterprise and consumer contexts
• Owns the roadmap informed by in-depth customer discovery, competitive insights, and a strong grasp of the technical requirements.
• Collaborate with partners in UX Research, UX Design, Curriculum, Marketing, and Engineering / IT to understand customer needs and translate them into jobs to be done
• Work cross-functionally to guide products from conception to adoption and take ownership of the outcome.
• Lead the line of business through ideation, scoping and proof of concept to test product hypotheses and reduce product risk.
• Lead the business through the creation of business cases for product investment with the objective being to get them approved by the Stride SVP Steering Committee.
• Integrate existing and new Stride learning products into an intuitive and sticky multi-product experience for a growing audience of consumer and enterprise users including school districts and homeschool families.
• Establish and scale best practices for Product Management and Continuous Product Discovery, including high quality frameworks for documentation and communication.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITES : Directly supervises 1 - 3 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and / or contractors. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

Certificates and Licenses : None

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

WORK ENVIRONMENT : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS : Stride, Inc. considers a person's education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee's salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position's level and expected contribution, and the employee's benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

We anticipate the salary range to be $139,295.25 - $222,872.40. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual's compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

Job Type

Regular

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

Stride, Inc. is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Salary : $139,295 - $222,872