Director Product Management

Director of Literacy SolutionsWhen you join Renaissance, you join a global leader in pre-K12 education technology Renaissance's solutions help educators analyze, customize, and plan personalized learning paths for students, allowing time for what matterscreating energizing learning experiences in the classroom. Our fiercely passionate employees and educational partners have helped drive phenomenal student growth, with Renaissance solutions being used in over one-third of US schools and in more than 100 countries worldwide. Every day, we are connected to our mission by exemplifying our values: trust each other, win together, strive for the best, own our actions, and grow and evolve.Renaissance strives to be a leader in the Literacy space by creating flexible solutions that meet the assessment and instructional needs of customers. As Director, Literacy Solutions, you will develop short and long term product strategy and collaborate cross-functionally to build consensus and ensure execution. You will coordinate the work of GTM teams and represent the needs of Literacy across the Renaissance organization.Role ResponsibilitiesDevelop, maintain, and communicate on the Literacy solution vision and strategy.Own Literacy product strategy in the US market, working closely with Product teams to plan roadmaps.Collaborate with other product teams to drive strategic integrations.Create a short-term, medium-term, long term strategic plan for Literacy solution.Define, track, analyze, and take action on key metrics for Literacy solutions to assess the effectiveness of cross-functional efforts.Foster cross-functional collaboration and motivation of the Literacy solution team to align market research, product developments, internal resources, and enablement support, and external resources and customer education.Serve as SME for Literacy product developments and product-related GTM conversations and actions.Support overall product road mapping across the organization, to ensure alignment and accountability to the evolving solution.Drive M&A activity in the Literacy space across the portfolio, ensuring alignment, business value, and organizational implementation.Communicate clearly and efficiently with stakeholders about strategy, progress, and needs at the VP and SVP level.Has a deep understanding of the marketcustomer needs, trends, competitionand stays up-to-date on industry trends to ensure they are reflected in product and solution strategy.Has deep product knowledge across solution and acts as a product expert for both internal and external audiences (product demos, trainings, integration planning).Has a solid understanding of Renaissance strategy, business practices, products, services, audience and how they relate to own work.Has and can build strong relationships across teams to collaborate, motivate, influence, and represent team accomplishments and needs across Renaissance.QualificationsBachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university, 5+ years product management or product strategy experience.Proficient with MS Office and Google Drive applications.Willingness to learn new technology skills and tools.Familiar with virtual meeting software.Deep understanding of foundational literacy ecosystem in the US.An ability to think creatively and outside the box.Excellent interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills.Additional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.Salary Range $132,500$182,225 USD.Benefits for eligible US employees include:World Class Health Benefits: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, TelehealthHealth Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company matchPaid Vacation and Sick Time Off12 Paid HolidaysParental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork programTuition ReimbursementLife & Disability InsuranceWell-being and Employee Assistance ProgramsEqual Opportunity Employer. Renaissance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate with respect to any term, condition or privilege of employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, marital status, or status of an individual in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. For more information about Renaissance, visit: https://www.renaissance.com