About Amplify

Amplify helps teachers bring delight and rigor to students every day. We have become a leader in K–12 literacy, biliteracy, math, and science by building inspiring teachingand learning experiences based on research. The Amplify Classroom platform combines curriculum, assessment, and supplemental learning into one coherent high-quality instructional system. A pioneer in education since 2000, Amplify has developed deep relationships in statesand districts by partnering with educators to drive implementation qualityand improved outcomes. Today, Amplify serves more than ️18 million students and teachers across all 50 statesand on six continents. For more information, visit Amplify.com.

Job Description

Amplify is a pioneer in K–12 education, partnering with educators to make learning rigorous and riveting for every student through next-generation curriculumand assessment. Our captivating core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learningand inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Today, Amplify serves over fifteen million students in all 50 states.

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As a Senior Product Manager, you will lead cross-functional teams of writers, designers, interaction developers, learning scientists, and marketers to dream up, design, and deliver transformative classroom experiences.

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Responsibilities

• Define the north star - set the vision, strategy, and 12–18 month roadmap for the curriculum that aligns with the company’s long-term goalsand product strategy while solving immediate customer pain pointsand contribute insights that shape the 2-3 year company’s product portfolio vision
• Deliver business impact - set quarterly OKRs for your product area in partnership with GPM/Director; hold yourselfand team accountable for product-level outcomes. Monitor performance metricsand implement review cycles to ensure features drive customer retention, engagement, andrevenue, and team success. Drive products through the stage gate process, owning deliverablesand analysis for your product area. Partner with GPM on cross-product investment decisions.
• Participate in planning - own and execute research initiatives, develop product conceptsand plans to deliver business goals, create detailed release/execution quarterly plans with feature/task estimates in partnership with cross-functional team
• Partner with Supply Chain - collaborate with Supply Chain to define physical componentsand product specifications(e.g., binding types, paper weight, durability), balancing classroom performance/durability expectations, instructional quality standards,and brandand safety requirements, while achieving margin targets
• Be obsessed with your customers - passionately advocate for your users in all phases of product development. Conduct qualitative research(interviews, focus groups, observations)and quantitative analysis to deeply understand user needsand translate them into product priorities.
• Leverage market intelligence - continuously analyze competitor curriculum offerings to identify gaps, differentiators,and winning features for the next edition/release. Observe industry trendsand incorporate findings into future plans driving competitive advantageand differentiation.
• Own end-to-end product delivery - lead productsand the teams that create and enable them from ideationand requirement gathering to launchand post-launch iteration. Be ultimately accountable for product qualityand scope, productand organizational readiness, PD strategy,and delivery timeline.
• Lead product execution - lead ceremonies for multiple teams. Attend daily stand upsand work with APM/teams to ensure all blockers are resolved within24 hours. Clearly provide broader contextand goals to cross-functional teams for sprint plansand features.
• Harness strategic influence - lead by influence, not authority. Align senior leadershipand stakeholders(Sales, Marketing, CX) around your product vision, strategy and roadmap,and be the organization’s “go to” person for your productsand features.
• Enable go-to-market success - partner with Marketing, Salesand CX to develop positioning, internal training,and external messagingthat ensures a successful product launchand market performance.

How you work…

• You embrace innovation - identifying and prioritizing AI opportunities across your product area, shapingthe roadmap leveraging AI capabilities like personalization, automation,and prediction to unlock new value for users and your teams. Partner with engineering to evaluate feasibilityand bring AI experiences to market.

• You communicate with confidence - representing the details of your product/features to your teamand senior leaders alike.

• You promote a culture of excellence - driving a high-performance team culture characterized by speed, curiosity, honesty, continuous improvement,and a focus on outcomes over outputs.

• You focus on student and teacher outcomes over output - ensuring all product decisions ladder up to real-world value, scale effectively,and advance Amplify’s mission.

• You are a master at creative problem solving - leaning into constraintsand utilizing them to drive realistic solutions, not bogged down by them as limitations.

• You leverage data for decisions - partnering with Research & Measurementand Data Science to measureand evaluate hypothesesand releases,and extracting associated insights to inform your product strategyand team.

• You are a natural mentor - eager to share your expertise of product management with APMsand PMs to support their development.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management experience, ideally in a high-growth SaaS, ed tech, or consumer tech environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required or combination of educationand direct experience. Advanced degree preferred.

• Startupand growth experience - you’ve thrived in fast-moving environments where priorities shiftand ownership is essential.

• Proven track record of delivery - you’ve managed the end-to-end lifecycle of complex products, from vision through launchand iteration.

• A team leader - you inspire teammates, put structure around ambiguity,and align diverse stakeholders.

• Strong communication skills - you’re a great storyteller in wordsand writing. You can simplify complex concepts for diverse stakeholdersand inspire confidence in leadership.

• AI enthusiasm - you’re comfortable shaping AI-powered experiences, partnering with technical teams to evaluate opportunitiesand bring them to market.

• Technical literacy - you’re comfortable working with complex technical domainsand partnering with engineers to solve hard problems.

Compensation Range: $160K - $180K