Product Manager

Who We Are:
Born out of higher education, HelioCampus works with institutions throughout North America to optimize financial decision-making and assessment/accreditation processes, and provide a more integrated approach to strategic planning and institutional effectiveness. HelioCampus is backed by professionals passionate about the impact of innovation on the mission of higher education.

What We Do:
HelioCampus helps colleges and universities measure and evaluate their effectiveness in fulfilling their mission by connecting investments with financial, operational, and student learning outcomes. We help our partners see the pathway to institutional sustainability.

How We Do It:
HelioCampus turns institutional data into a highly effective asset by combining powerful technology platforms with best practices from the field. Our solutions present data in ways that allow higher ed stakeholders to take informed actions and mitigate risk. We couple unmatched institutional expertise with proven data models, insightful workflows and innovative software.

How You'll Help:
We are seeking a Product Manager to join our team responsible for managing the product life cycle for our Assessment & Credentialing product line. In this impactful role, you will guide the creation and evolution of tools and features that assist higher ed institutions in the assessment of student learning and innovation of credentialing solutions.

What You Will Do:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including technology, marketing, client success, and sales to launch and develop products that meet client needs and drive revenue growth
• Establish and maintain a roadmap that outlines development and investment across the product line to ensure the product’s vision, timeline, and commitments are met
• Create and maintain product documentation, including product requirements, user stories, and product specifications
• Define and track product metrics to measure success and inform product improvements
• Build and maintain relationships with client institutions serving as product development partners for requirements definition, development, testing, validation, deployment
• Conduct market research and gather customer feedback to inform product decisions and priorities
• Maintain competitive intelligence and knowledge base with market and user/buyer
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• Participate in onsite product and client activities with ~15% travel expectation (Ability to travel by air, and valid driver license to rent vehicles)

You Will Be a Good Fit For This Role If You Have:

• 4+ years of relevant, professional-level experience as a product manager
• Strong communication, planning, and organizational skills
• Higher education industry knowledge (current institutional challenges, organizational and reporting structures, functional and organizational hierarchy roles and responsibilities across academic, administrative, and operational units)
• Prior experience as an EdTech Product Manager focusing on institutional assessment, outcomes assessment, Learning Management Systems, analytics/reporting or related products.
  

Nice To Have’s Include: 

• Experience as a product manager in both well established companies/product and start-up environments
• Prior professional roles in a higher education institution
• Background in business process analysis and/or higher education industry related experience with key enterprise systems and business processes
• Mentoring and management of product management team members
• Familiarity with data analysis and analytics technologies (data warehousing, data visualization tools)

Location:
HelioCampus has three locations, Bethesda, MD, Chapel Hill, NC, and Philadelphia, PA. This specific role is primarily remote, with occasional travel to an office or client site

Compensation and Benefits:
HelioCampus offers employees a competitive salary along with paid time off, volunteer time off, healthcare, vision, dental, parental leave, 401(k) w/ company match, remote work flexibility, generous home office stipend, and a fun, collaborative work environment.

What We Believe:
HelioCampus is an equal opportunity employer all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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