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The Role in Brief:
Associate Product Manager, Product Security and Compliance
We are seeking a talented, passionate, and highly entrepreneurial team player to take on a product management role driving the engineering team to support growth of EAB products. Serving today’s end users, while meeting the expanding needs of our growing client base, this manager will work closely with creative engineers to help design and develop technologies that improve the education industry.
This opportunity is based in either Richmond, VA; Washington, DC; or open to remote candidates.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain a product roadmap based on the organization’s vision, goals, success metrics, functional area strategies, user input, target architecture, and market research
- Drive transparency to roadmap detail, progress, roadblocks, etc. (across partners, Agile teams, senior leadership, etc.)
- Sequence the product roadmap and ensure epics, features, and stories are right sized and adequately groomed for input into Agile teams for delivery
- Write user stories and success criteria with input from Agile team and business partners
- Act as the proxy for the client or end user and represent their voice to Agile delivery teams
- Conduct risk assessments and manage risk register for each product in collaboration with legal and infosec teams
- Work with various stakeholders to build out compliance roadmap across existing product suite
- Triage and support new features and issues that arise
- Ensure smooth deployment and adoption of solutions
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 1+ year of relevant professional experience
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Proven analytic skills and ability to translate market findings into new product innovations
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects independently while meeting critical milestones
- Proven ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues and external partners
Ideal Qualifications:
- Prior experience working with product design and engineering teams
- Prior experience working within Agile software development environment
- Ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Prior experience collaborating with cross functional teams spanning development, marketing, and sales
- Understanding of privacy and legal regulations landscape as it applies to students and higher education institutions
- Certification in an Agile, Scrum, or product management framework (e.g. Pragmatic Marketing)
- Certification in security, networking, or AWS
- Prior experience managing technology-based products serving higher education industries
- Commitment to valuing diversity, practicing inclusive behaviors, and contributing to an equitable working and continual learning environment in support of EAB’s
If you’ve reached this section of the job description and are unsure of whether to apply, please do! At EAB, we welcome diversity of background and experience. We would encourage you to submit an application if this is a role you would be passionate about doing every day.
Compensation:
The anticipated starting salary range for this role is $62,000 – $77,500 per year. Actual salary varies due to factors that may include but not be limited to relevant experience, skills, and location. At EAB, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the starting salary range for their role.
This hire will additionally be eligible for discretionary bonus or incentive compensation. Variable compensation may depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
Benefits:
Consistent with our belief that our employees are our most valuable resource, EAB offers a competitive and inclusive benefits package.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance; dependents and domestic partners eligible
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm holidays
- Daytime leave policy for community service or fitness activities (up to 10 hours a month each)
- Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
- Phase Back to Work program for employees returning from parental leave
- Infertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance
- Wellness programs including gym discounts and incentives to promote healthy living
- Dynamic growth opportunities with merit-based promotion philosophy
- Benefits kick in day one,
At EAB, we believe that to fulfill our mission to “make education smarter and our communities stronger” we need team members who bring a diversity of perspectives to the table and are committed to fostering a workplace where each team member is valued, respected and heard.
To that end, EAB is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we make employment decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.