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About the Role

As the Product Manager, Career Exploration for BigFuture School, you will play a central role in connecting learning to opportunity by helping students understand their developing skills, how those skills align with their interests, and how to plan for life after high school. This is a highly visible, mission-critical role where you will influence and collaborate across the organization, partnering with programs like College Readiness Assessments and Advanced Placement to ensure BigFuture meaningfully impacts how students perceive relevance in high school and its translation to their future.

Responsibilities

Assist with crafting compelling strategy briefs, business cases, and product roadmaps to justify product investments aligned with BigFuture’s divisional goals.
Lead the full product development lifecycle - from ideation and new feature development to enhancements and responsible sunsetting of legacy functionality.
Identify and validate user problems and opportunities through data, user research, and analytics; ensure customer and business needs are integrated into the development process.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to refine the product roadmap in response to changing customer needs, market trends, and internal priorities.
Clearly communicate product strategy and roadmap across cross-functional teams to maintain alignment and support decision-making.
Partner with cross-functional teams to develop launch strategies, training materials, documentation, and engagement content.
Maintain deep industry and market knowledge while serving as a subject matter expert on BigFuture’s platform, vision, and strategy internally and externally.
Break down features into user stories with clear acceptance criteria, developed collaboratively with technology, UX, and other stakeholders—while maintaining ownership as the Product Manager.
Partner with technology managers to understand technical constraints and drive product needs through a technical lens.
Maintain a well-groomed backlog of user-centered stories, prioritizing work based on the product roadmap, technical considerations, and strategic objectives.
Drive delivery through active participation in Agile ceremonies - refinement, sprint planning, stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives - fostering continuous improvement and team alignment.
Monitor initiatives closely to identify risks, resolve blockers, and ensure timely delivery of product milestones.
Coordinate complex technical, legal, and data-related dependencies across multiple teams to support seamless product development execution.
Continuously assess product performance through data and user feedback, ensuring outcomes align with defined goals and drive value.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in Product Management, with substantial expertise in education technology, including work across the K-12 and/or Higher Ed sectors.
Experience in career exploration, workforce development, career readiness, or a related domain is strongly preferred.
A proactive, ownership-first mindset; you don’t just relay messages, you take initiative, solve problems, and drive outcomes with purpose and accountability.
Hands-on experience working in an Agile product development environment, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.
A customer-centric approach combined with strong organizational awareness; you’re curious and adaptable with tremendous learning agility.
Strong analytical skills, combining quantitative data and qualitative insights with creative thinking to define problems and craft innovative, effective solutions.
A proven track record of building trusted, productive relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to diverse audiences.
Experience working with AI in a production environment, with a strong curiosity to learn more.
The ability to travel 5-7 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business.
A passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work.
Authorization to work in the United States for any employer.
Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, with a willingness to experiment with and adopt new AI-driven solutions and comfort learning and applying new digital tools independently and proactively.
Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal.
A learner's mindset and a commitment to growth: welcoming diverse perspectives, giving and receiving timely, respectful feedback, and continuously improving through iterative learning and user input.
A drive for impact and excellence: solving complex problems, making data-informed decisions, prioritizing what matters most, and continuously improving through learning, user input, and external benchmarking.
A collaborative and empathetic approach: working across differences, fostering trust, and contributing to a culture of shared success.

Skills

Product Management
Education Technology
Career Exploration
Workforce Development
Career Readiness
Agile Product Development
Customer-Centric Approach
Analytical Skills
AI
Mobile App Development

Location

Remote

Work Type

Full-time
Remote
Hybrid

Experience Level

5+ years of experience in Product Management

Salary/Compensations

$80,000 - $157,000

Benefits

Meaningful career
Supportive team
Comprehensive package
Fair and competitive compensation

About the Company

BigFuture reaches over 7 million students each year and is the leading free online resource for College, Scholarship, and Career Exploration.
BigFuture consists of three integrated product offerings that serve both students and higher education institutions: BigFuture.org, BigFuture School, and College Enrollment Solutions.
College Board is a self-sustaining nonprofit that believes in fair and competitive compensation.