Newsela

Associate Product Manager

Newsela

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $80,000 - $90,000 per year

Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

About the role

  • Join Newsela's User Management team focused on core identity and onboarding systems
  • Optimize user sign-up and account setup flows to improve conversion and reduce friction
  • Ensure data integrity by collaborating with data team to produce clean, reliable analytics data
  • Partner with engineering to define requirements and prioritize backlog for identity, access, and management systems
  • Own back-office tooling for Customer Support and Integrations teams, discovering pain points and building solutions
  • Translate product strategy into detailed user stories and work hands-on with engineering to launch
  • Report to a Principal Product Manager and receive mentorship and coaching

Requirements

  • 1+ years of experience in product management or a related role such as business analyst, product operations, project management, or software engineering
  • Strong desire to work on technical products; excited by system architecture, APIs, and complex data flows
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and a highly analytical mindset
  • User empathy for varied users (teachers, support agents)
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Bias for action and passion for learning and growing in product management
  • Bonus points: Experience with identity and authentication systems (SSO, OAuth, Rostering)
  • Bonus points: Familiarity with API-driven products or software integrations
  • Bonus points: Previous experience in the EdTech industry