Lead Product Manager

PeopleGrove

Lead Product Manager managing product strategy across PeopleGrove's CORE platform. Collaborating with engineering and design to drive product development for higher education solutions.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the roadmap for one or more CORE product lines, balancing customer commitments, strategic opportunities, and technical capacity
Define and prioritize epics and features using clear, well-scoped requirements grounded in user research and business outcomes
Partner with engineering and design to ship high-quality product efficiently — from discovery through delivery
Build deep domain expertise in clinical education, accreditation frameworks (ACEN, CCNE, CAEP, CACREP, CSWE), and the operational workflows of program coordinators, clinical faculty, and students
Serve as a key voice in go-to-market readiness — working with CS and marketing on positioning, release communications, and client onboarding
Collaborate with the VP of Product on annual and quarterly planning, contributing to roadmap strategy and resource prioritization

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of product management experience, with at least 2 years owning a complex B2B SaaS product
Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity — you can move from messy problem space to crisp requirements
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; you know how to influence without authority and build trust with engineers, designers, and go-to-market teams
Experience with higher education, healthcare, compliance-driven software, or other regulated domains is a meaningful plus
Comfort working in a distributed, async-first environment with a globally distributed team
Curiosity, rigor, and a bias toward outcomes over output
Familiarity with clinical placement, competency-based education, or accreditation reporting workflows is a nice to have
Experience with tools like Jira, Confluence, Mixpanel, or similar product ops tooling is a nice to have
Prior experience at a growth-stage edtech or vertical SaaS company is a nice to have

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary, equity, and benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

product managementB2B SaaSuser researchrequirements definitionroadmap strategyresource prioritizationclinical educationaccreditation frameworksoperational workflows

Soft Skills

cross-functional collaborationinfluence without authoritytrust buildingnavigating ambiguitydriving claritycuriosityrigoroutcomes orientation