Playlab

Fractional Product Manager – EdTech Deployment

Playlab

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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About the role

  • Design a domain model that enables both institutions (districts, schools, ministries) and individuals (teachers, coaches) to use Playlab successfully
  • Clarify how users, organizations, apps, and permissions relate to each other as Playlab scales
  • Ensure the model supports Playlab's current partnerships while creating flexibility for future growth
  • Specify the controls that give institutions visibility and confidence: user management, app distribution, usage reporting, and appropriate content governance
  • Balance institutional needs with Playlab's commitment to educator agency—administrators need oversight without locking down what makes Playlab powerful
  • Work with the partnerships team to prioritize based on what's actually blocking deployments
  • Define requirements for getting roster data into and out of Playlab at scale—supporting districts and organizations with varied SIS configurations
  • Specify integration patterns that work across the fragmented K-12 data landscape (Clever, ClassLink, OneRoster, custom exports)
  • Design flows that reduce manual work for IT administrators and partnership teams

Requirements

  • Have shipped rostering, SSO, or admin features for a product used in K-12 schools or districts
  • Understand how edtech procurement, IT administration, and classroom deployment work
  • Can translate institutional requirements into clear product specs without over-engineering
  • Write requirements that engineers can build from—you're specific, not hand-waavy
  • Are comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where you'll need to make decisions with imperfect information
  • Care about education and want to help a mission-driven product scale responsibly.
  • Bonus Points For...
  • Experience with SIS integrations (Clever, ClassLink, OneRoster) or identity management in education
  • Background working with districts or state/ministry-level education deployments
  • Familiarity with data privacy requirements in education (FERPA, state student privacy laws)
  • Experience at early-stage edtech companies where you had to build deployment infrastructure from scratch
Benefits
  • Focused Impact: You'll solve a specific, high-leverage problem that will unlock further growth
  • Mission-Aligned Work: Playlab is a nonprofit building open, community-driven AI tools for education. Your work directly supports equitable access to AI literacy.
  • Strong Collaborators: You'll work with a passionate team that includes experienced educators, engineers, and designers who care deeply about getting this right.
  • Flexible Engagement: Remote work with hours structured around mutual availability.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
rosteringSSOadmin featuresSIS integrationsdata privacy requirementsintegration patternsuser managementapp distributionusage reportingcontent governance
Soft Skills
clarificationprioritizationrequirement specificationdecision makingcommunicationflexibilityoversightspecificitycollaborationmission-driven focus