Principal Product Manager job at BrainPOP in New York, NY or US National

Title: Principal Product ManagerLocation: New York, NY (Hybrid) orRemote USAJob Description:For over two decades, BrainPOP has been trusted by educators and parents worldwide as a source of engaging and impactful learning experiences for all kids. With a presence in over two-thirds of U.S. districts through school and district subscriptions and an estimated annual reach of 25 million students, BrainPOP is empowering kids to take agency over their learning and excel in and out of the classroom.The company was acquired in 2022 by KIRKBI, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO brand, marking a significant milestone as their first acquisition in the digital learning realm. We are thrilled to continue making learning fun and accessible with the strategic guidance and support of KIRKBI. About the RoleThe Principal Product Manager for Enterprise Systems drives BrainPOP’s internal technology ecosystem — leading the squad responsible for building and optimizing the platforms and tools that power our content creation, management, and distribution workflows.This includes our assessment item generator, content management, and authoring systems, as well as other integrated internal tools that promote efficiency, scalability, and quality across BrainPOP’s teams. By translating company-wide strategy and operational needs into scalable system capabilities, this role ensures that BrainPOP’s infrastructure supports our evolving product portfolio and empowers cross-functional teams (Learning Design, Engineering, Product, and Creative) to deliver exceptional learning experiences faster and with higher quality.The Principal Product Manager serves as a bridge between technical delivery and business enablement, aligning system investments with measurable business outcomes, such as faster time to create and publish content, higher content accuracy, and improved cross-tool data integration. This role will be based at our HQ in NYC or remote in the US (Eastern time zone preferred). What You'll DoRelentlessly pursue efficiency improvements to our content development processes to enable BrainPOP to create more of our key differentiator - our engaging content.Lead your squad to discover, develop, and deliver user value through cross-functional collaborationTranslate insights from internal users into product requirements and feature conceptsManage a clear and actionable product roadmap, prioritizing effectively across short-term wins and long-term goalsEstablish and monitor product KPIs, using data to inform decisions and optimize outcomesCollaborate with internal stakeholders (e.g., Learning designers, creative team, product managers) to ensure adoption, alignment, and business impactDesign and execute lightweight experiments and MVPs to test assumptions and validate new approaches to develop the most engaging and impactful education content available.Synthesize market, behavioral, and qualitative research into product insights and recommendationsStay close to your stakeholders—ensuring your product direction is deeply informed by user needsContribute to and elevate squad rituals, Agile practices, and cross-team collaborationTrack, analyze, and report on project health, delivery progress, and squad KPIs, translating complex information into clear and concise insights for stakeholders at all levels. Navigate and proactively manage dependencies across squads and teams, aligning all contributors toward shared goals.Identify risks and proactively remove obstacles to ensure delivery success. You AreVisionary Product Strategist: You craft a clear long-term vision for your product area and inspire your team to execute on itCompelling Storyteller: You connect product goals with user needs and business outcomes, building alignment and stakeholder buy-in through narrativeDecisive Prioritizer: You balance competing needs, make trade-offs confidently, and keep the roadmap focusedData-Informed Thinker: You design experiments, interrogate data, and sense when insights don’t match observed behaviorSkilled Collaborator: You build trust and momentum across Engineering, Content, Design, Data, and business teamsCurious and Analytical: You dig deep into problems and connect the dots across qualitative and quantitative sourcesBias Toward Action: You move work forward, turning ambiguity into clarity and clarity into momentumDeeply Empathetic: You advocate fiercely for your users and hold empathy for your teammates and stakeholdersDomain Explorer: You love learning about your discipline, the education space, and your users’ worldAgile Practitioner: Comfortable leading squads through discovery, delivery, iteration, and reflectionOnYour Resume8+ years of product management experience in the EdTech industry, with a focus on content authoring systems, AI generative frameworks, and publishing industriesExperience as a project lead, driving the delivery and timeline for architecture projects and deliverables from start to finishExperience building AI workflows that drive efficiency and velocity for content creatorsUnderstanding of state standard frameworks, core curricula, and alignment of content to those standardsExperience in leveraging the Agile framework of SCRUM for software deliveryKnowledge of and experience using tools including: Jira, Confluence, Mixpanel, TableauLocationThe BrainPOP team operates in a hybrid work environment: Each role has remote flexibility and an in-person component at our New York headquarters or other meeting locations.Based on the requirements of a specific role, we may prioritize hiring within a commutable distance of our New York headquarters or in another region relevant to that role. We are able to employ remotely out of the following approved hiring states:ArizonaCaliforniaConnecticutFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisMassachusettsMinnesotaMissouriNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOregonPennsylvaniaTennesseeTexasWe take a geo-neutral approach to compensation within the US, meaning that we pay based on job function and level, not location.We have competitive pay bands for all other countries based on market standards. Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including experience level, skill set, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. Based on these factors, we expect most of the candidates offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range. We recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description, as posted. If so, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate.USA Pay Scale$140,000 - $175,000 USDLife at BrainPOPAt BrainPOP, our work directly impacts how teachers teach and students learn. They inspire us to build solutions that facilitate joy and meaningful learning outcomes. Our commitment to educators and kids is reflected in our dedication to the BrainPOP team: ensuring their experience is empowering, creative, collaborative, playful, and anchored in learning and growth. Our team is made up of educators, data scientists, published authors, engineers, artists, bakers, film buffs, cyclists, dual citizens, and so much more.We value diversity and inclusion, collaboration, and learning from multiple perspectives. We believe that a diverse organization is a more effective organization. BrainPOP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Apply tot his job