Vice President of Product

Location: Osage

Vice President of Product

The VP of Product is responsible for managing and guiding the product roadmap, overseeing institutional operations and development, and providing management to support the product division. This role supports the Product and Software Engineering departments to achieve mission-critical goals, ensuring that all functions are aligned to support the company's strategic objectives.

Structured as a fully-remote, salaried, exempt position. This position will report to the President and CEO.

We have been a 100% remote company since the beginning! This position is eligible to remote work from the following locations: USA.
Who We Are

AOE is a teacher's partner for life. We provide art-specific professional development, engaging curriculum, relevant resources, and rigorous master's degree programs.

MISSION:
We grow amazing teachers by providing rigorous, relevant, and engaging learning at every stage of their career.
Position Details

Product Vision & Strategy

• Inform and lead high-level product vision in collaboration with leadership.
• Conduct an extensive needs assessment with both internal and external stakeholders to determine and develop a short and long-term product roadmap.
• Work collaboratively with other departments to build cross-departmental relationships to further expand on sales, training, and development of the institution's products and services

Institutional Key Performance Indicators

• Ensures organizational plans, procedures, and controls are employed to execute and attain goals
• Meets annually with Senior Leaders to create, analyze, and adjust KPIs

Process and Product Management

• Oversee the product life cycle, from ideation to release.
• Plan and prioritize what (and when) the product teams will deliver.
• Collaborate with engineering and product design teams to ensure product delivery.
• Build and monitor plans around the ongoing performance of current product offerings.
• Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products.
• Supports and encourages the continuous training of team members

Collaboration

• Oversee and direct those involved in the design, modification, and evaluation of all phases of a specific product or group of products.
• Engage with all internal stakeholders to assess and prioritize their product needs.
• Ensure engagement with the sales, marketing, and customers to gather and promote the most relevant ideas into features.
• Go-to-market:
  Lead in engaging cross-functional teams to deliver a complete product experience.

Leadership

• Trains, supports, and develops the Product and Software Engineering teams
• Leads with a Product mindset and serves as a role model for attracting top talent.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills
• Interpersonal skills to interact effectively with the various stakeholders, internal and external
• Decisive management skills exemplified by a record of courage in the face of adversity, and with limited resources
• Proven transparency and commitment to the collaborative process in decision-making that allows for multiple perspectives
• Ability to identify opportunities and transform challenges into innovative solutions and programs that will advance the future of the institution
• Experience with leading the development and use of digital platforms and technology products.
• Ability to create a vision and also execute on the day-to-day implementation.
• Experience working on an Agile development team.
• Ability to concisely break down and communicate complex ideas.
• Sophisticated communication (written and verbal), negotiation, problem-solving, and collaboration skills to effectively work with other leaders, customers, and stakeholders to evolve AOE's products.
• Experience with key evaluation metrics that drive prioritization and continued investment decisions within the organization.
• Track record in developing and taking new innovative products to market.
• Ability to identify, own, and solve problems independently or as part of a team.

Position Requirements

While we have identified specific requirements for this role, we acknowledge that not all candidates may possess every requirement listed. We encourage applicants who believe they possess the necessary skills…