Head of Product

WHO WE ARE: MagicSchool is the premier generative AI platform for teachers. We're just over a year old, and more than 3M teachers from all over the world have joined our platform. Join a top team at a fast growing company that is working towards real social impact. Make an account and try us out at our website and connect with our passionate community on our Wall of Love.

Role Description: The Head of Product at MagicSchool will define, implement, execute, and track on product roadmap initiatives aligned to company goals and KPIs.  This role is also responsible for ensuring that what gets built is both valuable and viable.  The head of product is responsible for building out our processes for planning, investigating, and product discovery (user testing, analysis, data).

Responsibilities: In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Roadmap Ownership & Execution

  • Own the product roadmap, ensuring timely execution in collaboration with engineering, design, and marketing.

• Building the product function

  • Hire and develop a team of high performers

  • Establish process and playbooks appropriate for our context and stage

  • Lead and mentor our established product team, ensuring alignment, prioritization, and professional growth

  • Contribute to business strategy - pick the right KPIs

• Customer-Centric Development

  • Use customer feedback and data to drive product improvements and enhance user experience.

• Product Strategy, Vision, and Execution

  • Define and drive the product vision and strategy, aligning it with business goals, customer needs, and market opportunities.

• Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication

  • Act as the key liaison with cross-functional teams and leadership, ensuring product plans and progress are communicated effectively.

Qualifications/Competencies/Skills:

You bring the following skills:

• Communication - tell compelling stories, be succinct for business leaders and clear for ICs, bridge stakeholders and engineering

• Decision making - able to prioritize/make decisions grounded in data, not stuck in analysis paralysis – confident, gathers and evaluates data well. Know when to say no & when to elevate product priorities

• Data-Driven Decision-Making: Strong analytical skills, using data and customer feedback to inform product decisions and optimize performance.

Experience:

You have:

• Track record of success/continued high performer

• Startup experience

• EdTech experience: Deep understanding of relevant trends, customer needs, and ability to translate business requirements into solutions

• 5+ years of experience leading the full product lifecycle in tech-driven environments

• 2+ years managing and mentoring product teams, fostering a collaborative and customer-focused culture

• Recent IC experience

Notice: Priority Deadline and Review Start Date

Please note that applications for this position will be accepted until 10/28/24 - applications received after this date will be reviewed on an intermittent basis. While we encourage early submissions, all applications received by the priority deadline will receive equal consideration. Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to reviewing your application.

Our Benefits: We are proud to offer generous benefits, such as unlimited PTO, 100% employer covered health insurance, a wellness stipend, and vision/dental insurance.

Our Values:

• Educators are Magic:  Educators are the most important ingredient in the educational process - they are the magic, not the AI. Trust them, empower them, and put them at the center of leading change in service of students and families.

• Joy and Magic: Bring joy and magic into every learning experience - push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI.

• Community:  Foster community that supports one another during a time of rapid technological change. Listen to them and serve their needs.

• Innovation:  The education system is outdated and in need of innovation and change - AI is an opportunity to bring equity, access, and serve the individual needs of students better than we ever have before.

• Responsibility: Put responsibility and safety at the forefront of the technological change that AI is bringing to education.

• Diversity: Diversity of thought, perspectives, and backgrounds helps us serve the wide audience of educators and students around the world.

• Excellence:  Educators and students deserve the best - and we strive for the highest quality in everything we do.