Group Product Manager

Top Hat; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work environment

Flexible work hours

Competitive benefits

Professional learning and development

Job summary

Top Hat seeks a Group Product Manager to own core platform domains used by millions of students and thousands of instructors in higher education. You will lead a PM team, influence execs, and collaborate across engineering, data, and design to ship high-impact, AI-enabled features.

You will coach junior PMs, drive strategic initiatives, and ensure on-time delivery with quality. This remote-first role emphasizes execution, collaboration, and strategic thinking.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product management with 1+ year in a management role.
• Proven track record coaching and growing PMs, including junior staff.
• Fluent with SQL, APIs, BI tools, and AI tooling; able to prototype independently.
• History shipping complex, cross-functional products on tight schedules.
• Reliable, proactive, and able to own end-to-end deliverables.
• Able to build business cases with financial projections and ROI.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools and vibe coding.
• Experience prototyping with AI tools and presenting working demos.
• Experience building/prototyping MCP integrations.
• Entrepreneurial mindset; comfortable leading engineers and data scientists.
• Experience collaborating with executives and cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive core portfolio strategy and delivery across domains.
• Lead a team of PMs and coordinate with engineering, design, data, and executives.
• Build coalitions and communicate the product vision to leadership.
• Manage discovery, measurements, and performance of product initiatives.

Skills

Product management experience

People management

Technical fluency: SQL, APIs, BI tools

AI tools & prototyping

Cross-functional delivery

Business cases & ROI

Execution & reliability

Executive stakeholder management

Startup/entrepreneurial mindset

MCP integrations

Experience with AI-assisted dev tools

Leading engineers and data scientists

Presenting demos to executives

Tools

SQL

APIs

BI tools

AI toolsets

Job description

We are looking for a Group Product Manager to own and drive the core portfolio of the Top Hat platform — product domains where instructors and students interact in and around the classroom every day. This role requires someone who can execute flawlessly while thinking strategically, build coalitions across teams, and represent the product vision to executive leadership.

You’ll be responsible for key domains of the Top Hat platform, serving millions of students and thousands of instructors in higher education, leading a team of Product Managers. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role where your decisions directly influence both product strategy and business outcomes.

You will:

• Strategic Leadership

• People Leadership & Coaching

• Execution & Delivery

• Cross-Functional Influence & Customer Discovery

You are:

_ Must-Haves _

• 5+ years of product management experience, with 1+ years in a management role

• Demonstrated experience coaching and growing product managers, including those early in their careers

• Technical fluency: Comfortable with SQL, APIs, BI tools, and AI tools. Able to spin up prototypes independently or with minimal eng. support

• Track record of shipping complex, cross-functional products on time and at high quality

• You finish what you start, don’t let things fall through the cracks, and are known for reliability

• Experience building business cases with financial projections, ROI analysis, and strategic value articulation

• Experience with AI-assisted development tools, for work or personal projects

• Experience building/prototyping with AI tools (vibe coding) and presenting working demos

• Experience building MCP integrations

• Startup and entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable leading engineers and data scientists

• Experience working with execs and cross-functional stakeholders

_ Bonus _

• Experience in EdTech, SaaS, or B2B2C business models

• History of leading integrations or complex multi-product initiatives, with strong understanding of data interoperability and ability to present a unified strategy across these multiple interconnected products

• Experience with accounts, billing, provisioning, or other platform and infrastructure product areas

• Background in mobile product management, or leading both web and native mobile surfaces in one portfolio

• Background in high tech and/or education, ideally edtech or a large tech platform

_ What Makes You Exceptional _

• You have strong opinions, loosely held—you challenge respectfully when you disagree

• You proactively identify problems before they become blockers and act quickly to resolve them

• You bring clarity to ambiguity: communications are clear, actionable, and well-documented

• You love helping others grow, helping them navigate new situations and unlocking their potential

Why Top Hat

Top Hat’s mission is to spark better teaching and learning for a brighter world. Our vision is to make learning personal for every student. By joining us on this journey, you will find your work to have:

• High impact: Your work directly affects millions of students and thousands of instructors

• Innovation focus: We’re actively exploring AI-powered teaching and learning experiences

• Real ownership: A broad portfolio and a team of your own from day one, with the autonomy to set direction

This role is tailored for someone who brings exceptional execution, collaboration, and strategic thinking. We value finishers who move fast, thrive in uncertainty, disrupt the status quo, and make everyone around them better.

Why team members love working at Top Hat:

• A noble mission that creates meaningful, fulfilling work

• A team that cares deeply for customers and for each other

• Flexible, remote first work environment

• Professional learning and development for all role levels

• An awesome and welcoming Toronto HQ

• Competitive health benefits that start on day one

• A management team focused on performance, growth, engagement and connection

• Our winning strategy and market potential

• Innovative PTO policy with lots of time and space for self-care

• Passionate customers that believe in us—and what we do

• A chance to work with new tech like generative AI—and see the customer impact

Inclusion Statement:

Inclusion at Top Hat goes beyond compliance; it’s how we build better teams and better technology. Our Equal Opportunity Employment policy helps ensure a workplace where people of all backgrounds are respected and empowered, regardless of culture, national or ethnic origin, race, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, religion, family status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

Accessibility Statement:

We want every candidate to have an equitable experience. If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please reach out to us at [e-mail]. By fostering an inclusive and supportive environment, we unlock collaboration, innovation, and personal growth across our global Top Hat community.

AI in Hiring:

To help streamline our hiring process, we may use AI-powered tools for tasks such as application screening, resume review, or response assessment. These technologies support our recruiters by improving efficiency, but human judgment remains central. Final hiring decisions are always made by people.