Senior Product Manager

Kira Learning, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible PTO

DoorDash lunch

Wellhub membership

Dog-friendly office

Equal opportunity employer

Background check

Job summary

Kira Learning, Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Manager to own an entire problem domain end-to-end—from strategy to execution to iteration. You will partner with our co-founders and work across engineering, design, and GTM to define the roadmap and deliver high-quality features at a fast cadence.

This role is ideal for someone scrappy, low ego, decisive, and obsessed with delivering real product into users’ hands and improving educational outcomes for students.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience, ideally in startup or zero-to-one environments.
• Strong technical fluency: comfortable with architecture, data pipelines, model behavior, and UX tradeoffs.
• Proven track record of owning a domain and launching complex products at high velocity.
• Ability to work across frontend, backend, and AI teams with credibility and empathy.
• Exceptional execution: keep teams aligned, focused, and shipping.
• Low-ego collaborator who values clarity, resilience, and teamwork over titles.
• Experience with AI/ML products (LLMs, copilots, workflow automation, or similar) is a plus.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced Series A environment.

Responsibilities

• Own product area from discovery to launch, adoption, and iteration.
• Translate ambiguous problems into clear product strategies and roadmaps.
• Work across frontend UX, backend systems, and AI/ML components.
• Collaborate with engineering to break down work and ship quickly.
• Use data, user research, and intuition to prioritize features.
• Rally stakeholders around a clear vision and maintain execution.

Skills

Product management

Startup/zero-to-one

Technical fluency

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

AI/ML familiarity

Execution discipline

Job description

Kira is transforming how people learn by using AI to empower teachers to deliver personalized learning at scale. We’re backed by top investors and driven by a team that is deeply passionate about using technology to change education.

As our Senior Product Manager, you’ll own an entire problem domain end-to-end—from strategy to execution to continuous iteration. You’ll partner closely with our co-founders, to build the future of Kira. You’ll work across engineering, design, and GTM to define the roadmap and deliver high-quality features at a fast cadence. This role is perfect for someone who’s scrappy, low ego, decisive, and obsessive about getting real product into users’ hands and make a meaningful impact on educational outcomes for students.

What You’ll Do

• Own your product area from discovery and requirements to launch, adoption, and iteration.

• Translate ambiguous problems into clear product strategies, roadmaps, and specs.

• Work deeply across the stack: frontend UX, backend systems, and AI/ML components.

• Collaborate tightly with engineering to break down work, unblock teams, and ship quickly.

• Use data, user research, and intuition to drive prioritization decisions.

• Rally cross-functional stakeholders around a clear vision while keeping execution crisp.

• Drive a culture of fast learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement.

• Maintain high product quality while being scrappy and pragmatic in a startup environment.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of product management experience, ideally with startup or zero-to-one experience.

• Strong technical fluency: comfortable discussing architecture, data pipelines, model behavior, and UX tradeoffs.

• Proven track record of owning a domain and launching complex products at high velocity.

• Ability to work across frontend, backend, and AI teams with credibility and empathy.

• Exceptional execution skills: you keep teams aligned, focused, and shipping.

• Low-ego collaborator who values clarity, resilience, and teamwork more than titles.

• Experience with AI/ML products (LLMs, copilots, workflow automation, or similar) is a major plus.

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, resource-constrained Series A environment.

What We Offer

• $180,000–$210,000 salary + meaningful equity

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance, including a medical insurance plan with 100% coverage of employee premiums.

• Flexible PTO policy and company holidays.

• DoorDash credit for lunch daily.

• Wellhub Membership: 100% company-paid access to premium gym networks (Orangetheory, SoulCycle), 60+ wellness apps (Headspace, MyFitnessPal, Apple Fitness+), and 1:1 coaching sessions spanning fitness, mental health, nutrition, and sleep.

• Dog friendly office .

• Equal Opportunity Employer

• At Kira, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Kira believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees are critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

• Background Check

• Kira will make a conditional job offer in line with local, state and federal laws, and a subsequent criminal, education, and employment history background check will then be issued.