Senior Product Manager, Impact Portfolio

RiseMe; Santa Ana (CA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Think Together, a California nonprofit, seeks a Senior Product Manager for the Think Digital division to own discovery, define product direction, and partner with engineering on delivering scalable AI-powered tools for school leaders.

You will work across districts, administrators, and executives, guiding product priorities and ensuring alignment with strategic goals, while collaborating with a centralized design team for consistency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years working on technology-powered products as a product manager, product designer, engineer, or UX researcher.
• Experience conducting UX research and translating user insights into product decisions.
• Exceptional communication skills across diverse audiences, from district administrators to engineers and executives.

Responsibilities

• Shape the product's strategic direction by translating signals into priorities and a clear vision.
• Drive product discovery and UX research to inform product direction.
• Evaluate product performance and engagement to surface insights and guide evolution.
• Define clear, evidence-based priorities and success metrics.
• Partner with engineering to design and deliver solutions addressing real user needs.
• Collaborate with the design team to ensure craft and visual consistency.
• Champion iterative, prototype-driven development with early learning.
• Coordinate cross-functional alignment across stakeholders and leadership.
• Lead cross-functional sprints and manage delivery to advance product outcomes.
• Iterate processes to improve effectiveness and scalability.

Skills

Product management

UX research

Communication

Influence without authority

EdTech

Figma

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Figma

Job description

Overview

Senior Product Manager, Impact Portfolio

Think Together is a California nonprofit that partners with schools to change the odds for kids. Founded in 1997, Think Together operates the greatest number of expanded learning programs across California, serving ~100K students, and is home to a suite of additional programs that aim to drive systemic change across California’s public-school systems.

About Think Digital

Think Digital, a division of Think Education, builds AI-powered tools that help school leaders reduce administrative work, strengthen decision-making and improve student outcomes. Drawing on nearly 30 years of experience in California schools, we partner with education leaders to turn proven practices into practical technology that helps school systems create the conditions for every student to succeed.

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Product Manager is a hybrid product and design role on the product team: the person responsible for the full arc from problem to product. The role is responsible for leading discovery and UX research, defining product direction, and partnering with engineering on designing and building solutions, working hand-in-hand with our centralized design team for craft and consistency. The Senior Product Manager is the connective tissue across stakeholders

district partners, internal leadership, customers in the field, and the exec team — keeping everyone aligned and clear on what’s There are no direct reports, but this role is expected to lead the team through clarity, influence, and product judgment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Shape the strategic direction of a live product by translating early signals and insights into priorities, investment decisions, and a clear vision for the product’s continued evolution.
• Drive product discovery and User Experience (UX) research, gathering qualitative and quantitative insights directly from users, district partners, and the market to inform product direction.
• Evaluate product performance and user engagement to surface insights, shape strategic priorities, and guide ongoing product evolution.
• Define clear, evidence-based product priorities and success metrics aligned with organizational goals and user needs.
• Partner closely with engineering to design and deliver solutions that address real user needs.
• Work hand-in-hand with the centralized design team to bring craft, systems, and visual consistency to the product.
• Champion an iterative, prototype-driven approach to product development, reducing risk through early and frequent learning.
• Own cross-functional alignment across school districts administrators, engineering, field customers, and executive leadership by translating priorities into clear strategic direction, decisions, and next Balance long-term vision with short-term execution, continuously prioritizing to maximize impact.
• Coordinate and lead cross-functional sprints, aligning priorities, organizing work, and facilitating delivery to advance product outcomes.
• Iterate and refine agentic processes; identify opportunities for improvement and incorporate feedback to enhance effectiveness and scalability.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• A demonstrable track record of having taken a real problem, framed it well, built a product or service around it, and shipped it, not just planned or consulted on it.
• Strong problem-solving instincts and the judgment to navigate hard constraints with limited information.
• 5+ years working on technology-powered products as a product manager, product designer, engineer, or UX researcher.
• Experience conducting UX research and translating user insights directly into product decisions.
• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to flex tone and depth across very different audiences, from a school district administrator to an engineer to an executive, leaving each of them feeling understood and clear on what’s next.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence rather than authority, aligning cross-functional teams without formal reporting lines.
• Experience in EdTech or education, preferred.
• Hands-on experience with design tools (Figma or similar) and the ability to create or critique prototypes directly, preferred.
• Familiarity with AI or agent-based product development, preferred.
• We’re building tools for California schools, so proximity to CA is a plus.

ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS:

• Must pass Live Scan (criminal background check via fingerprinting).
• Provide and maintain current TB clearance throughout employment.
• Reliable transportation is required to meet the needs of the position.
• While driving may not be a regular requirement, employees who operate a personal or company vehicle for work-related purposes must maintain and provide Human Resources with proof of a valid driver’s license and current automobile insurance.

COMPENSATION:

Salary: $150,000.00

This is the targeted compensation for the position. A range of factors, including but not limited to; location, skills, experience, will be considered. Actual compensation may vary.

Think Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, religious creed, physical disability, mental disability, age for individuals age 40 and over, medical condition (as defined by state law (for example, cancer or genetic characteristics or HIV/AIDS), marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.