Product Manager

Do you want to work hard alongside smart and talented data engineers, data scientists, product managers, and designers every day? Do you excel when you are smack in the middle of a challenging project, thrive when things get complex, and yawn when you don’t have a hard problem to solve?  Do you take pride in your ability to stay organized, and to help your team build great products? Are you a data nerd at heart? 

If yes, then join our team as Product Manager (Data) as we build awesome software for schools. Our team is the perfect blend of the stability of a larger company with the agility and speed of a startup. 

At Lightspeed Systems we are on a mission to advance educational effectiveness and safety for every student. We do this by giving school staff, students, and parents the tools to ensure that devices are used for their intended purpose, to educate.    

Our products are all powered by the data we capture, and we need someone with a strong data background to be able to harness this data with an eye for how it can be turned into insights and actions. 

ABOUT YOU – KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES  

• Have a growth mindset and know what a growth mindset is.  
• Are always flexible and adaptable as you go in and out of full autonomy and then into deep collaboration.
• Relish the opportunity to be a team leader, but also like to roll your sleeves up and do the daily work of building something great. 
• Are able to help teams to embrace agility and cultivate a team building mentality to always be growing.
• Can make quick work of requirements and are a master epic and story author.
• Can conduct user story mapping sessions in your sleep.
• Are able to think holistically, in a design thinking fashion, with a sharp eye for detail and consistency. 
• Thoroughly believe that the devil is in the details and are confident you can get those details right.
• Are technologically savvy and can understand what data is capable of and the language to collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, engineers, and product people alike.
• Take extreme ownership and pride yourself on you and your team executing at a high level.
• Can manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously, from concepts to deliverables.
• Are comfortable with feedback and adapt quickly to changing information.
• Are thrilled by achieving difficult objectives.
• Have a proven track record of transforming raw data collection and reporting into a strategic, scalable data product.
• Have a humbleness that reminds you to always listen and understand before forming your own opinion.
• Have a compelling and unique point of view.   

ABOUT THE ROLE 

• Be a data rockstar 
• Develop and execute a roadmap to evolve data capabilities from basic collection and reporting into a cohesive and valuable data product 
• Be able to communicate work in progress effectively to all internal stakeholders to ensure clear alignment and prioritization 
• Oversee the design and implementation of pipelines and processes that integrate diverse data sources into a unified product 
• Articulate communication both verbally and in writing 
• Outstanding organizational and analytical skills 
• Be a subject matter expert in the power of data and how to harness it 

NEED TO HAVE 

• 3+ years experience in a product role such as a Business Analyst, Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, or Product Manager
• 3+ years experience in a data role
• 1+ year SAAS software experience 

NICE TO HAVE 

• B2B Product experience 
• Education industry experience