Director of Product Management, Board Vitals at Ascend Learning, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland

Job Description:

Ascend Learning is a national leader in data driven, online educational solutions for learners, educators and employers in high-growth, licensure-driven professions spanning healthcare, fitness and wellness, skilled trades, insurance and financial services. We are passionate about accelerating learning while impacting job readiness, employment success and employee retention with the belief that our work changes lives.

Our culture is intentionally results-driven and selfless with a relentless focus on our customers. We believe in trust, transparency, freedom and responsibility with a commitment to meritocracy, inclusion and diversity of thought. Continual investment in our over 2000 employees is also a core principle realized through ongoing professional development and providing opportunities to grow, develop and lead. Ascend Learning is headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and remote workers in cities across the U.S. and in the U.K. 

Board Vitals, a brand inside Ascend Learning is seeking a Director of Product Management to oversee the strategy and roadmap for all of BoardVitals.  This role manages the full lifecycle of revenue-generating products and oversees a team of product managers and product owners.  The ideal candidate likes to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented, dynamic environment with experience building teams in growing organizations.  We are looking for a data and research-driven product leader who can lead BoardVitals’ expansion in our existing markets, as well as to assess new product/market expansion opportunities with the goal of significantly growing this early-stage business.

BoardVitals is a digital medical exam prep and continuing medical education (CME) business with offices in Burlington, MA and NYC. We are a leader in mobile and web-based educational content to help physicians and other medical professionals master their specialties.  Our team of 50+ people includes product experts, marketers, content developers, learning design professionals, software engineers, graphic artists, and more.

 

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee product strategy and the product roadmap for BoardVitals solutions


• Lead the development of business cases to support product roadmap investments, in collaboration with finance and other cross-functional colleagues


• Drive the process of identifying new strategic growth opportunities for BoardVitals across new products and markets


• Manage a team of product managers and product owners to deliver products on time and on budget, in close collaboration with engineering, content, and other supporting teams


• Manage capital expenditure project planning and budgets


• Contribute to market and financial objectives including revenue and margin targets, market penetration, and market share.


• Define and validate market opportunities, leading market research leveraging external and internal stakeholders as well as industry experts


• Oversee monitoring of the competitive landscape and drive our differentiation strategy to win against the competition


• Lead partnership development as it aligns to the product strategic roadmap

 

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree; Master’s preferred


• 7+ years of product management experience, with several years leading product teams in a structured product management environment


• Experience in building and developing effective teams


• Experience with B2C ecommerce-driven products/services and consumer-oriented UX


• Experience developing growth strategies and defining product strategy through use of research, analytics, data, and competitive analysis


• Experience with capital expenditure planning to support product-related projects


• Experience in agile development environments


• Experience in medical education, test prep, and/or CME fields a strong plus

 

Required Skills and Abilities

• Expertise in developing strategy, product roadmaps, and go-to-market tactics


• Demonstrated ability to create and implement product strategy


• Market research and competitive research expertise


• Executive presence with a proven ability to think strategically and to communicate effectively to influence at all levels within the company


• Ability to recognize business opportunities and to define compelling solutions


• Excel at translating customer feedback, data, and intuition into high performing product solutions


• Strong ability to guide and prioritize based on defined strategies


• Proven ability to drive financial results


• Flexible and collaborative, ability to effectively drive change and to work effectively with a broad range of cross-functional colleagues

 

Candidates should be aware that Ascend Learning currently maintains a policy requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated. Newly hired employees must be fully vaccinated by their start date.  Ascend Learning is an equal opportunity employer and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated where it is not an undue hardship to the Company to do so as provided under federal, state, and local law. Exceptions to the vaccine requirement may apply for employees living or working in Montana. 

 

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

 

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