[Remote] Principal Product Manager (Content Authoring, Delivery & CMS)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Great Minds is a high-growth, mission-driven organization focused on providing meaningful educational content and tools for teachers. The Principal Product Manager will lead the development of content authoring tools and delivery experiences, ensuring they are effective and user-friendly for various stakeholders in the education sector.ResponsibilitiesDefine and evolve the product vision for tools used to author curriculum and assessment contentBalance usability for authors with structural rigor required for downstream delivery, analytics, and interoperabilityPartner with curriculum and assessment teams to translate instructional intent into scalable software capabilitiesIn partnership with the Chief Technology Officer, directors, and other leaders, form product strategy for how authored content is delivered to teachers, students, and administratorsEnsure delivery experiences are performant, accessible, intuitive, and instructionally soundWork closely with Digital Product Design to validate real classroom and instructional workflowsInitiate and sometimes facilitate product direction conversations for the CMS, including content models, workflows, permissions, versioning, and publishing—working with but deferring to expert partners in Product Design and EngineeringEnsure the CMS supports multiple products, grade levels, subjects, delivery contexts, and modalitiesPartner with Engineering on long-term platform scalability and maintainabilitySet clear product strategy and success metrics for authoring, delivery, and CMS capabilitiesTranslate complex instructional and operational needs into well-scoped product initiativesWrite clear roadmap proposals and product requirements when they are definedCollaborate deeply with Product Design to ground decisions in user needs and evidencePartner with Engineering to make sound trade-offs across speed, quality, and technical healthInfluence roadmap priorities in partnership with Product Management and leadershipAct as a subject matter expert on content platforms for Great Minds commercial productsIdentify and reduce friction across the content lifecycle—from creation to classroom useSkills7+ years of product management experience, with senior level ownership of complex platforms or systemsExperience building products that serve multiple user types (authors, teachers, students, admins, internal teams) and not exclusively authorsDeep understanding of content authoring tools, CMS platforms, and structured content systemsStrong systems thinking—able to reason about data models, workflows, and downstream impactsProven ability to influence without authority and lead through collaborationComfort working hands on with detailed requirements while maintaining strategic perspectiveBachelor's degreeDirect experience with K–12 curriculum and assessment productsCompany OverviewA group of education leaders founded the non-profit Great Minds in 2007 to define and encourage content-rich comprehensive education. It was founded in 2007, and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://greatminds.org.Company H1B SponsorshipGreat Minds has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.