Job description
Wyzant is the web’s largest tutor marketplace. Our 65,000+ tutors help K-12 students, college students, and adults succeed in school and achieve their life goals. As successful as Wyzant already is, there is still great potential to expand our reach and help even more learners. We will do this by making the user experience even more compelling and by offering new services to meet the needs of a greater variety of learners. #LI-CC1
This is a full-time position in our Raleigh, NC area office. The work schedule for this role is Monday-Friday in the office with the option to work from home one day per week.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING
- Assist in overseeing the product’s evolution, helping to determine which developments will make the greatest impact, and seeing them through to completion
- Understand the Wyzant platform at a deep technical level, and become an expert on Wyzant’s diverse user base to define product requirements and written specifications
- Work cross-functionally with teams across our organization, including engineering, customer success, sales and marketing to develop and test the right solutions
- Manage the gathering and analysis of user data after features launch to inform further product decisions
- Provide ongoing status reports and recommendations to product team leadership
- Serve as a problem solver and point of contact, collaborating with, and managing internal stakeholders to achieve the greatest positive impact for users
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- BA/BS degree in STEM or related field
- 3+ years of experience in product management
- Proven success leading product teams to both build the right thing - and build the thing right
- Strong analytical skills - ability to provide high quality, efficient, creative solutions to complex problems
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, especially engineering
- Strong communication skills
- Highly motivated with a resourceful, “figure-it-out” approach
- Creativity, open-mindedness, and an unfailingly positive attitude
ABOUT IXL LEARNING
IXL Learning is the country’s largest EdTech company. We reach millions of learners through our diverse range of products. For example:
- 1 in 4 students in the United States uses IXL.com
- Rosetta Stone provides an immersive learning experience for 25 languages
- Wyzant is the nation’s largest community of tutors, covering 300+ subjects
- Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) is a comprehensive marketplace for millions of educator-created resources
Our mission is to create innovative products that will make a real, positive difference for learners and educators and we’re looking for passionate, mission-minded people to join us in achieving this goal. We have a unique culture at IXL that fosters collaboration and the open exchange of ideas. We value our team and treat one another with kindness and respect. We approach our work with passion, tenacity, and authenticity. We find it immensely satisfying to develop products that impact the lives of millions and we are eager to have you join our team.
At IXL, we value diversity in age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, political and religious beliefs, and life experience, and we are proud to promote a work environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work. IXL Learning is an equal opportunity employer.
