Assessment Product Manager

Achieve3000 provides the only Web-based, differentiated instruction solutions that reach a school’s entire student population–from mainstream and ELL to special needs, and gifted and talented. In addition to our KidBiz3000®, TeenBiz3000®, Empower3000™ and other literacy solutions, Achieve3000 launched its first differentiated core curriculum solution, eScience3000®, in 2011 in partnership with National Geographic School Publishing.

The Assessment Product Manager is responsible for guiding Achieve3000’s assessment product line through all stages of development, from concept to launch and beyond. This includes: identifying ways to better meet the needs of customers, whether through new products or new features to existing products; building business cases for new products or features; creating and communicating the product vision throughout the organization; serving as product owner (the customer’s voice) on cross-functional development teams; working with the marketing department to successfully launch new products or features; managing reliability and validity studies; monitoring customer usage and feedback; and interacting closely with internal departments and external partners to ensure that the company’s assessment products meet educational standards.

* Stay abreast of the educational assessment market and the needs of customers * Obtain input from project stakeholders, including executive management and external partners * Create a product vision that clearly articulates product benefits * Communicate product vision to cross-functional Scrum team; provide ongoing direction to the Scrum team to produce releasable software * Work with external partners on reliability and validity studies * Train Sales, Implementation and Customer Support on new products and features and support them post-launch

* Graduate degree in educational psychology or a related field with strong emphasis on assessment * Minimum of 3 years of product management experience in a K12 assessment environment * Minimum of 3 years of experience in psychometrics, with an emphasis on educational measurement preferred * Experience with agile development methods, preferably Scrum * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize time with minimal supervision