Playlab - Senior Product Manager
Requirements
• Comfort with ambiguity. • Ability to build product process as you go—not wait for someone else's handiwork. • Thrive when able to shape the environment around them. • Own and prioritize a ruthless product roadmap, write clear specs, work collaboratively across teams (design, engineering, learning). • De-risk builds by breaking work into meaningful increments for continuous learning. • Make tradeoffs when scope, timeline, and resources collide and communicate those clearly. • Write detailed requirements that align design, engineering, and go-to-market efforts. • Understand technical constraints and possibilities to guide development alongside engineers. • Engage directly with users for feedback on Playlab's AI tools and professional development offerings.
Responsibilities
• Drive Product Execution • Own the product roadmap: prioritize ruthlessly, write clear specs, and work with design, engineering, and learning teams to ship • De-risk builds by breaking work into meaningful increments that let us learn as we go • Make tradeoffs when scope, timeline, and resources collide and communicate those tradeoffs clearly • Go Deep on the Details • Write detailed requirements that align design, engineering, and go-to-market teams • Understand the technical constraints and possibilities, and work side-by-side with engineering • Engage directly with users, and gather user feedback, usage data, and partner insights to inform decisions • Build Product Process • Establish rituals, artifacts, and communication patterns that help a growing team stay aligned • Create clarity about how product decisions get made, without slowing the team down • Document what's working so others can build on it • Collaborate Across Teams • Work with Learning and Partnerships to translate field feedback into clear priorities and simpler designs • Coordinate with design to ensure what we build is usable, not just functional • Refine Strategy as You Learn • Pressure-test strategic assumptions against what you see in the product and hear from users • Surface when priorities should shift, and make the case with evidence • Help leadership make better decisions by bringing clarity to ambiguous situations • You Might Be a Fit If You... • Have 7+ years of product management experience, including at least one early-stage or high-growth environment where you had to build process, not just follow it • Have led product development for AI-powered or technically complex products—you can work fluently with ML and engineering teams • Get energy from the details: you'd rather write a clear spec than a strategy deck • Ship fast without cutting corners: you know how to de-risk builds and make incremental progress • Thrive in ambiguity and can make good decisions with incomplete information • Communicate crisply: you can explain complex tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences • Care about education, equity, or mission-driven work; this isn't just a job, it's a chance to shape how AI shows up in schools
Benefits
• Build the Product Function: You'll be Playlab's first PM and will get the chance to shape how product management works here. • Meaningful Scope: You'll own strategic pillars that directly affect whether educators can build AI tools that transform their classrooms. • Mission-Aligned Team: Join a small, passionate group committed to equity, creativity, and joyful learning. • Direct User Connection: Playlab's deep partnerships mean you'll hear directly from educators • Flexible Work: Remote-first environment with autonomy and a strong culture of collaboration. Occasional travel for partner meetings and team gatherings. • Competitive Pay & Benefits: Includes salary, healthcare, retirement, generous time off, and opportunities for professional growth.
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