Product Owner (Digital Product)

The role

You will shape and support the continuous improvement of Really Great Reading's digital learning platforms, working with engineers, curriculum experts, designers and other teams. You will frame problems, write briefs, prototype solutions and use product data and educator feedback to guide priorities.

What you will do

• Partner with curriculum, digital content, UX research and business leaders to define clear problems
• Write concise briefs on problems, intended outcomes, evidence and constraints
• Shape solutions with senior engineers within the time available for a build cycle
• Sketch user flows, surface technical dependencies and evaluate tradeoffs
• Triage escalated product questions, reported issues and enhancement requests
• Analyze product usage and educator feedback to assess adoption and impact
• Create wireframes, user flows and interactive prototypes, including with AI-assisted tools
• Champion accessible experiences and support WCAG compliance
• Communicate product decisions and tradeoffs to technical and nontechnical audiences
• Translate functionality into release notes, FAQs and internal training materials

Required qualifications

• Experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager on education technology, interactive learning games or SaaS digital products
• Experience working in Shape Up or a similar outcomes-focused software development framework, with a record of regularly shipping software
• Demonstrated experience addressing digital accessibility, including WCAG compliance and assistive technology compatibility
• Hands-on experience creating user flows, wireframes and rapid prototypes, including AI-assisted design tools
• Technical fluency to discuss data models, APIs, system constraints and tradeoffs with engineers
• Experience using product usage data and user feedback to inform priorities and scope
• Knowledge of the Science of Reading, K-12 public school workflows and classroom instruction
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to collaborate across technical, instructional and customer-facing teams
• Ability to work at a screen for extended periods, use standard input devices and take part in video meetings

Nice to have

• A bachelor's or advanced degree in Education, Computer Science, Design, Business or a related field

About the company

Really Great Reading has nearly two decades of experience bringing the Science of Reading to thousands of schools. It designs products, training and materials to improve literacy and is an equal opportunity employer.