Product Manager-Curriculum

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Description

 

Curriculum Product Manager (PdM)

Scaled Agile, Inc.,  (https://www.scaledagile.com) is the provider of SAFe®, the world’s leading framework for enterprise agility.

Through learning and certification, a global partner network, and a growing community of over 400,000 trained professionals, Scaled Agile helps enterprises build better systems, increase employee engagement, and improve business outcomes.

Based in Boulder, Colorado, Scaled Agile is a member of the Pledge 1% corporate philanthropy movement, SAI contributes to the local community and seeks to inspire and encourage other companies to the same purpose.

Overview of the Position

Scaled Agile is looking for a talented Product Manager-Curriculum to join our newly formed team. Our product team is empowered to identify how the in-market curriculum evolves and plan to get there using data, field research, SAFe implementation experience, and empathy. We guide exceptional multi-disciplinary teams toward our collective vision while empowering them to deliver quality products. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to lead key aspects of our courseware evolution, and grow alongside the company while we change the future of work while using SAFe to guide our work.

As a Scaled Agile Product Manager-Curriculum, you will be responsible to set the product strategy for the company’s in-market curriculum and learning products. Product Managers will use evidence based decision making and market insights to communicate this strategy to the relevant teams and stakeholders. This includes identifying which courses will be maintained, retired or evolved. You will develop product requirements written as epics or features; influence pricing, and provide time-integrated plans for product introduction.

This role requires a high degree of collaboration and and alignment across the enterprise. You will work closely with expert curriculum developers in Learning & Certification to evolve courses for SAFe’s role-based curriculum. This role will align closely with Scaled Agile’s core teams including the Framework team, Enterprise Solutions, Partner Development, Advisory Services, Marketing, Finance, Community Success, and external talent to advance a market relevant course strategy.

What you’ll be doing

Data Driven Course Evolution Strategy - Course and Curriculum Evolution and Roadmap - Curriculum and Course Feedback - Be the Change

Data Driven Course Evolution Strategy

  • Working with customers and trainers to bring evidence-based decision making to determine in-market course product strategy, and recommend the evolution of courses to ensure our investments lead to the highest value for our customers
  • Partner with L&C to build a solid learning architecture that delivers measurable performance-based outcomes
  • Understand each customer segment for each course and work with customers and trainers to gather data and insights to guide future curriculum development
  • Take a validated learning approach to run experiments that test new course ideas and changes.
  • Assess market competition by comparing the company's courses in relation to competitors' products
  • Monitor course revenue and take up and work with Product Marketing to ensure curriculum revenue targets are achieved
  • Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending conferences and classes; reviewing publications; and establishing community networks.
  • Go to gemba with customer and partner roadshows, to gather market response to our courses. Share the insights with the Framework and Learning and Certification teams.

Course and Curriculum Evolution and Roadmap

  • Be a ruthless prioritizer while balancing the needs of customers and stakeholders.
  • Collaborate to define the evolution vision and roadmap for the overall curriculum and a defined curriculum area.
  • Lead the scoping and creation of epics and features for courses and learning products.
  • Align with L&C, Marketing, Enterprise, Partner and Framework teams, on strategic direction.
  • Clearly articulate the curriculum strategy at all levels.
  • Own product pricing and forecast.
  • Be transparent about your prioritization and roadmap process.

Curriculum and Course Feedback

  • Evolve established Scaled Agile courses for a particular curriculum area and certifications on a cadence.
  • Be fluent in the needs of the various customer segments: Portfolio and Product leaders, Technical roles, Lean Agile roles, and executive Leadership.
  • Build and foster Customer feedback loops, addressing the needs of each customer segment.
  • Prepare courses for go-to-market, collaborating with Learning & Certification and product marketing, building marketing assets to evolve courseware uptake.
  • Participate in and/or teach Alpha, Beta, First Teach and GA classes.
  • Engage closely with the Scaled Agile Framework team to help validate new roles and learning outcomes.
  • Support scripting of course micro-learnings including videos, podcasts, and other modalities to support the learning experience.

Be the Change

  • Model the behaviors, courage, and professionalism that we want our customer Product Managers to emulate.
  • Be a team player!
  • Apply SAFe in managing and evolving the curriculum.

Qualifications:

  • SAFe SPCT or SPC with three or more years of SAFe implementation experience
  • Hands-on experience with multiple SAFe successful implementations
  • Product management or Product Marketing strategy experience
  • Understanding the Customer, Product Development, Pricing, Planning, Competitive Analysis, Sales Planning, Financial Planning and Strategy.

Where you’ll be working:

This position is located in our corporate headquarters and learning center in Boulder, CO.

Why Scaled Agile?

We are a growing organization with a proven revenue model and are the global market leader in software and systems development knowledgeware.

This is a place for people who love technology environments, geek out on methodologies and are always thinking about how things can be improved. While we have free snacks and a great office environment, Foosball and a kegerator are not what we’re about.

We are a group of seasoned professionals and systems thinkers who are passionate about our mission of helping the biggest organizations in the world improve the way they produce software and create real value. We're profitable, we're agile.

If you are looking for an opportunity to contribute to the direction and success of a vibrant business we'd love to hear from you. Please provide a resume and a few thoughts on why you think you’d be a great fit. (We still read cover letters).

 

 

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Technology we use

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Sales & Marketing
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    • MarketoLead Gen

Location

We are located in Northeast Boulder, situated on the hill above Valmont Bike Park, offering a wonderful view of the Mountains. Most of our employees continue to work remotely while at the same time we enjoy the ability to gather for planning and lunch is served on Wednesdays.

An Insider's view of Scaled Agile, Inc.

How would you describe the company’s work-life balance?

There are many things that excite me about working at Scale Agile. High on the list is the fact that everyone in the organization truly embraces a work-life balance. We are humans first, and that is respected every day.

Eric

Director, Global Events

What projects are you most excited about?

Working at Scaled Agile gives the opportunity to impact global change. Creating solutions that increase the joy of working within the world’s most impactful organizations fills me with deep purpose every day.

Rebecca

Framework Team

What does career growth look like on your team?

At Scaled Agile I started with basic copyediting and QA testing, progressed to content development, and now have been a scrum master for over two years. I was allowed and actually encouraged to reach outside my lane, and I continue to explore my interests: even if that means I contribute to a different team or domain.

Emma

Scrum Master

What's the biggest problem your team is solving?

One of our biggest challenges is supporting international expansion and growth. In two short years, we’ve transformed from having English-only materials to providing courses and learning materials in seven different languages. We have more work to do but I’m thrilled that our customers are learning and practicing SAFe® in their own language.

Yuka

Director of Globalization Services

What are Scaled Agile, Inc. Perks + Benefits

Scaled Agile, Inc. Benefits Overview

We strive to provide employees and their loved ones with an excellent benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, emotional, financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. Benefit programs are thoughtfully designed to enhance health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy to find the balance between work and home life.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Scaled Agile is part of the Pledge 1% Colorado foundation. Since Scaled Agile's first pledge, the company has donated over $500,000 and our employees have volunteered over 3600 hours in our community
Partners with nonprofits
Scaled Agile is part of the Pledge 1% Colorado foundation. The foundation was created around the idea that any business, from startups to enterprise companies, can be a force for good.
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Hybrid work model
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Mean gender pay gap below 10%
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Wellness days
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Pay transparency
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Company sponsored family events
Fertility benefits
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Sabbatical
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Flexible time off
Company-wide vacation
Office Perks
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Recreational clubs
Mother's room
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications
Personal development training

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