product
Posted Mar 31Staff Product Manager
at brightwheel
United StatesRemote
Requirements
- Who You Are You’re an AI-native, experienced product manager who thrives in high-ownership environments and knows what it means to truly own a core product area.
- You’ll: - Own the strategy, roadmap, and execution for a portion of our core SaaS product — from iterating on existing features to defining and launching new ones - Balance 0→1 product bets with high-leverage incremental improvements, knowing when to invest big and when to right-size - Set appetite, scope accordingly, and hold your pod to a high bar on speed, quality, and customer impact - Drive AI into the product in ways that genuinely improve outcomes for providers and families — not as a checkbox -
- experience with meaningful ownership of a core product area - Proven ownership of complex, cross-functional product initiatives with measurable outcomes - Strong product judgment and prioritization — you know what to work on, what to cut, and can drive alignment while balancing speed, quality, and learning - Deep comfort with product metrics, experimentation, and funnel analysis (SQL a plus) - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including with executive audiences - A strong sense of
Benefits
- Our Mission and Opportunity Early education is one of the most important determinants of childhood outcomes, a critical support for working families, and a $175B market that remains underserved by modern technology.
- Experience building and shipping AI-powered product features (bonus) - B2B SaaS background, especially in products with complex operational workflows (bonus) Brightwheel is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is an equal opportunity employer.
Contact
- We are a three-time Cloud 100 company https://www.forbes.com/lists/cloud100/a, backed by top investors including Addition, Bessemer, Emerson Collective, Lowercase Capital, Notable Capital, and Mark Cuban.
- We embody our Leadership Principles https://mybrightwheel.com/about/ in our work and culture.
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Additional details
- Brightwheel is the largest, fastest growing, and most loved platform in early ed, trusted by millions of educators and families every day.
- Our Team Our team is passionate, talented, and customer-focused.
- We are a distributed team with remote employees across every US time zone, as well as select offices in the US and internationally.
- You’re energized by the full spectrum of the job — from iterating on live features to investing in greenfield 0→1 bets — and you have the judgment to know when to pursue each.
- You’re comfortable in ambiguity, decisive under pressure, and relentless about customer impact.
- You are: - A product owner who has driven a core product area end-to-end — setting strategy and goals, building the roadmap, and delivering measurable outcomes - Sharp on prioritization — you can look at a universe of possible bets and quickly identify what’s worth pursuing, what to cut, and why - Skilled at right-sizing — you set appetite and scope work accordingly, balancing incremental improvements with bigger swings - Impact and customer-obsessed — you keep the customer and business at the forefront,
- You will own a core product area and partner directly with our CEO and CTO to deliver product experiences that matter to the business and to our customers.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
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