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UPchieve is an edtech nonprofit that provides free, 24/7 online tutoring and college counseling to low-income 6th-12th grade students in the U.S. Using our app, students can request and get paired with a live, volunteer tutor in under 5 minutes. Our mission is to democratize access to academic support so that all students have an equal opportunity to finish high school, attend college, and achieve upward mobility. So far, we’ve matched 200,000+ requests from 25,000+ students across all 50 states. Our work has also been recognized by Forbes and TIME, and our funders include both Y Combinator and the Gates Foundation. Watch this video to see our impact on students. Who we’re looking for We’re a small team taking on the monumental challenge of democratizing access to academic support. That means we need team members who are excited by autonomy and willing to work on projects outside the scope of their job description if needed. We also look for candidates who have a personal connection to our cause or a demonstrable interest in education or serving low-income populations. Our team We’re a remote-first team located across the U.S. We highly value diversity of experiences & perspectives. The majority of the team are people of color, and many of us have experience growing up low-income or navigating nontraditional educational pathways We believe working full-time means 40 hrs/wk. Non-work stuff is important too! We get together in person 1x/year at a staff retreat, designed to foster connections and give our team a break from their day-to-day work 3 weeks paid vacation AND 20+ paid holidays (including Dec 24-Jan 1) Flexible work schedule (choose your own hours) $1000 annual remote work budget Up to 100% covered health insurance for employees 401ks with 6% matching Half-day Summer Fridays Job Description This is a remote position. Join our product team to help us provide free tutoring to 8 million low-income high school students in the U.S. UPchieve product managers are both strategic thinkers and hands-on builders. While you'll spend much of your time analyzing experiments and business cases, you'll dust off your engineering skills to pinch-hit when it's time to ship. We're looking for a PM-engineer hybrid to help us crack one of the most critical problems in edtech: building sustainable school partnerships. In this role, you'll develop and test ways to engage students in schools, clearing sales and success blockers while exploring channels for integrating academic support like classrooms and school programs. Given our early stage, you'll shape both our product's direction and team's culture. Think startup energy, nonprofit purpose. Come put your name on every corner of the world's best tutoring platform for low-income students! This might be the right job for you if... You obsess over our users' needs, and you'd chase our mission elsewhere if not here You're a PM who codes or an engineer who spreadsheets. You love getting your hands dirty making real things. You think in complete user experiences, mapping how multiple features work together to drive behavior change and hit ambitious goals You're scrappy. You dig in and figure it out with what you've got. Like in a good game of Risk, you play multiple angles at once and use data, decision trees, and experiments to know when to commit What you'll do Deeply understand educator needs through user research and data analysis Own school and student activation KPIs, mapping out multiple viable product directions to hit our goals Cultivate a portfolio of creative ideas with promising business cases that fit those product directions Get your hands dirty as an engineer, writing code to prototype, test, and ship those ideas Run and analyze experiments to validate which ideas actually drive your goals Go to market and scale your successful experiments, helping with everything from technical architecture and implementation to user support and staff training Work with prospects to understand their needs and shape technical solutions that sell and scale Preferred Experience Here are some experiences we think would make a candidate, but they aren't the only things that could do that. You don't need to check all the boxes to apply. Has 5+ years of product management experience, including working directly with engineers and designers Thrives in a startup environment with minimal structure Can demonstrate strong analytical and strategic thinking skills Has shipped multiple successful products or features from zero to one Has experience with marketplace dynamics and/or education technology Has experience with user research and usability testing Has experience with rapid experimentation, statistics, and data-driven decision-making Has a personal connection to our mission through experience, family, or by other proximity (e.g., grew up low-income, taught in a Title I school, etc.) Additional Information Contract Type: Full-Time Location: Brooklyn Experience: > 5 years Possible full remote Salary: between 125000$ and 165000$/ year #J-18808-Ljbffr Upchieve

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