Product Manager II

ACT is hiring a Product Manager II to build a pathway navigation experience that helps high school students explore and plan college and career options. The role leads cross-functional product development, user discovery, prototyping, prioritization, delivery, and post-launch performance tracking.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the connective product lead across different functional teams, aligning roadmap, priorities, and timelines
• Build trusted working relationships with stakeholders in product, design, engineering, and business functions
• Define and validate the product vision and requirements for a new pathway navigation experience for high school students, from early concept through launch
• Build scrappy prototypes to ideas quickly and gather feedback before committing engineering resources
• Make fast, pragmatic tradeoffs to move the team from ambiguity to a validated direction with limited resources and an evolving scope
• Lead lightweight, continuous discovery with high school students, counselors, and educators to understand their pathway planning needs
• Translate research and data into clear product requirements and prioritization decisions
• Socialize findings to build a shared understanding of user needs and product direction
• Partner with designers and engineers to scope, prioritize, and ship product features on a fast-moving timeline
• Own the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from requirements through launch coordination and post-launch performance tracking
• Communicate clearly and proactively with stakeholders, keeping everyone aligned on status, decisions, and risks
• Manage project timelines and dependencies across cross-functional teams
• Present product updates and recommendations to leadership

Requirements:

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for visa sponsorship
• At least 3 years of experience in product management or a closely related discipline
• Experience building or launching a 0-to-1 product, or leading a significant new feature or product effort from concept to launch
• Experience working cross-functionally with design and engineering in an agile environment
• Demonstrated ability to build prototypes, mockups, or lightweight proofs of concept to test and communicate product ideas
• Bachelor's degree in technology, education, data science/analytics, business or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity and building structure and process where none exists
• A scrappy self-starter who can build their own prototypes (e.g., Figma, no-code AI tools) to test ideas
• Skilled at navigating and influencing across organizations
• Excellent written and verbal communicator who builds trust quickly with new stakeholders
• Strong project management instincts; keeps complex, cross-organizational work on track
• A genuine passion for education and unlocking opportunity for students
• Experience using AI tools to support day-to-day work (e.g., drafting, research, data synthesis), with sound judgment about when human review is required
• Ability to use data and analytics tools (e.g., SQL, dashboards) to translate research and usage data into product decisions
• Experience working and influencing in cross-functional organizations
• Experience in Edtech, workforce development, or college and career readiness space