ALLEN Career Institute - IT Product Manager

Product Manager - Education Technology

We are looking for a high-ownership Product Manager to lead the strategy, execution, & scale-up of core technology platforms across our student, faculty, & sales ecosystems. This role sits at the intersection of business, academics, operations, & technology, & will directly impact learning outcomes, operational efficiency, & growth.

You will own products end-to-end-from problem discovery to delivery & adoption.

Key Responsibilities

1. Product Strategy & Vision

- Define & drive the long-term product vision aligned with business goals, student outcomes, & market trends.

- Lead user discovery through interviews, field visits, usability testing, and data analysis to validate problems before execution.

- Translate user insights (students, parents, faculty, admins) into a clear product roadmap. Identify new opportunities to expand product capabilities & improve engagement.

- Establish clear success metrics & continuously evaluate product performance using data. Act as a thought partner to internal teams, influencing decisions through data.

2. Product Development & Execution

- Own the end-to-end product lifecycle: ideation, requirements, prioritization, development, launch, & iteration.

- Create clear, developer-friendly documentation including PRDs, functional specs, user and business flow diagrams, edge cases, and acceptance criteria

- Partner with engineering team to define deployment strategies & release plans.

3. Operational Excellence & Scale

- Lead product operationalization across multiple countries & centers with standardized processes & best practices.

- Ensure smooth rollouts, onboarding, & feedback loops for new features & platforms.

- Build tracking mechanisms for adoption, usage, & business impact.

- Foster a product-first culture by enabling stakeholders to use products effectively

- Ensure high standards of product quality, reliability, & user experience across web & mobile platforms.

Expected Soft Skills

- Owner mindset: Takes full ownership of outcomes, not just outputs.

- Customer-obsessed: Deep empathy for students, parents, & educators. Dig into details and see how customers are using the product, what their challenges are, and prioritize what we can do to help them

- Go-getter: Proactively identifies problems & drives solutions end-to-end.

- Cross-functional leader: Can influence without authority & align diverse stakeholders.

- Truth seeker: Actively seeks feedback, challenges assumptions, & iterates based on evidence.

Background & Experience

- 3+ years of product management experience in building & shipping software products. Strong understanding of product, business, & adoption metrics.

- Proven experience taking products from ideation to launch & iteration.

- Experience building consumer-facing products from scratch (not just incremental optimizations) is a strong plus.

- High motivation to solve real-world problems in the EdTech domain for students, teachers, & parents.

- Bachelor's degree from a Tier I engineering institute (IITs, BITS, NITs, IIITs, or equivalent).

What Success Looks Like

- Products that are widely adopted, loved by users, & measurably improve outcomes.

- Clear, data-backed decision-making that earns trust across teams.

- Scalable systems & processes that work across multiple centers & teams.

- A strong product culture that values ownership, meritocracy, & impact.

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