Senior Product Manager

Location: Denver, CO (preferred) or remote

LearningSpring is The School Choice Management Platform that helps states, schools, families, SGOs, and providers run modern education freedom programs with clarity and accountability. It unifies school discovery, eligibility, applications, payments, and compliance, enabling partners to operate ESA, voucher, and tax credit scholarship programs at scale on a single platform.

LearningSpring's solutions, including the School Choice Marketplace, Education Freedom Wallet™, Federal Tax Credit Management, and complete School Choice Management for States, help families find their best-fit learning options, help schools and SGOs steward scholarships responsibly, and help states deliver transparent, auditable programs.

Founded by parents, policy experts, and technologists, LearningSpring is building the trusted backbone for modern school choice: empowering families, supporting state leadership, and driving equity and quality across K–12 education.

We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to join a small, fast-moving product team at an edtech startup. You'll work directly with the Head of Product & Design and work directly on discovery, prioritization, requirements, stakeholder alignment, and delivery.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role — not a people manager role — where you'll carry significant product responsibility from day one. The right person is a strong product thinker first, with enough design sensibility to collaborate fluently in Figma and push back on UX decisions when they matter. You're comfortable operating with ambiguity, writing tight requirements for engineering teams, and making calls without perfect information.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with executive team on the product roadmap for one or more platform areas
• Write clear, self-contained PRDs and acceptance criteria that can be handed off to engineering teams
• Translate strategic goals from leadership into scoped, buildable features
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, and ticket triage in partnership with the VP of Engineering
• Conduct discovery: user interviews, competitive research, and synthesis of feedback from stakeholders
• Define and track success metrics for shipped features
• Collaborate with designers on design handoffs, ensuring specs are clear and complete before reaching engineering
• Represent the product perspective in sales conversations and partner demos, with a clear sense of what is built vs. what is planned

Key Deliverables

• Well-scoped PRDs and feature specs, consistently
• Maintained and prioritized backlog with clear acceptance criteria
• Documented discovery findings and decision logs
• Roadmap that reflects current business priorities and is updated as they shift
• Measurable outcomes tied to features you've shipped

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience, ideally including time at an early-stage startup
• Demonstrated ability to own a product area end-to-end — from problem definition through launch and iteration
• Strong written communication skills; you write requirements that don't require a follow-up meeting to interpret
• Comfortable working directly with engineers, including remote and offshore teams
• Fluent enough in Figma to review designs, leave structured feedback, and understand handoff specs — not expected to design, but expected to engage
• Experienced using AI tools (especially Claude) to accelerate discovery, drafting, and prototyping workflows
• Able to context-switch between strategic thinking and tactical execution without losing quality in either

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to ESA, school choice, or scholarship program infrastructure
• Experience in edtech, govtech, fintech, or marketplace platforms
• Familiarity with payment or compliance-heavy products (e.g., Stripe Connect, income verification flows, audit trails)
• Experience working with state or government agency stakeholders

Physical Requirements

• Sitting or standing: The ability to remain in a stationary position for extended periods.
• Using hands and fingers: The ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.
• Close visual acuity: The ability to see clearly at close distances, which is crucial for computer work.

Your Education

Where you went to school matters less than what you’ve learned since. We value curiosity, resilience, and self-awareness over pedigree. If you’re someone who pushes limits, seeks out complex problems, and knows when to ask for help, you’ll fit right in.

• Quality and clarity of PRDs and specs as assessed by the engineering team
• Features shipped on scope and within reasonable cycle time
• Backlog health: coverage, prioritization, and ticket quality
• Stakeholder satisfaction from engineering, design, and leadership
• Outcomes tied to launched features (retention, activation, conversion, etc.)
  

• We value integrity: We lead with honesty, fairness, and transparency in every action and interaction. By treating each person with dignity, empathy, and respect, we strengthen the trust that underpins our relationships with families, educators, and community partners. Integrity guides both our decisions and how we serve our mission to support every learner’s growth.
• We have a growth mindset: We approach every challenge as an opportunity to innovate. Instead of asking why something can’t be done, we figure out how to make it happen: testing, learning, and iterating along the way.
• We are mission-driven: Everything we do helps more children access the right educational environment. Our work is essential, timely, and directly tied to helping students reach their potential.
• We act on evidence: We use data and measurable outcomes to guide our decisions and improve continuously. Every strategy and product we design reflects evidence-based practice and the ongoing pursuit of real-world impact.
• We are active problem solvers and innovators: We champion creative thinking and challenge convention to find new, effective solutions. Guided by curiosity and purpose, we use emerging tools, including AI and data analytics, to tailor experiences for parents and improve outcomes for students, adapting quickly to meet the evolving needs of families, schools, and states.

For individuals hired to work in Colorado, LearningSpring is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to the State of Colorado and includes the range of factors considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, certifications, etc.

Colorado Pay Range: The anticipated salary range for this role is $125,000 - $150,000 annually.

Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, skills, education, and past performance. In addition to base salary, this position may also be eligible for a variable bonus and equity.

Our benefits include

• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• A generous PTO policy
• A robust list of paid holidays
  

Please send your resume to [email protected] with the subject of the job title you are applying for.

In addition to your resume, please include:

• A cover letter or short intro (no more than a page) telling us why this role and why LearningSpring. We will read these.
• A case study or work sample. Pick one product, feature, or initiative you've owned and walk us through it in writing. We want to understand the problem you were solving, how you approached discovery and prioritization, the trade-offs you made, what shipped, and what you learned. Format is up to you (a written document, a slide deck, a Notion page, etc.). Anonymize or redact anything sensitive; we care about your thinking, not proprietary details.

This position will be an ongoing recruitment process and will be open until filled.

No visa sponsorship is available for this position.

Employment with LearningSpring is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several pre-employment requirements, including a background check and a professional reference check.

LearningSpring, Inc. does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, creed, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, religion, veteran and military status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including genetic information or characteristics), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.