Associate Product Manager

Why this role existsWe’re building an AI‐first suite of edtech products—spanning teaching, learning, assessment, practice, andpartner management—that helps hundreds of thousands of students upskill in latest technologies. As aProduct Manager at NxtWave, you’ll turn strategy into Roadmap Milestones and ship high‐qualityexperiences across web and mobile that improve learning outcomes and business results.What you’ll doStrategy & DiscoveryTranslate company/category strategy into a clear product narrative and Milestones.Drive customer discovery (students, mentors, employers): interviews, JTBDs, journey maps.Size opportunities with data; run competitive scans and build‐vs‐buy assessments.AI‐first Product DeliveryShip features that leverage LLMs/agents, retrieval, and automation; write crisp PRDs/DRDs.Partner with Engineering, Design, and Data to deliver in short cycles with strong rollout hygiene.Maintain backlog clarity and sequencing across multiple initiatives in a pod.Metrics, Insights & GrowthDefine success metrics; instrument events; build dashboards and run A/B tests.Analyze cohorts, funnels, and retention; translate insights into iteration plans.Partner with Growth on activation, engagement, and SEO/content strategies where relevant.Stakeholder & GTM AlignmentWork tightly with Business Owners (P&L), CX/Support, and Marketing to land impact.Create crisp storytelling docs for decisions; drive cross‐functional alignment.Enable internal teams with release notes and playbooks; coordinate GTM handoff (CX, Success,Marketing).1Quality, Risk & EthicsOwn pre‐launch checklists, QA gates, and safe rollouts (guardrails, fallback paths), then drivepost‐launch adoption (enablement, internal comms, training, instrumentation) to hit adoptiontargets.Ensure learner privacy, data safety, and ethical use of AI in features.EdTech nuanceIncorporate pedagogy, assessment integrity, and accessibility.Collaborate with Curriculum/Content teams on content pipelines and standards.What success looks like (first 90–180 days)Ship 2+ Milestones that move a core KPI (learning outcome or revenue driver).Establish a healthy experiment cadence and decision rhythm (measure→learn→iterate).Uplift partner satisfaction (Engineering/Design/Business Owner) through clear plans and reliabledelivery.QualificationsMust‐haves3+ years of product management experience with end‐to‐end ownership (0→1 and/or 1→n).Proven end‐to‐end ownership of meaningful product work (0→1 and/or 1→n).Fluency with product analytics (SQL/Sheets + Amplitude/Mixpanel or similar) and experimentation.Hands‐on exposure to modern AI stacks (OpenAI/Agents, LangChain/LangGraph, vector DBs, RAG)plus comfort with vibe‐coding tools (Lovable, Replit) and agentic orchestration platforms (e.g.,CrewAI).Strong written communication and narrative storytelling; comfort presenting to execs.Ability to work fast under ambiguity; crisp prioritization and trade‐off decisions.