Principal Product Manager - Skills Measurement

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OVERVIEW:  

Skillsoft is currently seeking a highly qualified Principal Product Manager (PM) to join the Platform and Content Organization. This role is responsible for evaluating and enhancing the effectiveness of our organization’s learning offerings, as well as developing and validating assessment tools. The ideal candidate will have a robust understanding of psychometrics, learning science, educational measurement and statistics. In this role, the PM is responsible for applying appropriate psychometric theories and models to support the valid interpretation of assessment and skill proficiency and skill gain measures.  The role will create new product offerings based on the needs of customers and the business including but not limited to assessments, evaluations, and dashboards.  The Product Manager is responsible for defining the scope of present and future products to ensure maximum validity and learning effectiveness and will work closely with Content Strategists, Engineering, Quality Assurance, User Experience Design, and Marketing Communications departments. 

OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS: 

• Develop and validate assessment tools using psychometric methods to measure learning outcomes and learner skills and competencies  

• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of learning data and assessment results to generate insights and recommendations  

• Design and implement new measures for learning as needed to capture the full impact of L&D programs  

• Develop and track learning metrics and KPIs to measure the impact of learning initiatives on individual and organizational performance  

• Collaborate with management and other product owners to build a comprehensive product strategy 

• Contribute to the development of learning policies and practices within the organization.  

• Research, document and drive changes to products including new features, minor enhancements, and defects 

• Participate in an Agile process with Engineering and QA to manage and groom the backlog of work, refine requirements, estimate work effort and plan day-to-day product development activities and participate in acceptance testing 

• Collaborate with User Experience Designers to help build a UX strategy, develop feature-level designs, and usability testing 

• Assist in conducting market research and analysis of competitive landscape 

• Work with cross-functional teams to help develop and implement a go-to-market plan 

• Support product release activities including release planning, product training, demonstrations, and customer presentations 

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Technical/Analytical Acumen: A strong grasp of psychometric structures for various exams; data collection design, item analysis, IRT calibration, equating, linking and scaling, scoring, standard setting, technical report design and delivery, and quality control. Above average proficiency in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, including statistical analysis software.  

• Strategic Thinking: The ability to align product strategies with overall business goals while identifying opportunities for growth. 

• Communication Skills: Effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders is essential for successful collaboration; written, verbal, and organizational skills 

• Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with agile practices helps manage iterative development and rapid prototyping. 

• Demonstratable Competency in: 

• Product execution – feature specification, quality assurance and acceptance, product delivery and go-to-market commercialization. 

• Customer insight – fluency with data, UX design principles and best practices, voice of customer 

• Product strategy – product vision and road mapping, strategic impact 

• Influencing people – stakeholder management, team leadership, managing up 

• A master's degree or Ph.D. in education, psychology, psychometrics, or a related field  

• Minimum 8 years of experience as a SAAS Product Manager in a technology-driven field, preferably with direct exposure to learning measurement. 

• Strong knowledge of learning theories and instructional design principles.  

• Ability to work in fast-paced, entrepreneurial start-up environment 

• Experience with JIRA, Confluence or other Agile software development tools is desired 

• Experience working with virtual teams is desired 

• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills 

SUCCESS QUALITIES:  

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