Job Description

Ascend Learning is a national leader in data driven, online educational solutions for learners, educators and employers in high-growth, licensure-driven professions spanning healthcare, fitness and wellness, skilled trades, insurance, and financial services. We are passionate about accelerating learning while impacting job readiness, employment success and employee retention with the belief that our work changes lives. Our culture is intentionally results-driven and selfless with a relentless focus on our customers. We believe in trust, transparency, freedom, and responsibility with a commitment to meritocracy, inclusion, and diversity of thought. Continual investment in our over 1500 employees is also a core principle realized through ongoing professional development and providing opportunities to grow, develop and lead. Ascend Learning is headquartered in Burlington, MA with additional office locations and remote workers in cities across the U.S. Ascend Learning\xe2\x80\x99s Nursing Segment is fueled by a commitment to excellence in nursing education. Our nursing brands \xe2\x80\x94 ATI, APEA, and NursingCE \xe2\x80\x94 offer evidence-based solutions designed to develop practice-ready nurses who are prepared for board certification and clinical practice. We use data analytics and engaging learning tools to help nursing students master core content. And we provide nursing education programs and professionals with best-in-class support and expertise from some of the sharpest minds in nursing education. We aid nurse educators in understanding students\xe2\x80\x99 comprehension based on nearly two decades of data \xe2\x80\x94 including more than 12 million proctored assessments \xe2\x80\x94 that detail student learning and performance. The result is customers who are confident in the advice and guidance we provide with our quality-focused assessments and positive outcomes. ATI is hiring an experienced product manager to join their product team. The Product Manager is responsible for the achievement of growth objectives including revenue, profitability, market share, customer satisfaction and ROI. The ATI product manager will own the vision and strategy for learning products and core content, such as ebooks and online tutorials. This position is responsible for the creation and execution of product solutions from idea to market to ongoing adoption, usage, and profitability. This position defines, launches, and builds profitable product solutions and ensures the solutions are developed to the feature and price specifications that each target market segment demands. Candidates can work from Leawood, KS office location or remote candidates considered as well. Candidates can work from Leawood, KS office location or remote candidates considered as well. Job Responsibilities:

• Manage the entire product lifecycle from strategic planning to tactical activities management including strategy, development, launch, maintenance of products/solutions in all markets as part of a cross functional business team.
• Lead, collaborate with, and motivate a cross-functional team of designers, educational content experts, editorial and media professionals, technical developers, testers, and others to develop, execute and release in alignment with program and/or product roadmaps.
• Conduct market and competitive analysis, such as advisory boards, focus groups, client facing visits, market surveys, to determine product features and pricing.
• Translate customer feedback and market trends into clearly defined phased releases. Identify and respond to market need for product enhancement and versioning.
• Lead and drive cross-functional efforts on internal and external product trainings, and messaging, marketing materials, and product launch.
• Own the long-term product roadmap, including feature enhancements, maintenance, and innovation for current and future products.
• Develop and drive an effective product and solution development plan, implementation methodology and resourcing plan and create business cases for new products and services.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree. Master\xe2\x80\x99s preferred.
• Three to five years of demonstrated success in product management.
• Experience developing key strategies for product-related business objectives.
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.
• Experience in sales, marketing, and profit and loss
• Agile experience is preferred.
• Three years of healthcare and/or nursing experience is preferred.
• Higher Education Publishing experience preferred.
• Pragmatic Marketing Framework experience preferred

Skills and Abilities:

• Serve as the voice of the customer in decisions made regarding future products
• Proven ability to objectively research, understand, and document the targeted markets, clients and competition and translating those needs into viable product solutions.
• Proven ability creating and controlling a product roadmap and product scope based on understanding of needs, requirements, resourcing, timeline and budget
• Understanding of the dynamics of education and academic markets along with knowledge of nursing education, the healthcare competitive landscape and market drivers.
• Able to successfully launch disruptive and innovative technology and products.
• Excellent prioritization skills based on customer needs and business unit requirements. Ability to set goals, build effective agendas, and lead successful meetings.
• Excellent leadership and internal communication skills.
• Demonstrable creativity for problem solving.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time for client visits and industry conferences.

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. #LI-NT1