If you’re an outstanding Product Manager, come join us at Voxy and use your talent to help teach the world! Voxy’s Product team helps change the way millions of people around the world learn English by using sound science combined with innovative (and patented!) technology. We are implementing research-driven learning activities coupled with live streaming for topic-based live tutoring sessions. We use advanced algorithms to build a customized experience using authentic content sources from names you know (Bloomberg, AP, Financial Times and more.) Voxy’s goal is to become THE vendor of choice in the $80 billion dollar English language education market and our Product team is instrumental in reaching this goal.
Here at Voxy we share team values to Start with Empathy, Communicate Courageously, Dig Deep, Own Your Outcomes, Ask Why, and Think Bigger. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse hiring process and team
What is the job? Product Management is one of the most critical roles in the company. You’ll be helping drive the product roadmap, managing the innovative projects that give us our competitive edge and grow our success. You’ll be working with a global Product/Engineering team that includes members in New York, São Paulo, Brasília, Boston, Madrid, Russia, and more. It’s a chance to make a difference in learners’ lives around the world, while gaining mastery over a sophisticated and complex system. And there’s plenty of room for growth in the future.
You’ll be managing the full lifecycle of a given feature or improvement to Voxy’s product, which includes:
- Analyzing and researching, looking at market trends, competitors, product best practices, interviewing partners, customers, and learners, and user testing
- Weighing in on overall product strategy, direction, and roadmap
- Prioritizing projects, improvements, customer requests, bugs, and other items
- Identifying the most pertinent metrics and tracking to them
- Scoping and conceptualization, defining MVPs, and working with Engineering on estimates that balance tradeoffs between speed and quality
- Leading a cross-functional pod of representatives from across the company to gather input and feedback, get buy-in, and keep the company informed and excited
- Collaborating with Design on concepts, wireframes, user experience and high-fidelity designs on both mobile and web platforms
- Breaking up projects into phases, writing stories and acceptance criteria
- Working side-by-side (figuratively) with engineers to build it, tracking status and timelines
- Testing and release, including rollout plans and informing product marketing positioning
- After release, continuous tracking, gathering feedback, and iteration
- Keeping an eye out for ways to optimize and streamline process
- Taking some time off after all that
What are we looking for?
- Someone kind, patient, collaborative, and fun to work with every day
- 2+ years of experience working in product management
- Someone who can communicate in clear, crisp, and subtle ways, who can translate technical information to others, and who can skillfully manage non-reports
- Someone detail-oriented, not letting things slip through the cracks
- Ability to plan ahead and pre-troubleshoot possible risks
- Knowledge and curiosity about emerging technologies
- Startup mindset - ability to work fast and independently
- English fluency, including excellent writing skills. All team-wide and company-wide communication is in English, although Portuguese can be used with many individual team members
What else would be nice to have:
- Experience working with Agile processes, sprints, tickets, Jira, standups, retros, all that stuff
- Experience with Google Analytics
- Working knowledge of SQL
- Experience developing integrations with third-party systems and tools using standard protocols like APIs or SAML
- Fluency in Spanish or other languages
- Background or interest in EdTech, language learning, or education in general
Working here, you'll enjoy:
- Competitive salary and stock options
- Great benefits: medical insurance, cell phone & wifi reimbursement, home office & wellness budget, team events
- Remote friendly work policies
- Professional development budget
- Language classes w/ Voxy
- Work with an awesome international team of super bright, creative, talented, and passionate individuals based in the U.S. and globally
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.
Want to know more about us?
Voxy is a U.S. - based company that is changing the way the world learns English. Our proprietary personalization technology and exclusive partnerships with leading content publishers enable us to deliver a one-of-a-kind solution to over 2.5 million English learners across the globe. Our mobile and web applications make it possible for individuals to learn from the world around them, turning everyday experiences and content into fun, game-like activities. Our custom-built, live one-on-one tutoring platform brings the necessary human element front and center, and is a core piece of our methodology. Voxy’s disruption of the $80B market for English language education has been recognized by leading education investors and the company has been deemed a pioneer by The New York Times, CNN Money, Fast Company, Mashable, Univision, Veja (Brazil), Venturebeat, and others.
