Everyday Speech

Everyday Speech is a leader in Social Emotional Learning, dedicated to empowering students and educators. Our comprehensive, no-prep digital curriculum equips educators and Student Support Services Specialists with CASEL-aligned, research-based resources to support learners across all tiers- from Pre-K to High School. Our social, communication, and behavioral platform provides ready-to-use resources that help students of all abilities build the critical skills they need to regulate emotions, solve problems, and navigate the complexities of modern life.. Trusted by over 55,000 educators across 3,000 school districts, our platform has made a positive impact on millions of students worldwide.

Everyday Speech is right for you if:

You care about making a positive impact.

End each day knowing that your work had a direct impact on the well-being of millions of students across the world. Project success means more than just shipping features - it means improving the lives of students and educators. 

You value being a part of a company that takes care of its team.

Not only do we have extremely happy team members, we also have incredible perks. Participate in our health/wellness and retirement benefit offerings, and between having every other Friday off (3-day weekends!) and our flexible PTO plan, that elusive work-life balance is an actual thing here.

You want to work for a true, remote-only company.

We’ve never had an office and have no plans for one. Our team is spread across 9 countries and 4 continents. We take remote work seriously and know how to support a distributed team. We give you the flexibility to work in a way that’s best for you, but still have high standards and accountability.

You want to join a startup that is growing rapidly *and* sustainably.

We have launched new products, maintained NPS scores of 70+, maintained eNPS (internal, employee score) of 90+, rapidly grown our team, and exponentially increased our user base, all over the last few years.  Yet, as a fully bootstrapped company, our growth is organic and sustainable. Our focus is delivering value to students and educators, not paying back investors.

The Director of Product Management will be a key leader responsible for both growing our product management function and driving product strategy and growth for our core product. You will oversee departmental strategy, foster collaboration, and ensure alignment with company goals. Your efforts will help shape the future of our products and directly impact educators and students worldwide.

The ideal candidate is someone that is values aligned. They:

• Start with empathy and forge strong relationships with leaders across the company and challenge all with direct feedback and high standards.

• Ruthlessly prioritize the focus of their team on the company’s strategy and goals and keeps everyone aligned on what’s most important for the platform.

• Create momentum by empowering product teams to act decisively, removing roadblocks, and cultivating a culture of experimentation and iterative progress.

• Are fearlessly objective, leveraging data and analysis to inform their strategy while also role modelling what it looks like to be challenged and proven wrong

• Exercise agency, anticipating and addressing strategic challenges not because anyone asked them, but because it maximizes the impact of Everyday Speech.

• Are driven to grow and know that the best product teams need ambitious yet achievable goals and a high-performing yet safe-to-fail culture to meet them. 

Your work will have a significant impact on our product and the experience for every educator on the platform.

In this role, you will:

• Grow our product management team:  Develop our Product Management team through a mix of growth opportunities, team-building, mentoring, and fostering a high-performance culture within the team.

• Build a truly-loved education product:  Cultivate deep empathy for the educators and students we serve, and work with content creators, curriculum experts, product managers, designers, and engineers to create a product that educators love.

• Drive our product strategy forward:  Collaborate with leaders across Product, Marketing, and Revenue leaders to tightly focus our product strategy and roadmap on Everyday Speech’s business objectives.

• Champion continuous learning and experimentation:  Ensure that product decisions are informed with data from user behavior and customer feedback, as well as through product research and rapid in-product experimentation.

• Implement a vision for product operational excellence:  Deepen our practices to create a culture of strong product operations and strategic execution, including strengthening our product process, strategic analysis, and outcome focus.

What We’re Looking For:

In addition to values alignment…

• At least 3 years of experience as a Product Director or Group Product Manager overseeing both Product Managers and product strategy. 

• Significant expertise using data and research to identify gaps, forecast outcomes, and drive strategic decision-making.

• Expertise in establishing systems for prioritization, experimentation, and agile delivery within empowered product teams.

• Expertise fostering a culture of empathy, trust, feedback, and growth.

• Expertise in strong cross-functional collaboration in a fully remote environment.

• Experience hiring, managing performance, and development of product managers.

• A track record of success building products, ideally in a SaaS or K12 EdTech company.
  
  

In the first 3 months, you will:

• Build Relationships:  Meet key leadership team members and cross-functional partners. Establish strong working relationships across the Product, Engineering, Design, and Content teams.

• Onboard and assess:  Rapidly gain a deep understanding of the product, product management team, and company culture. Evaluate the current state and build a plan for shoring up gaps and growing the team forward.

• Lead and focus the team on our strategy:  Engage with company leaders to understand product and market nuances, and gain a deep understanding of current product and company strategy. Use that context to strengthen roadmaps, plans, and practices.

In the long term, you will:

• Create a great product team culture: In your role leading product management, foster a culture of learning, experimentation, and inclusivity across the Product Department, all while driving cross-functional collaboration and alignment to achieve Everyday Speech objectives.

• Drive product excellence: Continuously refine and improve product management practices, systems, and goals to create a world-class Product Management team that delivers exceptional outcomes for educators and students.

• Build product strategy: Play a key role in shaping Everyday Speech’s product strategy and ensuring alignment with our mission and vision to positively impact educators and students worldwide.

Base Salary: $205,900 USD Annually

Benefits

• Performance-based bonus structure

• Cigna health insurance - 100% premium coverage for team members and their dependents

• Dental and Vision coverage - 100% premium coverage for team members and their dependents

• 3% employer-match on 401k

• $50k life insurance / AD&D

• Flexible PTO Plan

• Separate sick leave policy

• Home office reimbursements

• Meaningful DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusivity, and belonging) initiatives with optional employee panel participation

• Every other Friday off after 90 days! 

See this presentation to learn more about our work values and what it’s like to be part of our team!