Staff Product Manager, Guild Education
Data
$200-215k
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Upskilling and education platform for America's workforce
Job no longer available
Upskilling and education platform for America's workforce
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$200-215k
+ Stock options
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock opportunity for America’s workforce through education and upskilling.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years experience in a software product management or comparable role
- Experience communicating with and influencing partners across a complex business, including various go-to-market teams and leaders. Comfortable influencing the V and C-level
- MBA, enterprise consulting, or competitive market research experience strongly preferred
- Experience developing strong data culture
- Experience building Data Infrastructure for B2B or B2C products
Desirable
- Validated ability to understand complex business problems and break them down into simple solutions across various areas that focus on customer needs
- A track record of working collaboratively and effectively with engineering and non-technical partner teams to lead on-time delivery of technical solutions
- Strong ability to work independently, handle ambiguity, and craft incremental, decoupled solutions
- Clear, concise communication and presentation abilities
- A track record of working with external partners and customers, including collecting direct product feedback from large corporations or other institutions
- Strong partner communication skills, including working with Account Management or Partnerships to conduct systematic discovery on partner needs
- Interest in UI/UX design principles and in-app analytics
- Familiarity working with and developing data models
- SQL proficiency
What the job involves
- Guild is hiring a Staff Product Manager - Data to lead the development of our long-term data strategy and drive key initiatives that enhance trust in our data for both internal teams and external partners. Our stakeholders depend on Guild’s data to inform critical decisions and power impactful outcomes
- Set Vision & Strategy: Define and drive the strategic vision for the Data Platform team and the broader organization. Increase data maturity across collection, storage, governance, and use, aligning data initiatives with company goals to maximize value and foster a data-driven culture
- Influence & Drive Change: Communicate with clarity and impact to influence stakeholders across all levels. Build cross-functional coalitions, navigate complex organizational dynamics, and use storytelling to drive buy-in and organizational change
- Lead Product Strategy: Develop and manage the product roadmap for complex or multiple data product areas. Align product vision with business goals, lead cross-functional discovery efforts, and ensure long-term strategic coherence across teams
- Ensure Execution & Delivery: Oversee execution of complex initiatives, manage risk, and ensure timely delivery. Anticipate roadblocks, optimize team resources, and establish best practices for execution and delivery across product areas
- Apply Technical Expertise: Serve as a subject matter expert across product and adjacent technologies. Use advanced data analysis for insights, inform technical trade-offs, and contribute to architectural decisions and innovation opportunities
- Drive Strategic Communication: Use storytelling and nuanced messaging to align teams, surface hidden concerns, and overcome resistance. Guide others in developing effective communication strategies for high-stakes contexts
- Coach & Develop Talent: Provide tailored coaching and actionable feedback. Support others in identifying growth areas, tracking development progress, and leveraging strengths for improvement
Application process
- We typically keep job postings active for 3–5 weeks, though this may vary depending on applicant volume and other factors
Our take
The recruitment process can be the most costly element of a company's operation, with future-proof skillset requirements resulting in the hiring of staff for niche tasks. Many existing employees of a company could have the potential to fill talent gaps and prevent the need for a new hire, but they often lack the training for such roles. Helping to solve this problem, Guild Education helps employers partner with nonprofit universities to train staff across a variety of subject matters, including high school completion programs, vocational opportunities, and enrollment in higher education.
As professional development is a strong employer benefit, Guild Education also pitches itself as a perk for employees, aiming to increase retention and worker satisfaction. By solving two major problems - a skills shortage and worker retention, it has gained large companies such as Chipotle, Target, Hilton and PepsiCo as corporate clients.
Guild Education closed a Series F financing round in 2022 led by Wellington Management and with participation from Oprah Winfrey. The company is using this funding to develop its healthcare and financial services learning modules and increase its offering to workers by exploring new ways to lower the barriers to learning, for instance through childcare solutions and financial wellness tools.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2022
$265m
SERIES F
Jun 2021
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $643.5m
Company benefits
- Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
- Access to a 401k to help save for the future
- Open vacation policy for employees to rest and recharge
- 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
- Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits
- Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
- Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth
Company HQ
Central Business District, Denver, CO
Leadership
Rachel Carlson
(CEO & Founder)Prior to co-founding Guild Education, was founder and CEO of Blueprint. Before that was a Director at American Honours and an Associate with The Parthenon Group.
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