Product Manager, Wonderschool
Government Platform
$140-161k
Offers equity
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office
Marketplace for child care
Open for applications
Marketplace for child care
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$140-161k
Offers equity
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To ensure every child has access to early education that helps them realize their potential.
Role
Who you are
- Experience building or scaling complex enterprise SaaS platforms, ideally for regulated sectors
- Experience as a software engineer or deep technical fluency in engineering/product delivery
- Experience working with or at systems integrators (e.g., Accenture, Deloitte) on public sector modernization projects
- Track record of managing complex projects across internal and external stakeholders
- Experience writing, structuring, or responding to RFPs, and defining pricing and packaging
- Strong workflow design, enterprise integration, and data modeling experience
- Familiarity with compliance-heavy systems and government procurement cycles
- Comfort working with AI and LLMs to solve real-world information access or data reporting problems
- Exceptional communication skills and executive presence—can present confidently to CIOs and policy leaders
What the job involves
- As Product Manager for our Government Platform, you will lead the development of software that enables early childhood agencies to understand supply and demand, shape policy, and improve program delivery at scale
- We’ve raised $50M+ from Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, and others, and are rapidly expanding our impact through state partnerships
- This role is part product strategy, part enterprise execution, and part field leadership
- You’ll travel regularly to meet with senior government leaders, own the development of deeply integrated systems, and design data and AI tools that help agencies make faster, smarter decisions
- You’ll also collaborate with integrators and internal teams to drive adoption, compliance, and long-term platform engagement
- Design and scale a SaaS platform for early childhood state agencies and their operational teams
- Build data tools and workflows that enable leaders to understand supply, demand, funding, and usage
- Integrate Wonderschool’s government tools seamlessly with the provider and family platforms
- Deliver features that support compliance, subsidy management, policy reporting, and real-time dashboards
- Co-design solutions with government users to ensure engagement, usability, and real-world value
- Lead product demos and discussions with cabinet-level leaders and procurement teams
- Collaborate with implementation teams, systems integrators, and vendors to ensure performance
- Build the early foundation for a product team that will scale with adoption
- Report directly to the CEO and eventually to the Head of Product
- State leaders use the platform weekly to make decisions, request expansions, and cite it as a critical part of their operations
- Government platform integrates seamlessly with provider and family products to enable unified program delivery
- Demos and decks are used successfully in procurement cycles to close new state deals
- Implementation timelines are hit reliably, with strong coordination across internal teams and system integrators
- The roadmap is led proactively, with tight loops between customer feedback, usage data, and product development
- The PM is seen internally as the expert on government needs and externally as a trusted partner by state leaders
Our take
Wonderschool is a digital platform that enables parents and families to identify and connect with programs and preschools for infants and toddlers. The app has a huge database of potential providers, and uses intelligent software to identify the best child care and microschools for children.
This is an important service, as there are problems at both ends of the pipeline. Educators and carers are often paid insufficiently, while many parents struggle to find suitable education programs for their children. Wonderschool promises to solve those problems, while also providing a bespoke service that ensures that children get the care that they really require.
The childcare management platform has been instrumental in improving the quality and accessibility of care to children, as well as increasing the salaries of childcare professionals. It is fast-growing and can expect to continue this way following funding and partnerships.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2022
$25m
SERIES B
Aug 2018
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $49.1m
Company benefits
- Flexible PTO: 10 paid holidays, one week company winter break between Christmas and New Years and quarterly mental health refresh days
- Wellness: Monthly gym membership stipend
- Remote: Hybrid work environment and stipend for new employees to set-up your home office and a monthly wifi stipend
- Health: Up to 100% coverage for employee premiums and up to 80% for dependents
- Parental leave: Parental leave for employees after 6 months of employment
- Autonomy: We prioritize health and wellness to ensure employees can produce their best work while achieving their personal and professional goals
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Chris Bennett
(CEO)Earned a BSc in Economics from UPenn Wharton School. Private Equity Associate at Heitman. Co-founder and CEO of Soldsie. Co-founded Wonderschool in 2016.
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