Principal Technical Program Manager, 2U
$120-150k
Global online learning platform
Job no longer available
Global online learning platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$120-150k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help their partners create educational opportunities that enable lifelong learners to unlock their human potential and solve society’s critical needs.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years in a Technical Program Manager, Technical Product Manager role or similar
- Knowledge and experience in experimentation platforms, tools and processes
- Understanding of experimental design, A/B testing, and statistical methodologies
- Familiarity and experience working with agile development methodologies
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse, cross-functional teams
- Track record of successful project management and delivering high-quality results
Desirable
- Experience working across multiple technology stacks in a post-M&A organization
- Experience with data analysis, SQL, data science and data products
- Experience with software products for a SaaS Education Technology company
- Experience using Optimizely, Amplitude, Google Optimize, VWO, StatSig, and other feature flagging, personalization, and A/B testing platforms
What the job involves
- As the Principal Technical Program Manager, you’ll be the driving force behind elevating experimentation capability throughout 2U
- Drawing from your experience with experimentation platforms, you'll work closely with cross-functional partners, including a dedicated engineering team, to activity shape and execute on a vision and roadmap that propels our company forward
- This is a highly visible role with big impact, given the significance of experimentation in driving 2U's future
- Sets the strategic vision, roadmap, and direction for the Experimentation Platform and communicates this to the broader organization, including to executive stakeholders
- Builds an in-depth knowledge of 2U teams running experiments to understand their pain points and identify opportunities
- Takes an evidence-based approach to opportunity sizing and prioritization of opportunities with clear rationale
- Actively partners with the Experiment Platform Engineers to execute on roadmap, ensuring experimentation platform projects are delivered on time and within scope
- Coaches and mentors stakeholders across the organization seeking to run experiments and guides and build their capacity to enable experimentation in their specific contexts
- Drives continuous improvement, regularly evaluating and enhancing the experimentation process through the creation of methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria
- Fosters a culture of experimentation and data-driven decision-making, measuring improvements through relevant KPIs
- Identifies areas within the organization requiring additional talent to meet experimentation needs, facilitating in the recruitment and onboarding of such talent
- Stays abreast of industry best practices and emerging technologies related to experimentation and recommends improvements to enhance our platform's capabilities
Our take
Enabling education providers to offer students anything from free courses to full degrees, the leading global online learning platform 2U has positioned itself to provide high-quality education at scale.
Following its acquisition of edX, the company has made edX the face of its products and services, taking on more of a parent company role. This acquisition was a major shift compared to the company’s typical focus on partnering with universities to offer master’s degrees. However, edX has enabled it to expand into other projects, providing its 230+ partners with thousands of digital education offerings.
Though 2U established itself as a leader in the space, with over 40 million learners using the platform, it filed for bankruptcy in 2024. A significant financial restructuring and leadership change saw it bounce back in 2025 with new partnerships with the likes of Lancaster University.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2013
$5.1m
SERIES D
Apr 2012
$26m
SERIES D
Total funding: $95.9m
Company benefits
- Medical, Vision, and Dental
- Parental Leave
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Leadership Training
- Volunteer Time Off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Referral Bonus
- Military Leave
Company HQ
Crystal City, Arlington, VA
Leadership
Kees Bol
(CEO)Previously CEO at Boundless Learning, was the Managing Director at Pearson, Chief Marketing Officer at Strategic Education Inc and was a Senior Business Director at Capital One.
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