Product Manager, Instructure
Canvas
$130k
More information about location
Dynamic learning management platform
Open for applications
Dynamic learning management platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$130k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help learners thrive in tomorrow's landscape by delivering a future-ready ecosystem.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years in a product role, ideally in B2B SaaS
- Demonstrated ability to make and defend prioritization decisions
- Comfort with product analytics tools (Pendo, Amplitude, or similar)
- Strong written communication. You can explain a complex tradeoff in a paragraph
- US East Coast preferred
- Ability to travel ~25% of the time for in person team and customer collaboration
- All employees must pass a background check as part of the hiring process
What the job involves
- Prioritize work based on alignment to business priorities, cost, and expected return on investment; clearly articulate tradeoffs behind every call
- Build and measure iteratively, shipping in increments and using success metric results to determine what's next – pivot or stay the course
- Communicate clearly and often about what we’re building, why it's the most important thing to do, and how we will know if it worked
- Use data to make decisions – from customer adoption analytics to competitor and market intelligence – know how to cut through the noise to find signal
- Collaborate relentlessly with other product managers, design, engineering and go-to-market teams to release new value with speed
- Leverage AI-powered workflows to drive efficiency, reducing time-to-validation while delivering innovative solutions
Our take
Instructure is an education technology company, creator of the Canvas Learning Management Platform that allows schools to build digital learning environments that meet the needs of their institutions. The platform simplifies teaching, elevates learning, and eliminates the headaches of supporting and growing traditional learning technologies.
The Canvas platform has grown to become a key part of a large number of educational institutions, from pre-school to higher education. Meanwhile, the company has gone international and hit the $1 billion market cap, made a number of acquisitions and invested in R&D. In fact, much of Instructure's workforce is dedicated to R&D, which shows their focus on innovating.
Instructure was itself acquired in 2024 by KKR, which supports a broad-based equity ownership program for Instructure employees. With KKR's record of acquired companies, this is a promising development. And, as the company centres a future-oriented vision and brand strategy, it will be interesting to see what it does next.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2016
$4m
SERIES A
Aug 2015
$1.5m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $5.5m
Company benefits
- Join a passionate community of educators and the people working to support them
- Access to a large course library, mentoring and coaching opportunities, and regular feedback
- Community engagement (partnerships, volunteering, free learning resources, and ongoing outreach efforts)
- Office culture that values outcomes and impact above all
- Equity and ownership programs give every employee a stake in our future
- Ownership, recognition, and celebrations of shared success
- Growth opportunities (we’re all about helping our people move into (and thrive in) new roles)
Company HQ
Cottonwood Heights, UT
Leadership
Steve Daly
(CEO)They have a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MBA in Strategy and Finance with more than 20 years experience in hardware and software industries.
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