Principal Product Manager - Skills Measurement

Principal Product Manager - Skills Measurement

Skillsoft is currently seeking a highly qualified Principal Product Manager to join the Platform and Content Organization. This role is responsible for evaluating and enhancing the effectiveness of our organization’s learning offerings, as well as developing and validating assessment tools. The ideal candidate will have a robust understanding of psychometrics, learning science, educational measurement and statistics.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be responsible for applying appropriate psychometric theories and models to support the valid interpretation of assessment and skill proficiency and skill gain measures. This Product Manager will also be responsible for defining the scope of present and future products to ensure maximum validity and learning effectiveness and will work closely with Content Strategists, Engineering, Quality Assurance, User Experience Design, and Marketing Communications departments. 

Responsibilities

• Create new product offerings based on the needs of customers and the business including but not limited to assessments, evaluations, and dashboards.
• Develop and validate assessment tools using psychometric methods to measure learning outcomes and learner skills and competencies  
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of learning data and assessment results to generate insights and recommendations  
• Design and implement new measures for learning as needed to capture the full impact of L&D programs  
• Develop and track learning metrics and KPIs to measure the impact of learning initiatives on individual and organizational performance  
• Collaborate with management and other product owners to build a comprehensive product strategy 
• Contribute to the development of learning policies and practices within the organization.  
• Research, document and drive changes to products including new features, minor enhancements, and defects 
• Participate in an Agile process with Engineering and QA to manage and groom the backlog of work, refine requirements, estimate work effort and plan day-to-day product development activities and participate in acceptance testing 
• Collaborate with User Experience Designers to help build a UX strategy, develop feature-level designs, and usability testing 
• Assist in conducting market research and analysis of competitive landscape 
• Work with cross-functional teams to help develop and implement a go-to-market plan 
• Support product release activities including release planning, product training, demonstrations, and customer presentations 

Skills & Qualifications Required

• 8+ years of professional experience as a SAAS Product Manager in a technology-driven field, preferably with direct exposure to learning measurement with a Bachelor’s degree (Master's degree or Ph.D. in education, psychology, psychometrics, or a related field  highly preferred)
• Robust knowledge of learning theories and instructional design principles.  
• Must have a technical/Analytical Acumen: with a strong grasp of psychometric structures for various exams; data collection design, item analysis, IRT calibration, equating, linking and scaling, scoring, standard setting, technical report design and delivery, and quality control
• Expert proficiency in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, including statistical analysis software.  
• Strategic Thinking with the ability to align product strategies with overall business goals while identifying opportunities for growth
• Effective communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders is essential for successful collaboration; written, verbal, and organizational skills 
• Familiarity with agile methodologies practices to help manage iterative development and rapid prototyping. 
• Product execution experience with feature specification, quality assurance and acceptance, product delivery and go-to-market commercialization
• Customer insight proficiency and fluency with data, UX design principles and best practices, voice of customer 
• Experience in Product strategy and product vision and road mapping, strategic impact 
• Ability to influence and experience in stakeholder management, team leadership, and managing up 
• Capable of working in fast-paced, entrepreneurial start-up environment 

Preferred Experience

• Experience working with virtual teams
• Hands-on experience with JIRA, Confluence or other Agile software development tools