About the position
A pioneer in K–12 education since 2000, Amplify is leading the way in next-generation curriculum and assessment. Our core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves. Our formative assessment products help teachers identify the targeted instruction students need to build a strong foundation in early reading and math. All of our programs provide educators with powerful tools that help them understand and respond to the needs of every student. Today, Amplify serves more than 15 million students in all 50 states. For more information, visit amplify.com. Amplify is a leader in creating immersive, rigorous digital learning experiences that look great, play great, and help students expect great things of themselves. Amplify has been described as the best tech company in education, and the best education company in tech. As a member of Amplify’s engineering organization, you will join a talented team tackling the toughest problems in education with the best ideas in technology – including user experience, APIs and services, data analysis, and deployment pipelines.
Responsibilities
- Craft Strategic Roadmap: Work with data impact partners, data teams and other key stakeholders to build a product roadmap aligned to company objectives.
- Ensure it is strategically prioritized to realize meaningful data impact in schools across the country and at Amplify.
- Embody user empathy: Embrace requirement gathering; discover the user stories behind the data needs and requests we hear.
- Ensure we are delivering a true solution to our users.
- Deliver Compelling Data Solutions: Take responsibility for successful delivery of quarterly projects, including establishing best agile practices.
- Enhance teacher experiences by delivering best in class onboarding and customer service.
- Provide leadership and managers with quality measures and key performance indicators that keep our customer-facing teams on track.
- Ensure the on-time delivery of our printed materials to school districts around the world by providing critical logistics data for delivery teams.
- Partner with Data Governance and Amplify data stewards to bring clarity to critical metrics and attributes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g. business, data science, computer science, statistics, mathematics) or equivalent experience.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with 5+ years of Analyst and/or Product Management experience, particularly in Agile environments.
- Proven ability to lead and manage a team, including setting goals and providing guidance and support.
- Understanding of basic data warehousing concepts and experience with data and analytic tools including dbt, SQL, Tableau, Looker.
- Experience using different project management tools such as Smartsheet & JIRA.
- Strong attention to detail and proven record of managing complex projects.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience working in the education technology field.
- Experience working with data products.
- Certification in a related process (PMP, Lean Sigma Six, Agile Scrum-master).
- Experience working with large and complex datasets, and a strong understanding of data governance and privacy issues.
Benefits
- 401(k) plan
- Competitive health insurance and mental health options
- Basic life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Access to best-in-class development programs
- Annual discretionary bonus that rewards individual and company performance
