Director, Product Management (Remote)
For other positions, some roles may be based outside of our Denver office (as stated in the Job Title). Roles based outside of our Denver office can sit in any of the following 26 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI. Please only apply if you are able to live and work full-time in one of the states listed above. State locations and specifics are subject to change as our hiring requirements shift.
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At Guild, we uphold our Core Values in everything we do. Our team emphasizes our Core Values in the following ways:
- Nurture A Learner’s Mindset - using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and development areas
- Build Shared Success - building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Be an Owner - holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
- Create Belonging - recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to our company
Guild is hiring a Director of Product Management for our payment experiences. This role will lead a team of product managers in delivering exceptional end-customer experiences that solve the unique problems of facilitating payment within a B2B2C marketplace. Guild’s product teams enable thousands of students to go to school affordably by connecting them to a dynamic opportunity marketplace. Guild is on a mission to streamline how we enable payment workflows that avoid student debt and support tens of thousands of students in their pursuit of upward mobility.
As Director, Product Management for Payment Experiences, you will:
- Set product vision and strategy for Partner, Member, and internal experiences, evangelizing your vision with Guild’s leadership team and across the company
- Lead your team in translating product strategy and business needs into a product roadmap of measurable outcomes
- Partner with your peers in engineering, design, and product leadership to ensure alignment across teams and keep work progressing
- Simplify large and complex problems for many audiences and lead your team through effective solution design
- Drive productive and effective conversations with external partners; working with research, sales, go-to-market leaders, and account managers to understand the market needs.
- Lead a team of product managers and implement all people manager responsibilities including team organization, individual development, and hiring
You are a strong fit for this role if you have:
Required Competencies
- 10+ years of experience in product management or a similar function, with 3+ years of demonstrated ability leading product managers across a multi-product portfolio, designing and launching customer experiences
- Strong analytical abilities with experience defining success and validation strategies for customer facing products
- Demonstrated capability of developing and evangelizing a shared vision, with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Proven track record of working closely and effectively with design, engineering, and partner teams
- A track record of working with external partners and customers, including collecting direct product feedback from Fortune 1000 partners.
- Commitment to Guild’s mission to unlock opportunity for America’s workforce through education.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and partner management skills
- Something else? We’d love to hear from you!
We feel passionately about equal pay for equal work, and transparency in compensation is one vehicle to achieve that. Total compensation for this role is market competitive, including a base salary range of $190,000 - $235,000, as well as company stock options.
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Guild is increasing economic mobility for working adults by partnering with the largest employers in the country to offer education as a benefit to their employees via our marketplace of nonprofit universities and education institutions. Guild’s proprietary technology platform facilitates the administration of this innovative benefit and our team of coaches helps each employee navigate the path back to school, providing individualized support from day one through program completion.
Guild is a female-led, Certified B Corporation - and with a valuation of $4.4 billion is one of the highest-valued, privately held education companies in the world, and the only one led by a woman. Guild's investors include Ken Chenault, General Catalyst Partners, chairman and former CEO of American Express, Emerson, and Iconiq.
Guild Education is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let your recruiter know. We currently offer the following benefits:
- Access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (due to coverage limitations, Kaiser is currently only available in CA & CO)
- Access to a 401k to help save for the future
- 15 days of PTO/vacation in the first year. After your first year (or for Guilders in Director+ positions), you transition into an open vacation policy.
- 8 days of fully-paid sick leave, to take the time to heal and or recover
- Family-friendly benefits, including 12 weeks of parental leave for non-birthing parents and 18-20 weeks for birthing parents; 4-week ramp-up period for when employees return from a leave of 6 weeks or more; as well as employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-sponsored life insurance, fertility and caregiving benefits.
- Well-rounded wellness benefits including free and low cost mental health resources and financial wellbeing support services
- Education benefits and tuition assistance to help your future development and growth
Guild requires COVID-19 vaccines for all employees and guests attending Guild events or entering Guild offices. As of February 1, 2022, we will be expanding our in-person vaccination requirement to include booster shots. We will be using both Clear’s Digital Vaccine Card and state-sponsored vaccine passports to verify proof of vaccine. Accommodations or exceptions can be requested for medical or religious reasons.
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