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Senior Product Manager

Apptegy
Full-time
On-site
Chicago, Illinois, United States
About Apptegy

ApptegyΒ is more than a tech company; we are dedicated partners transforming communication for school districts nationwide. We develop cutting-edge solutions that empower schools to build strong brands, effectively reach their audiences, and deeply understand their communities. Our commitment to client success and passion for education is reflected in our fast response times and unparalleled support. As an employer, Apptegy fosters a dynamic and supportive environment where our people are known for beingΒ thoughtful, innovative, and high-performing. We invest in your tools, provide exceptional mentorship, and offer resources designed for your success, believing that empowering you drives our collective growth and positive impact across the education landscape.

Why You’ll Love This Job

As a Senior Product Manager, you will join a combined Product, Design, and Engineering team collaborating on the future of EdTech. Working closely with Product Leadership, you will be assigned product focus areas where you will have ownership and autonomy to craft a roadmap, develop and ship new functionality, and constantly engage with clients and stakeholders to shape the future of our products.

You will have the opportunity to share your experience with Product Managers where you will be expected to coach & mentor younger talent.

What You’ll Do

Product Vision & Strategy
Define and drive the product vision for your focus areas, ensuring alignment with overall company goals, user needs, and market opportunities.
Develop and execute a strategic roadmap informed by qualitative insights and robust data analysis, delivering on long-term business objectives.
Identify and prioritize key features, enhancements, and new product opportunities based on a mix of customer feedback, business needs, and product analytics.

Leadership & Collaboration
Serve as a mentor and coach to junior product managers, helping them grow their skills with a focus on using data-driven thinking in decision-making.
Help develop and roll out best practices across the product team, especially around product discovery, measurement frameworks, and metrics interpretation.

Market, Customer & Data Insights
Conduct market and competitive analysis, leveraging data to identify positioning opportunities and inform strategy.
Proactively engage with users and analyze usage patterns, NPS, funnel data, and behavioral trends to extract actionable insights.
Use product analytics, survey data, and customer feedback to define KPIs and continuously evaluate product success and adoption.
Champion a culture of measurement, ensuring all decisions are backed by meaningful data and hypotheses.

Product Development & Execution
Own the product development lifecycle from ideation to launch, ensuring features are rigorously tested and grounded in measurable impact.
Collaborate closely with engineering and design to translate business goals and user needs into data-informed product specs, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Define success metrics for features and experiments, and build dashboards or reports to monitor them over time.
Work with QA and engineering to ensure testing protocols consider not only product quality but performance metrics and regression tracking.

Stakeholder Management
Clearly communicate product vision, strategy, and resultsβ€”including data-backed rationale for decisionsβ€”to senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
Align stakeholders by translating complex data findings into concise, actionable recommendations and strategic proposals.
Present product updates and business cases with a focus on KPIs, return on investment, and user behavior data.

Quality & Technical Understanding
Advocate for product quality with a balanced understanding of both customer outcomes and technical constraints.
Partner with engineering to evaluate the feasibility and trade-offs of features using both technical and usage data.
Drive discussions around instrumentation, tagging, and logging to ensure your product is measurable and insights are accessible.

Who you are

    • 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager, ideally with a strong track record of using data to drive product decisions and measure success.
    • Demonstrated expertise in using analytics tools (e.g., Amplitude, Mixpanel, GA) and querying databases (SQL a strong plus) to inform product strategy.
    • Experience interpreting results and making iterative improvements based on insights.
    • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate ambiguous or conflicting inputs into prioritized, data-supported action plans.
    • Comfortable navigating and contributing to agile environments (familiarity with Jira or similar tools is a plus).Ability to develop and evolve strategy based on market trends, usage data, and company objectives.
    • Experience delivering web and mobile products from concept to launch in partnership with cross-functional teamsΒ Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, especially in presenting complex data in a clear, business-relevant way.
    • Experience working directly with business or consumer clients to understand their needs, pain points, and success criteria (experience in B2B, B2C, or mobile app products is a plus).
    • Passionate, curious, and committed to a culture of continuous learning, high performance, and evidence-based decision-making.
$110,000 - $170,000 a year
Why You’ll Love Working With Us

At Apptegy, we're deeply committed to creating an environment where you can thrive. We strive to make this a truly impactful and rewarding role, equipping you with experiences that propel your future success. We believe in fostering well-being both at work and at home, which is why we provide:

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage
Retirement 401(k) with employer match
Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
Mental Health Reimbursement
Unlimited paid time off including seasonal (December) company-wide time off
Paid parental and medical leave

Apptegy champions the thoughtful integration of AI to empower our teams and processes. As we seek to understand your individual capabilities and how you might contribute, we ask that all responses to application questions and during interviews are genuinely your own. Please refrain from using AI generation tools, as our aim is to assess your authentic voice and expertise.

Apptegy is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.