Director of Product

Company: Teachable
Location: New York
Posted on: February 1, 2025

Job Description:

Teachable is trusted by creator-educators around the world to grow their impact and income. From online courses and communities to memberships and downloads, Teachable's digital learning products help creator-educators drive meaningful connection and sustainable revenue. With industry-best ecommerce tools, creators can confidently maximize their earnings, while getting paid directly by their audience. Teachable's unmatched focus on the student learning experience ensures creators can make a positive impact on their communities-entirely on their own terms.Are you ready to join a dynamic, cross-cultural team at an exciting turning point in our company's journey? Now part of the global Hotmart Company portfolio, whose platforms have helped creators earn more than $10 billion, Teachable continues to take the creator economy by storm as a true industry leader. Together, Teachable and Hotmart are delivering market-leading products that prioritize creator control and flexibility. If you have big ideas, relish the chance to challenge convention, and deeply believe in the power of creators to shape the future, we want you on our team!About your TeamThe Learning team owns activating, engaging, and monetizing the cross-platform experiences for our creator-educators and their students.Your leadership will empower the Learning Product Managers to build state-of-the-art tools and resources for our subscribers to craft high-quality, impactful learning experiences.What is the role?We seek an experienced Director of Product to help us direct and execute our Learning strategy. You will lead a team of 2 Product Managers, with potential to staff in alignment with business and customer needs, while collaborating with members of the design and technical leadership team and other cross-functional leaders to plan, execute, and iterate on our product roadmap. We're looking for someone who is highly experienced, pragmatic, biased for action, and strives to empower and unblock their teams.You will oversee up to five pods spanning customer-facing feature development that will drive our subscriber monetization, supporting your engineering leads and managers and ensuring the successful execution of their initiatives and operations.On the strategic level, you will be responsible for developing the overall strategy, direction, and roadmap for our Learning capabilities in collaboration with your engineering, design, and other internal departments. You will also be expected to continue building your team's capabilities as your area of the business grows by hiring the right people and structuring the teams to be as effective as possible.You will lead and foster a high-performing, cross-functional team that owns the end-to-end creator lifecycle - from onboarding new users, enabling high-quality learning experiences, to scaling business operations.In this role you'll:

• Own the product strategic leadership of the core capabilities of our platform, enabling creators to rapidly grow their business.
• Drive our packaging and pricing strategy of our core product offerings.
• Continuously communicate and evangelize product strategy to provide vision, inspiration, and motivation to employees and stakeholders within the product group.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product leadership to implement and lead efficient and iterative SDLC (software development lifecycle), quarterly planning, and release processes.
• Lead the execution of our product roadmap, ensuring that vision and strategy become tangible outcomes.
• Develop a strong Product organization by recruiting, mentoring, training, and coaching team members.
• Work with Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Customer Operations, Legal, Finance, and Leadership members to ensure both strategic alignment and tactical progress towards our product goals.
• Connect regularly with Product leaders throughout Hotmart Co. to ensure alignment and integration across our parent company's portfolio of product offerings.What you'll bring:
  • At least 6-8 years of relevant work experience in a high-growth tech startup or growth-stage technology company, including at least 2 years as a people manager.
  • Domain expertise in SaaS products in pricing/packaging and subscription products.
  • Proven ability to build and lead high-performing product teams, with experience in recruiting, mentoring, and fostering professional growth.
  • A demonstrated ability to create a compelling product strategy and vision, and successfully deliver meaningful outcomes for customers and the business.
  • A bias towards action, prioritizing testing, learning, and continuous innovation.
  • A data-driven mindset, with a deep understanding of business metrics and quantitative goal-setting and its impact on prioritization.
  • Ruthless prioritization and cross-team alignment. You can balance technical feasibility concerns along with user experience and business goals.
  • You're empathetic with customer needs and ensure the output of our technology team addresses them.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, and can explain and synthesize complexity with ease.
  • A strong problem-solving mindset with the ability to navigate roadblocks and tackle complex challenges proactively.Nice to have:
    • Experience collaborating with diverse, multi-national teams and managing multiple stakeholders across global organizations.
    • The ability to speak Portuguese is a plus!Compensation:At Teachable, we are committed to providing fair and competitive pay, rewarding high performance, and ensuring all employees have the opportunity to impact Teachable's overall company value. Base salaries will be reviewed at regular intervals throughout the year, typically following performance review cycles.
      • This role is only open to candidates who are available to commute to the NY metro area.
      • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
      • For this role, the cash compensation package potential is $185,000- $210,000. Total compensation also includes a competitive benefits package. A salary offer will be determined by a number of factors including experience, skill level, education, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations.While Teachable maintains our NY office for local employees to use, we operate as a remote-first culture to give our employees added flexibility. In order to maintain connection and create a community beyond the screen, Teachable holds in-person events throughout the year, where employees and teams can come together for bonding, strategic alignment, goal-setting, and celebrations!Teachable encourages individuals from a broad diversity of backgrounds to apply for positions. We are an equal opportunity employer, meaning we're committed to a fair and consistent interview process.Apply for this job* indicates a required field
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