Position: Product Manager

News Literacy Project • Full-time • United States • $80k - $85k / year • 17h ago

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Who we are

The News Literacy Project, founded in 2008, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization building a national movement to ensure that all students are guaranteed to be skilled in news literacy before high school graduation, giving them the knowledge and ability to participate in civic society as well-informed, critical thinkers. NLP is the country’s leading provider of news literacy education and works with districts and educators in all 50 states, primarily through our signature e-learning platform, Checkology®, and weekly educator newsletter, The Sift®. To read more about the organization and our plans, visit our website.

Where you fit in

The News Literacy Project empowers educators to teach middle and high school students how to sort fact from fiction in the digital age. We are at an exciting inflection point for our work, and we are making critical investments to rapidly scale our growth and impact. We’re looking for a product manager to partner with staff and customers to identify meaningful problems and lead the development of solutions.

This is a high-impact role with direct ownership over discovery, delivery, and evolution of NLP’s core educator platform. You’ll report to and work closely with the VP of Product, and you will lead a cross-functional squad across product design, research, and in-house and offshore engineering.

About the position

You will have direct responsibility for a fast-growing education platform that delivers classroom-ready content, grading tools and resources to K-12 educators. You will ensure that what we build is aligned with both educator and student needs and our ability to scale our impact nationwide. Your decisions will have direct impact on our strategic goal of ensuring 3.5 million students receive news literacy instruction from NLP by 2028.

Specifically, in this job, you will:

Drive the full product lifecycle of medium-to-large product initiatives, such as end-to-end class management, or improving the educator and student experience within lesson delivery
Contribute to roadmap planning and own end-to-end execution of scoped initiatives
Translate educator and student needs into clear, outcome-driven product decisions
Partner with design and research to deeply understand user behavior and pain points
Write detailed PRDs and user stories, grounded in real user needs and business impact
Prioritize bugs, features, and tech debt in tight coordination with engineering
Define and track success metrics for post-launch performance and user adoption
Solicit and synthesize feedback from educators, internal teams, and leadership to inform decisions
Drive sprint rituals, with coaching as needed – this is not a product owner role

This full-time position is virtual. Highly qualified candidates who live in, and are authorized to work in, the United States are encouraged to apply.

About you

You’re a thoughtful product manager with a strong bias to action. You’re a great communicator and are at ease with customers and executives. You’ve shipped features, worked directly with users, and partnered across teams to solve meaningful problems. You’re looking for a mission-driven team where you can grow your impact and your skills and simply do important work.

You can quickly apply your skills and experiences to new domains and industries
You can turn feedback and research into clear product direction
You communicate clearly, early and often with all stakeholders
You are energized by solving problems that can make a difference in our country
You thrive in cross-functional teams, move fast and bring others with you without sacrificing thoughtfulness
You can work independently in a remote-first environment

Qualification

3+ years in a product management role, or equivalent experience driving feature development with cross-functional teams; bonus for K-12 education experience
Experienced in leading multiple end-to-end product initiatives from discovery through delivery and iteration, with measurable user or business impact
Authored detailed PRDs or specs that guided engineering and design execution
Created and delivered customer- and executive-facing presentations and reports, including your own data analysis (using SQL, or Sigma or other BI tools)
Defined product scope, success metrics, and timelines while considering technical tradeoffs with engineering
Commissioned, planned or facilitated user interviews or research sessions, in partnership with UX or autonomously when needed
Confident navigating ambiguity and leading projects from scratch, with guidance and mentorship available

Compensation and benefits

The starting salary for this position is $80,000 to $85,000, depending on the candidate’s qualifications and experience. NLP also offers outstanding benefits, including a potential annual bonus of up to 10% for exceptional performance, health and dental insurance, a 401(k) plan match, flexible work environment and more. For an overview of our generous benefits package, check out our HR benefits summary.

Applications

To apply, upload a cover letter and a résumé at https://bit.ly/NLPJobs. The application deadline is 5 p.m. ET on Aug. 8, 2025. We hope to hire as quickly as possible for a start date around Sept. 22, 2025.

NOTE: To ensure the integrity and fairness of our “blind” evaluation process in making the initial assessment of candidates based on skills and experience, staff members do not respond to individual inquiries about employment with NLP. Please visit our website for more information.

Our interview process

Candidates selected to participate will be asked to complete a skills assessment (1-2 hours) and up to three rounds of virtual interviews (2-3 hours total). Interviews are conducted one-on-one and in group settings. Finalists will be asked to provide references.

The News Literacy Project welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds. We offer equal opportunity in employment for all qualified persons and prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, ancestry, age, veteran status, disability unrelated to job requirements, genetic information, military service or other protected status.

We deeply value diversity in the workplace and strongly believe that a diverse team enriches our organization and strengthens our ability to realize our mission (read/print NLP’s Organizational Values [PDF] and Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [PDF]).

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