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PeopleGrove

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Education • Enterprise • Productivity

PeopleGrove is a company dedicated to transforming higher education by enhancing campus initiatives that support student and alumni success. Offering a range of solutions for universities, PeopleGrove focuses on increasing enrollment, retention, and graduation rates by engaging students and alumni through experiential learning, career services, and industry partnerships. The platform facilitates project-based learning by connecting universities with corporations and aims to redefine major and career selection through PathwayU. With over 20 million users from more than 650 institutions, PeopleGrove has become a trusted partner for higher education, helping schools connect with their communities, enhance alumni engagement, and drive philanthropic outcomes.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2015

📚 Education

🏢 Enterprise

⚡ Productivity

💰 Private Equity Round on 2022-05

📋 Description

• About PeopleGrove • We are a rapidly growing SaaS company focused on delivering complex workflow tools to the higher education sector, including solutions for alumni relations management and clinical experiential learning. Our mission is to empower educational institutions with technology that streamlines workflows, fosters meaningful alumni engagement, and supports the growth of clinical programs. Our approach to product discovery, UX, and feature development is heavily influenced by the principles described in Inspired by Marty Cagan, emphasizing cross-functional collaboration and continuous validation. We operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with product teams based in the United States and India. • Position Overview • In this role, you’ll be driving impactful platform enhancements and creative new feature development. You’ll leverage your bias toward action; knowledge of the data, our market, and our unique users; and passion for creating best-in-class products to break down complex problems into steps that create product improvements at a rapid speed. • You will build the product roadmap and launch meaningful new features for your product area while working closely with product and company leadership. You’ll collaborate with Engineering, Design, Customer Success, Sales, and Marketing to build a product that our users love. Because this role encompasses owning product development from concept to launch, you must also be willing to roll up your sleeves and take on the day-to-day project management required to deliver on your vision. We are looking for a strategic, thoughtful product manager to guide the product as you help determine PeopleGrove’s future direction.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of product management experience — including working with a software engineering team to build products from concept to launch. • Demonstrable ability to prioritize amongst competing opportunities, balancing customer needs with business priorities and the ability to articulate the rationale behind those decisions. • Demonstrated ability to use metrics and testing to develop hypotheses and evaluate product opportunities. • Expertise using analytics, user research and structured thinking to drive decisions and improve products (e.g. customer interviews, surveys, A/B testing, usability testing). • Exceptional written and oral communication skills as well as passion for serving user needs. • Steller organizational skills - you don’t let things get dropped! • The ability to balance many projects simultaneously and ruthlessly prioritize time and energy. • Experience working closely with design teams to deliver delightful user experiences. • Ability to think strategically and execute methodically. • A strong motivation to make a positive impact on the world and help alumni and students find their next step in life • Bonus - data analysis, including SQL skills. • Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments with changing expectations and responsibilities. • Comfortable with a largely remote team. • People that have worked with you will attest to the above

🏖️ Benefits

• Impactful Work: Shape the UX of products used by Higher Education Institutions across the United States helping them train the next generation of high impact graduates in fields like Nursing, Allied Health, Engineering, and Social work. • Growth Opportunities: Lead a multi-regional design team, defining best practices for UX research and discovery while mentoring others in research methodologies. • Remote Flexibility: Work from anywhere in the US, with periodic travel as needed for team offsites or user research sessions. • Innovative Environment: Join a company committed to product excellence, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement. • Collaborative Culture: Work alongside passionate professionals who value empathy, innovation, and user-centric design.