Principal Software Product Manager
Core
Senior Product Manager owning complex, multi-domain product strategies and roadmaps for WGU's competency-based online degree programs.
Role type
Principal Software Product Manager (Senior IC)
Builds
Strategic product roadmaps, business cases, and release strategies for higher education technology products.
Domain
Education Technology / Higher Ed
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Strategic roadmap planning, cross-functional leadership, data-driven decision making, ROI analysis, stakeholder management, product vision articulation, experiment design, user acceptance testing coordination, mentorship
Preferred skills
Education Technology domain expertise, Change Management certification, Master's degree
Technologies
Agile environments
Responsibilities
Develop strategic product roadmaps spanning multiple domains; lead cross-functional Steering Committees; define product release strategies; analyze impact of features on business outcomes; design experiments to test customer tradeoffs; mentor less-experienced Product Managers; lead research efforts to clarify ambiguous problems; write business cases and conduct value analyses.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence
