Product Manager

Job Description

We are seeking a hands-on Product Manager to drive improvements in the Canvas LMS experience and PowerSchool platform for educators and students. This role will focus on implementation, integrations, and user experience design—ensuring that Canvas works seamlessly with 3rd party tools, delivers content effectively, and provides an intuitive, engaging experience that supports learning at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end implementation of Canvas features, enhancements, and workflows across K–12 environments.
• Help to guide and collaborate on the implementation of PowerSchool features, enhancements, and workflows across K–12 environments.
• Partner with engineering, design, and curriculum teams to optimize the user experience for teachers, students, and administrators.
• Evaluate, integrate, and manage 3rd party tools and content providers within Canvas, ensuring smooth interoperability and compliance with standards (LTI, QTI, SCORM, xAPI).
• Gather and synthesize user feedback to identify pain points and prioritize solutions that improve usability, navigation, and engagement.
• Own the product backlog, writing clear user stories and acceptance criteria, and working closely with engineering on delivery.
• Collaborate with support teams to monitor performance, track issues, and ensure timely resolution of bugs or integration challenges.
• Develop metrics and dashboards to measure adoption, user satisfaction, and learning impact; use insights to guide product decisions.
• Create training materials, release notes, and demos to support rollout and drive adoption of new Canvas features and integrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; technical or instructional technology background preferred.
• 4–8 years of experience in product management or LMS administration (Canvas and PowerSchool experience strongly preferred).
• Strong understanding of LMS integrations, standards (LTI, QTI, SCORM, xAPI), and digital content delivery.
• Experience working directly with educators, administrators, and instructional designers to improve workflows and learning experiences.
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to translate user needs into technical requirements.
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Passion for improving digital learning environments and creating intuitive, student-centered experiences.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·       This is a remote position. This position is open to residents of, and may be performed remotely from Washington, D.C., and from any of the 50 States.

Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level.  Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections.  Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range. 

• We anticipate the salary range to be $100,000.00 to $120,000.00. The upper end of this range is not likely to be offered, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.  All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer. 

Job Type

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works.  It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting [email protected].

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.