Product Manager
Corporate Profile
Regent Education is the leading Software-as-a-Service provider of independent, highly automated financial aid management software solutions supporting diverse enrollment models for higher education institutions in the U.S. Backed by leading ed-tech venture investors, Regent’s web-based, easy-to-use solutions interoperate with established student information systems to provide institutions with improved efficiencies, fewer errors, new program growth opportunities, and enhanced financial aid services for students.
Regent’s management solutions are designed and built by, and for, members of the financial aid and enrollment management communities to enable institutions to better craft and execute financial aid, program growth, enrollment management, and financial aid counseling strategies. Regent’s solutions are deployed at 20% of the top 50 online institutions in the country, powering more than $2.5BB in highly automated financial aid disbursements annually.
The Role
Work closely with leadership, several cross-functional teams, and clients to develop and deliver innovative Financial Aid software and services. Work with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand and improve product capabilities. Define the long-term strategy and vision for financial aid management, leveraging new technologies to deliver features to our customers. Analyze customer feedback and usage metrics to identify key pain points. Think big and continuously—pitch new product ideas. Drive requirements definition, customer experience design, product roadmap, and prioritization. Partner with each business team to understand their customer needs and influence adoption of new services. Manage bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate, and make trade-offs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints, ensure alignment between initial business requirements and product feature/enhancement delivery, assist with creation and delivery of key go-to-market materials/sessions, and maximize business benefits while building great customer experiences.
This position is remote (work from home), with a travel requirement of up to 25%.
Professional Requirements
- BA/BS (MS preferred)
- Financial Aid and/or SaaS experience preferred
- 3+ years’ experience in related fields of educational technology (as client or vendor) and/or product management
- Demonstrated ability to work with both technical and non-technical individuals to gather information and communicate direction
- Experience scheduling and leading meetings with a broad range of people
- Strong analytical, communication (both written and oral), and presentation skills
- Ability to move projects through cross-functional teams
- Strong technical and people leadership skills through multiple project cycles
- Proficiency in Power Point and Excel
- Attention to detail and a commitment to quality work
- Sensitivity to deadlines – the ability to meet deadlines is essential, so a flexible schedule is required
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and to prioritize their importance
Our Culture
At Regent Education, we partner with higher education to unlock financial resources for aspiring students. We focus on alignment with our university-partners’ values and goals, and we celebrate the outcomes that our platform enables for their students.
We’re a venture-backed SaaS company that has championed (both pre- and post-Covid) a remote-friendly AND efficient distributed team culture and capabilities.
No job is too big or too small for anyone in the company. It is a team approach, and all levels of the organization work together.
Collectively, our professionals have hundreds of years of experience in financial aid and higher education enterprise system development and deployment.
We provide comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, LTD, STD, AD&D and Life insurances as well as a 401k match and FSA/HSA options.
Regent Education is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
Regent Education is a drug-free workplace. Applicants should be prepared to provide work-related references.
If this role sounds like you, please email your resume with salary requirements to [email protected].