Instructure
education technology
SeniorProductManager
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“Senior Product Manager at Instructure. Skills: AI-powered insights and analytics, product management, data systems, analytics workflows, BI concepts, AI-driven products, customer empathy, experimentation. Shape the vision and strategy for AI-powered insights and analytics across Canvas and the broader Instructure ecosystem, driving the shift from descriptive reporting to proactive, AI-first intelligence.. Own and lead key areas of the roadmap spanning curated, action-oriented insights and self-s”
What You'll Achieve.
Establish and track success metrics that reflect real-world impact: engagement, decision speed, intervention effectiveness, and trust in data.; improve learner outcomes; transform complex educational data into clear, actionable insights; accelerate learning cycles, experimentation, and delivery
Industry & Context.
Comfort working in ambiguous, complex environments, bringing structure, clarity, and momentum.; A pragmatic, experiment-driven mindset—you move quickly from ideas to learning, and from learning to impact.
All employees must pass a background check as part of the hiring process., Candidates may be asked to verify their legal name, current physical location, and provide a valid contact number and residential address, in accordance with local data privacy laws., Any attempt to misrepresent personal or professional information will result in disqualification.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of product management experience, ideally in analytics, data platforms, AI-driven products, or edtech environments where outcomes and trust are critical., Proven track record of owning and driving complex product areas, delivering measurable impact from strategy through execution., understanding of data systems, analytics workflows, and BI concepts, including experience with SQL-based or semantic-layer-driven products., Experience leading AI-powered or data-intensive products, with a emphasis on accuracy, interpretability, and user trust., product judgment and customer empathy, with the ability to represent the needs of educators, administrators, and institutional stakeholders., Comfort working in ambiguous, complex environments, bringing structure, clarity, and momentum., Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, aligning cross-functional teams across engineering, data, design, and go-to-market at multiple levels of the organization., A pragmatic, experiment-driven mindset—you move quickly from ideas to learning, and from learning to impact.
Nice to Have
Experience in education technology is a plus., An innovative spirit. You’re comfortable challenging the status quo and experimenting with new approaches.
What You'll Do.
Shape the vision and strategy for AI-powered insights and analytics across Canvas and the broader Instructure ecosystem
driving the shift from descriptive reporting to proactive
AI-first intelligence.
Own and lead key areas of the roadmap spanning curated
action-oriented insights and self-service
conversational analytics experiences
from discovery through delivery
Drive the evolution of AI-powered analytics capabilities
including natural language querying
automated insight generation
and predictive intelligence.
Build a coherent experience across a growing ecosystem
ensuring insights become richer as customers adopt more of the Instructure platform and connect additional data sources.
Develop a deep understanding of the needs of educators
and institutional leaders
and champion those needs in strategic and day-to-day product decisions.
Partner closely with engineering and the data platform to ensure accuracy
and reliability of AI-generated insights
including monitoring model performance and reducing regressions over time.
Establish and track success metrics that reflect real-world impact: engagement
intervention effectiveness
Collaborate across product
and go-to-market teams to deliver cohesive AI-first analytics experiences.
Apply modern product practices and AI-enabled workflows to accelerate learning cycles
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with engineering and the data platform to ensure accuracy, trust, and reliability of AI-generated insights.; Collaborate across product, design, engineering, and go-to-market teams to deliver cohesive AI-first analytics experiences.; Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, aligning cross-functional teams across engineering, data, design, and go-to-market at multiple levels of the organization.
Process & Methodology
Own and lead key areas of the roadmap spanning curated, action-oriented insights and self-service, conversational analytics experiences, from discovery through delivery, adoption, and scale., Apply modern product practices and AI-enabled workflows to accelerate learning cycles, experimentation, and delivery.
Full Job Description
At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers. We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. And that's where you come in: We’re looking for an experienced Product Manager to help lead our AI-powered insights and analytics products across Canvas and the broader Instructure ecosystem. This role sits at the intersection of education, data, and applied AI, shaping how administrators, instructors, and institutional leaders interact with data to improve learner outcomes. You’ll define and deliver experiences that transform complex educational data into clear, actionable insights—ranging from curated, high-value signals that highlight student and course needs, to self-service analytics experiences powered by natural language and AI-driven exploration. This is a role for someone who thrives in ambiguous problem spaces, is deeply customer-obsessed, and cares just as much about trust and correctness as they do about speed and innovation. If you’re driven to turn data into decisions—and AI into real-world impact—we’d love to talk. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING: - Shape the vision and strategy for AI-powered insights and analytics across Canvas and the broader Instructure ecosystem, driving the shift from descriptive reporting to proactive, AI-first intelligence. - Own and lead key areas of the roadmap spanning curated, action-oriented insights and self-service, conversational analytics experiences, from discovery through delivery, adoption, and scale. - Drive the evolution of AI-powered analytics capabilities, including natural language querying, automated insight generation, summarization, and predictive intelligence. - Build a coherent experience across a growing ecosystem, ensuri
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