Acuity Insights

Acuity Insights is a mission-driven company dedicated to developing exceptional professionals by helping educational institutions select, nurture, and graduate well-rounded students equipped with the technical and social skills necessary for success in their careers.

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📍 Canada

💸 135000 - 155000 CAD per year

🔍 Education Technology

  • Proficiency in backend JavaScript or ability to learn quickly.
  • Experience with distributed systems and cloud platforms, ideally AWS.
  • Comfortable with full-stack web applications, including UI, APIs, and database schemas.
  • Experience with large system migrations.

  • Build new systems and maintain existing ones for the assessment platform, Casper.
  • Lead the design of system migrations from older Meteor-based applications to a modern React and AWS stack.
  • Collaborate with product managers to prioritize features and improvements.
  • Guide quality improvements through mentoring and establishing best practices.

AWSDynamoDBJavascriptMongoDBTypeScriptJavaScriptGoReactCommunication Skills

Posted 2024-11-15
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📍 Canada

🧭 Contract

💸 $120,000 - $140,000 CAD per year

🔍 Higher education

  • Operate as a senior-level product manager with expertise in core product management practices like discovery and problem identification, roadmapping, scope management, and agile delivery.
  • Have worked within a strong product management function in a technology company, consultancy or boutique agency.
  • Developed SaaS B2B or B2C product roadmaps and delivered products with over 10,000 monthly active users.
  • Have taken a product from idea to market in 6 months or less or brought a feature, MVP, or product line to production in under 3 months.
  • Excel at effectively communicating with partners, influencers, and decision-makers and adapting to your audience.
  • Have a strong understanding of design practices and recognize that a good UX/UI resonates with the majority of users.
  • Deep knowledge of engineering practices, including CI/CD and modified scrum.
  • Demonstrate deep care and empathy for the end users your product serves.

  • Drive cross-functional alignment.
  • Lead collaborative efforts with design, engineering, marketing, and sales teams to ensure a shared understanding of product goals, strategies, and priorities.
  • Champion the user by actively engaging with users and key stakeholders to gather feedback, understand their needs, and effectively communicate product updates and progress.
  • Facilitate agile ceremonies, expertly guiding stand-ups, sprint planning, and backlog grooming sessions to foster a collaborative and efficient development process.
  • Translate complex product features into clear, concise user stories and acceptance criteria for the development team.
  • Shape the product vision by defining and refining it based on market trends, user needs, and data-driven insights.
  • Prioritize features and define product requirements based on a deep understanding of user value and business objectives.
  • Continuously analyze product data and metrics to assess performance, identify areas for improvement, and inform product strategy.
  • Own the entire product lifecycle from ideation and discovery to development, launch, and post-launch optimization.
  • Manage product backlog, conduct user testing, and gather feedback to ensure product meets user needs and expectations.
  • Coordinate product launches and marketing campaigns to drive user adoption and achieve business goals.
  • Track and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and ensure alignment with business objectives.

AgileProduct ManagementSCRUMStrategyCollaborationCI/CDAgile methodologies

Posted 2024-10-11
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