Hybrid Product Manager – Platform

at Learning Commons

• Job title: Product Manager – Platform
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $190,000 - $261,800 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Redwood City, United States

About the role

• Product Manager on AI Developer Tools team at Learning Commons, enhancing platform infrastructure and delivering AI-powered tools for educators.

Responsibilities

• Execute platform roadmap and sprint planning – Prioritize platform features and technical investments based on internal customer needs, working closely with engineering to plan and execute 2-week sprints using agile methodologies.
• Build strong internal customer relationships – Conduct regular discovery sessions with Knowledge Graph, Evaluators, and Developer Experience teams to understand their platform needs, gather feedback on MVP features, and iterate rapidly.
• Ship platform capabilities iteratively – Launch and refine Identity/Auth, API Gateway, MCP server, and observability features through frequent releases; track adoption and identify blockers to internal team migration.
• Define platform success metrics and SLAs – Establish metrics for platform health, reliability, adoption, and internal customer satisfaction; create service level expectations and support processes for platform issues.
• Enable cross-team platform adoption – Collaborate with 5 product managers across the organization to ensure platform capabilities meet their needs; document APIs, auth flows, and platform services for internal consumption.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of product management experience with a track record of shipping products, preferably with exposure to platform, API, or infrastructure work.
• Technical fluency – Comfortable discussing APIs, authentication/authorization, system architecture, and infrastructure concepts with engineers; ability to understand technical tradeoffs and translate them into product decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills – Proven ability to collaborate with multiple cross-functional partners, prioritize competing requests, and build trust through transparency and consistent delivery.
• Execution excellence – Experience working in agile environments (sprints, Jira, standups); ability to write clear specs, user stories, and acceptance criteria that help engineering teams ship with confidence.
• Customer-centric mindset – Passion for understanding user needs (in this case, internal developer teams), gathering feedback, and iterating based on validated learning; commitment to education and mission-driven work.

Benefits

• Provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
• Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
• Funding for select family-forming benefits.
• Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving