Hybrid Head of Product, Early Literacy Curriculum

at Mount St. Joseph University

• Job title: Head of Product, Early Literacy Curriculum
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cincinnati, United States

About the role

• Head of Product for K–5 comprehensive literacy curriculum at Mount St. Joseph University. Overseeing product development and ensuring usability and clarity for educators and students.

Responsibilities

• Serve on the senior leadership team, guiding decisions around product usability and plans to scale.
• Ensure translation of instructional content into clear, engaging teacher and student-facing materials.
• Advise leadership on product best practices and print curriculum trends.
• Lead growth strategy, including the development of marketing and training materials, approach to pricing and printing consumables, and development of a website to disseminate open-source materials to educators.
• Apply UX design principles to a print-first curriculum to maximize clarity and ease of use.
• Define design direction and SOPs with content leads; maintain a comprehensive style guide ensuring consistency in tone, language use, design, and structure.
• Oversee templates and layouts, ensuring high editorial quality.
• Develop overviews and onboarding materials to help educators navigate the curriculum seamlessly.
• Lead user testing and synthesize feedback from early pilots to inform continuous improvement.
• Partner with content developers (academics and literacy experts) to understand the instructional vision and translate with integrity into streamlined and user-friendly formats.
• Lead the editorial process to ensure smooth collaboration and on-time delivery.
• Manage relationships with a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach.
• Design systems that enable rapid iteration on materials, particularly during the pilot phase.
• Oversee third-party contractors as needed to support publishing needs.
• Leverage partner data and market insights to strengthen adoption, scalability, and impact.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in product management, ideally within K-12 educational publishing or curriculum.
• Expertise in print-first product design with a strong understanding of graphic design and UX.
• Experience collaborating with subject matter experts to synthesize complex concepts into user-friendly formats.
• Track record of leading user testing cycles and applying feedback to improve usability.
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills, with a keen eye for editorial and design detail.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly collaborative, with excellent relationship management and cross-functional leadership skills.

Benefits

• Tuition Remission for you and your family.
• 403b Retirement
• Excellent benefits including medical, employer HSA contributions, dental, vision, life, parental leave.
• Generous PTO.
• 16 paid holidays.
• Competitive salaries.
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and collaborative educational environment.
• Professional development opportunities.