SCIENTIFIC LEARNING CORPORATION

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Company

Founded in 1996, Scientific Learning (www.scilearn.com; NASDAQ: SCIL) creates educational software that accelerates learning by improving the processing efficiency of the brain. Based on more than 30 years of neuroscience and cognitive research, the Fast ForWord® family of products provides struggling readers with computer-delivered exercises that build the cognitive skills required to read and learn effectively. Scientific Learning’s Reading Assistant™ combines advanced speech recognition technology with scientifically-based courseware to help students strengthen fluency, vocabulary and comprehension to become proficient, life-long readers. The efficacy of the products has been established by more than 550 research studies and publications.

Job Summary: 

The Product Manager/Senior Product Manager will be responsible for delivering commercially successful products in the consumer, and on-demand market segments of Scientific Learning's award-winning family of products.  She/he will provide strategic and tactical product leadership and ongoing support to product development, sales, service and marketing for the products she/he owns.

Detailed Responsibilities

•Define requirements and drive product development of our products in consumer, on-demand, and international market segments

•Own and manage pricing, cost and breakeven analysis, and revenue/earnings projections for his/her product

•Manage the entire product life cycle, from concepts to development to release

•Work with international VARs on international deployment requirements

•Coordinate multiple teams, resources and timelines to successfully ship and launch his/her products

•Work with Marketing on building awareness, generating lead, and increasing conversion for the consumer product

•Manage product roadmap and release plan for the products

•Develop screen mockups and wireframes, as needed

•Write epics and user stories according to Agile Development methodology

•Coordinate with Engineering on specifics of features

•Initiate and prioritize features and projects within engineering and QA, track product development, and develop product launch plans

•Engage closely with engineering team and assist in determining the best technical implementation methods

•Own the product metrics and responsibility for the ultimate success and growth of the product

•Maintain knowledge of the competitive and industry landscape

Requirements

•More than 3 years of product management experience, plus additional experiences in relevant industries or domain

•Experience in taking a product from concept to release, having worked as the Product Owner on a scrum-based software project

•Experience building on-demand or Software-as-a-Service product

•Product, Engineering, or other relevant experience in enterprise software, eLearning, educational software, gaming, or consumer internet.

•Strong organizational and analytical skills; attention to detail

•Passion for building a world-class, consumer-facing solution, and helping kids learn

•Outstanding creativity and drive; excellent written and oral communication skills

•Appreciation for different cultures and operating environments overseas, preferably from work or life experiences abroad

•Good presentation skills.  Experience in presenting to a large audience, including at conferences

•BA/BS degree; Masters or MBA is a plus

TO APPLY:

Please email your resume, cover letter and salary requirements to resumes@scilearn.com .

We are located near the 12^th Street Oakland downtown BART station.

Scientific Learning is an equal opportunity employer