Product Manager (Contractor)

The posting, as Moderncampus wrote it

About Modern Campus
Modern Campus empowers institutions to move with confidence across the modern learner journey. Our platform spans web content management, curriculum and catalog management, student engagement and lifelong learning — giving more than 1,700 colleges and universities the infrastructure they need to support the entire learner-to-earner lifecycle and deliver personalized, scalable experiences.

We partner with the education community to create new pathways for learning and opportunity, reimagining how institutions serve the modern learner and shape the future of education.

Our purpose — our north star — is to empower institutions to confidently serve and support the modern learner.

This mission and purpose come to life through how we show up every day:
We exist to create empowerment through education.
We lead with honesty and empathy.
We shape the future through innovation.
We become trusted partners.
We make the complex feel possible.

Position Summary
Modern Campus is seeking a Contractor Product Manager to join our Lifelong Learning product team.
In this role, you will own key areas of our lifelong learning platform, partnering closely with Engineering, UX, Customer Success, Services, and Go-to-Market teams to deliver solutions that improve the learner experience, increase registrations, and drive operational efficiency for higher education institutions.

You will serve as the Product Owner for Agile development teams while also contributing to product strategy, roadmap planning, customer discovery, and commercial outcomes. This position sits at the intersection of customer needs, business objectives, market opportunity, and technical execution.

The ideal candidate is customer-obsessed, data-informed, commercially minded, and excited about applying emerging technologies, including AI, to solve meaningful challenges within higher education.
What You'll Do
Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Own the strategy, roadmap, priorities, and outcomes for an assigned product area.
• Translate customer needs, business objectives, market trends, competitive intelligence, and product insights into product opportunities.
• Identify opportunities to improve customer value, product adoption, retention, expansion, revenue growth, and operational efficiency.
• Develop business cases and recommendations that balance customer impact, market opportunity, investment, and delivery complexity.

Product Discovery & Innovation

• Conduct customer discovery through interviews, user research, workflow analysis, experimentation, and data analysis.
• Validate problems and solutions using qualitative and quantitative insights.
• Evaluate and champion opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and emerging technologies to improve customer outcomes.
• Stay informed on industry trends and evolving learner needs within higher education and professional learning.

Product Delivery & Execution

• Define, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog to ensure

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emonstrated interest in AI, automation, analytics, and emerging technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in higher education technology, EdTech, enterprise SaaS, or other complex B2B software environments.
• Experience launching, managing, or enhancing AI-powered products and features.
• Knowledge of product analytics tools and experimentation methodologies.
• Experience using customer feedback, market research, and product usage data to guide decision-making.
• Familiarity with product-led growth strategies, customer adoption programs, and customer enablement initiatives.
• Understanding of responsible AI principles, accessibility standards, privacy regulations, and data security best practices.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or comparable Agile/Product Management certification.
• Experience supporting lifelong learning, workforce development, continuing education, professional education, or learner engagement solutions.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Thinking and Product Vision
• Customer Obsession and User Advocacy
• Product Discovery and Innovation
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Commercial and Business Acumen
• AI and Emerging Technology Fluency
• Prioritization and Product Judgment
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Communication and Influence
• Change Management and Adaptability
• Ownership and Accountability
• Continuous Learning and Growth Mindset

Why Join Modern Campus?
At Modern Campus, we're transforming how higher education institutions engage learners throughout the entire student lifecycle. We believe meaningful growth comes from understanding our customers, connecting their challenges to the right solutions, and creating experiences that deliver measurable value.
This role offers an opportunity to shape the future of demand generation at Modern Campus, building innovative, data-driven marketing strategies that strengthen customer engagement, accelerate growth, and connect marketing impact to business outcomes.