Product Manager-REMOTE

Remote - Nationwide Remote, CA $105,000-$115,000 Annually WHO WE ARE: iGrad, a division of Aztec Software, helps millions of students, employees, and adult learners build stronger financial futures through personalized guidance and interactive tools. Through our award-winning iGrad and Enrich platforms, we enable confident financial decision-making and meaningful life outcomes. As part of our mission-driven team, you’ll advance holistic financial wellness at scale. Our digital product organization works AI-first, never AI-only — pairing bold thinking and modern tools with human craftsmanship, accountability, and real-world impact. JOB SUMMARY: As a Product Manager, you’ll own the end-to-end digital feature lifecycle — from opportunity assessment through launch and optimization. You’ll work in a distributed, AI-enabled product culture, partnering closely with designers and engineers to translate business needs into great user experiences. This role demands high ownership, clear communication, and strong product judgment — balancing autonomy with collaboration, making smart trade-offs, and driving execution with a positive, solution-oriented mindset. • You’re a full-stack digital product manager who owns the full feature lifecycle • Think AI-first, while owning the outcome – You creatively leverage AI to ideate, accelerate, and elevate every phase of the digital product feature workflow—while maintaining full accountability for the outcome and human craftsmanship. • Balance vision and execution – You see the big picture but focus on details, making smart trade-offs to stay on track. • Buy-in and improve processes – You’ll bring a positive attitude, embrace our processes and digital product development ops, and help evolve them over time. • You thrive as a self-starter within a cross-functional, distributed product culture • Work independently, collaborate effectively – Be a self-starter on a lean and growing team, working independently while staying aligned • Bridge business and engineering – Partner with product designers and engineers to translate priorities into clear features, support delivery, and unlock impact. • Prioritize and deliver – Manage multiple initiatives, stay cool under pressure, and drive results. • You lead with clarity, reliability, and emotional intelligence • Communicate with impact – Present with clarity and conviction, align stakeholders, and rally teams to consensus. • Build trust through reliability – Be detail-oriented, solution-focused, and always delivering. • Balance results with emotional intelligence – Navigate challenges with diplomacy and clarity. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: • Capture, propose, and validate new digital features • Identify opportunities – Collaborate with your business unit to surface feature ideas rooted in business needs and user pain points. • Validate ideas – Conduct light research and analysis to assess feasibility and ROI. • Write POAs – Summarize business context, ROI potential, and risks in a Product Opportunity Assessment. • Define and document feature requirements • Write PRDs – Create clear, concise Product Requirements Documents. • Outline user journeys – Capture happy/unhappy paths and key edge cases. • Collaborate cross-functionally – Align with stakeholders to clarify scope and define MVP. • Drive design and delivery in partnership with product design and engineering • Support design – Join design sessions and help resolve real-time trade-offs. • Serve as internal customer – Provide engineering with business and user context. • Support development – Help with QA, scope adjustments, and sprint questions. • Ensure clarity and alignment throughout the feature lifecycle • Track status – Manage stakeholder deliverables, risks, and dependencies. • Drive decisions – Facilitate trade-offs and unblock teams. • Communicate clearly – Keep teams informed and aligned. • Evaluate and iterate on released features • Measure performance – Assess feature success via data and feedback. • Drive post-launch follow-up – Identify and prioritize improvements. • Contribute to product ops – Suggest improvements to product workflows. • Support business development and client success • Support sales initiatives – Join sales/client calls and assist with RFIs. • Lead digital product client discovery – Scope customization requests in partnership with design and engineering. • Support user engagement initiatives – Review user campaigns for alignment with key journeys. QUALIFICATIONS: • 2+ years of experience as a Digital Product Manager • Extensive experience owning the full digital feature lifecycle — from user and client need-finding, to validation and requirements documentation, to design support, development coordination, and post-launch iteration • Experience collaborating closely with business leaders, product designers and engineers, and driving clarity through structured product documentation (e.g. POAs, PRDs) • Track record of using AI to enhance digital product feature workflows with clear human judgment and outcome ownership • Experience as a Digital Product Manager in designing for a B2B2C, SaaS product suite DESIRED: • Experience as a Digital Product Manager in designing for EdTech, FinTech, and wellness digital products TRAVEL: ~10% WHAT WE OFFER: • 401(k) • Dental insurance • Health insurance • Life insurance • Flex Vacation Time Plan • Vision insurance Job Type: Full Time Work Location: Remote (USA). (Preference for candidates in the San Diego area for periodic in-person collaboration.) Equal Opportunity Employer Aztec is a proud equal opportunity employer. Apply tot his job

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