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Job Type
Full-time
Description
The Vibe
CeriFi is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead product definition and delivery across our Exam Prep, Continuing Education, and Certification verticals.
This is a high-ownership role for a seasoned product professional who can operate with significant day-to-day autonomy taking strategic direction from senior leadership and driving it through to disciplined, high-quality execution. The right candidate brings the organizational maturity to establish and enforce product management processes across cross-functional teams, including stakeholders across business and technology functions with varying levels of product management familiarity.
First-hand experience in professional education, particularly Exam Prep, Continuing Education, or Certification, is strongly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
Product Definition & Requirements
Translate strategic concepts and new product initiatives into thorough, well-structured product requirements including detailed user stories, functional specifications, edge case documentation, and acceptance criteria at a level of completeness that enables engineering teams to write technical delivery stories with minimal back-and-forth.
Partner with stakeholders to define and document business objectives, use cases, target audiences, and measurable success metrics for each initiative.
Synthesize competitive intelligence, market research, and customer data to make informed product decisions, shape roadmap priorities, and ensure products meet accreditation, compliance, and industry standards.
Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Management
Lead and align cross-functional teams spanning Technology, Content, Compliance, Marketing, and Sales by establishing clear process expectations, decision frameworks, and communication cadences.
Introduce and sustain product management discipline in organizations building or maturing their product practice, holding stakeholders accountable to defined processes and decision frameworks.
Serve as a steady, credible point of coordination across business and technical functions, earning trust through clarity, follow-through, and domain knowledge.
Delivery & Lifecycle Management
Own the full product lifecycle — from discovery and definition through build, QA, launch, and post-release optimization.
Collaborate with engineering and design to assess feasibility, define scope, and actively manage timelines, dependencies, and risks.
Identify and remove blockers proactively to maintain delivery momentum across parallel workstreams.
Serve as the primary point of contact for launch readiness, ensuring that all materials, workflows, and internal communications are complete before go-live.
Performance & Iteration
Define KPIs at the outset of each initiative and track post-launch performance against them, developing insights that drive future enhancements.
Support go-to-market planning, messaging, and sales enablement in partnership with Marketing and Sales.
Requirements
7–12 years of product management experience, with a demonstrated track record of autonomous, end-to-end product ownership.
Proven ability to produce high-quality, detailed product requirements that enable engineering teams to execute with confidence and minimal ambiguity.
Demonstrated experience introducing and sustaining product management processes across cross-functional teams with varying levels of product management familiarity.
Strong organizational, analytical, and written communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously without loss of quality or detail.
Experience working directly with engineering and design teams on customer-facing digital products.
Strongly Preferred
First-hand industry experience in professional education — specifically Exam Prep, Continuing Education (CE), or Certification verticals.
Familiarity with CE accreditation workflows, provider approval processes, credit hour compliance, or regulatory environments governing professional licensure.
Background in edtech, SaaS, or content-driven platforms.
What Success Looks Like
You operate with a high degree of independence, bringing strategic initiatives to life without requiring day-to-day direction or close oversight.
Requirements you produce are clear, complete, and actionable — engineering teams can write technical stories directly from your artifacts with confidence.
Cross-functional stakeholders operate within defined frameworks, with clear accountability and fewer delivery surprises.
Products and features launch on time, meet compliance and quality standards, and align with CeriFi's strategic growth objectives.
Innovations you shepherd contribute measurable outcomes: revenue growth, learner engagement, retention, or market differentiation.
You are recognized across the organization as a credible, reliable, and structured leader who makes delivery predictable.