Primer

Overview

We're looking for a Product Manager to help build the software, AI, and data layer that powers how Primer operates.

About Primer

Primer is a growing network of K–8 schools restoring the timeless foundations of American education. Inspired by the original teaching primers that shaped a nation of readers, thinkers, and builders, our schools begin with what has always worked, and build for what lies ahead.

Requirements & Eligibility

• 5+ years of product management experience
• Experience building products for complex, physical workflows
• Strong ownership. You can take an ambiguous problem, figure out what matters, make decisions, and drive it through adoption and impact
• Resourceful and creative
• Comfort working in messy, real-world environments
• Analytical enough to reason from data, practical enough to know when the truth is in the field
• Strong opinions, loosely held
• Clear writing and structured thinking

Key Responsibilities

• Take the daily reality of running schools and turn it into simple, useful products
• Own the Operations product portfolio, from strategy and discovery through launch, adoption, and iteration
• Spend time with campus leaders, market teams, educators, and central operators to understand where work breaks down
• Partner with Design and Engineering to solve workflow problems
• Run time studies on campus
• Form a point of view quickly, make tradeoffs with imperfect information, and keep things moving