Vice President of Product Development

Why we need you

Springboard Collaborative invites talented and passionate candidates to apply for the position of (internal title - Product Development Leader). The Vice President of Product Development will be responsible for overseeing both curriculum and application development to align the organization's product strategy with overall enterprise goals. A successful candidate will have experience in managing large teams, developing and driving product/service roadmaps, and implementing high-fidelity services in early education classrooms. This is a remote position, and candidates must be eligible to work and reside in the United States.

Springboard Collaborative closes the opportunity gap by closing the gap between home and school. By enlisting families as teaching partners, Springboard increases students’ access to instructional time, thereby improving learning outcomes. We envision a world in which educators and families work together to help children unlock their full potential. The Vice President of Product Development supports this goal through continuous product improvement that fuels academic development and meets the evolving needs of districts, teachers, parents, and students.

The Vice President of Product Development will supervise the Curriculum and Instruction leader, the Product Engineering leader, the Program Services leader, and four product owners. The Vice President of Product Development will report to the President and work as part of the Senior Leadership Team. This is a great opportunity to support an entrepreneurial team to maximize the impact of a rapidly growing organization.

You can read more about the requirements, competencies, goals, and responsibilities below. We'd love to have you join us!

This is important

We are an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Springboard Collaborative - it’s at the core of what we do and how we do it. No one can solve a problem better than those who experience it firsthand. That’s why Springboard aspires to hire a diverse team that reflects the marginalized communities we serve.

We also know that having a diverse workforce makes for a better workplace. Springboard’s hiring process seeks individuals who value diversity across race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and more.

Finally, if you’re passionate about an open role, we encourage you to apply - even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications listed on the job description!

Here are your priorities in the first year:

- You are responsible for the adoption and fidelity of a new decision making framework and ways of working cross functionally, called the Pillars and Capabilities decision framework, across the Product Development team.

- You will identify and execute improvement opportunities that result from an externally managed randomized control trial aiming to evaluate program efficacy and establish external credibility of our model.

- You will integrate the Program Services team into the product development team, and support their acclimation into development ways of working and operating procedures.

- You will ensure our new Family App and Program Fidelity App are ready to extend the value of our programming, and drive utility, satisfaction, and outcomes.

Here are your responsibilities within and beyond the first year:

You own the strategic product portfolio and oversee product lifecycle execution to drive on-time feature delivery and learning outcomes.

- Act as the strategic bridge between Program Development, Curriculum & Instruction, and Technology teams; ensuring that science of learning, instructional design, and rigorous evidence of student outcomes directly drive product design.

- Define and maintain a unified, multi-year product lifecycle roadmap that balances component-level roadmaps with platform-wide strategies.

You lead and manage the product development teams, individual contributors, and departmental r