Senior Product Manager - Research

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At Kuali, we build amazing software for higher education. We help our customers — colleges & universities — focus on providing a fantastic education to students by decreasing their administrative costs. We work in a competitive space, ripe for innovation, with users ready to be delighted. We were named to the TIME Magazine World’s Top EdTech Companies 2024 list, in the top 40 of US companies.

Our Culture As a company, we are guided by our cultural values.

We’ve embraced distributed work for years—it’s part of who we are. Many of our employees work remotely across the U.S., from Massachusetts to Seattle, while others collaborate in person at our office locations. We’re intentional about creating a healthy, connected culture no matter where you work. Some roles are fully remote, while others are based in-office or hybrid, depending on team needs.

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Why join us? You’ll get to work with some truly amazing people at a fast-growing, design-centric EdTech startup with exceptional benefits. Our work matters — we’re helping our customers improve the quality of education. You’ll have a significant impact on what we do and how we do it because we, all of us, are an empowered group of entrepreneurs.

Position: Senior Product Manager - Research Location: Remote - USA

Job : 256-2001 # of Openings: 1 About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead our Kuali Research product, a mission‑critical area of our higher‑education SaaS platform. This role is ideal for a seasoned product manager who thrives in ambiguity, operates with deep customer empathy, understands how to drive business growth with product investments, and consistently delivers high‑impact outcomes.

As Senior Product Manager, you will own this complex product domain end‑to‑end — shaping vision and strategy, driving roadmap decisions, and partnering closely with engineering, design, and go‑to‑market teams. You’ll influence cross‑functional alignment, elevate product quality, and ensure the Kuali Research solution delivers measurable value to colleges and universities, while delivering business outcomes that support company growth objectives.

Who are we? Kuali builds software solutions for higher education. We help our customers — colleges & universities — focus on providing a fantastic education to students by decreasing their administrative costs. We work in a competitive space, ripe for innovation, with users ready to be delighted.

Our Culture As a company, we are guided by our cultural values:

• Iterate to evolve
• Cultivate openness
• Act with accountability
• Assume the best
• Practice humility
• Deliver amazing experiences

At Kuali, we learn from and teach each other, we practice transparency and empathy, we delight in delivering value to our customers, and we WIN! We work remotely, and have for years. Distributed work is in our bones, with a history of institutions working across state lines on open-source software for more than ten years. Our employees each work in the environment where they’re happiest, from Pennsylvania to Seattle.

We work consciously to create a collaborative and healthy remote work culture, and we travel to meet in person a few times each year. We feel it’s important for employees to come to work refreshed and ready for the week so we have a four day work week policy, Monday-Thursday.

Everyone should love their work. At Kuali, we embrace diversity and inclusion at every level. We value and respect individuals from all backgrounds, recognizing that a rich tapestry of experiences and perspectives fuels our success as a company and enriches our collective human experience.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Product Strategy & Vision
  • Own the long‑term strategy for our Research, ensuring alignment with Kuali’s overall portfolio visions and strategy as well as the company mission and business goals.
  • Translate customer needs, market trends, competitive intelligence, and data into a clear, actionable roadmap
  • Identify opportunities for innovation in…