Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coursedog is a remote-first company dedicated to breaking down barriers to student success through their Intelligent Academic Operations Platform. The Product Owner will play a crucial role in executing product strategies and collaborating with engineering and design teams to improve product features and maintain platform stability.
Responsibilities
- Write detailed PRDs and specs for epics, translating strategic product goals into clear, well-defined User Stories with testable acceptance criteria
- Own prioritization for your focus areas in close collaboration with the Head of Platform, ensuring alignment with roadmap priorities and our Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC)
- Partner with engineering to refine and sequence the backlog, ensuring the team always has well-prepared, well-understood work ahead of them
- Act as the first line of triage for product issues, validating and integrating bugs into the development backlog as appropriate
- Uphold a strong 'Definition of Done' to ensure quality and readiness for release
- Collaborate with design to create wireframes and clickable prototypes to communicate product concepts, validate design direction, and accelerate engineering handoff
- Partner closely with our design team to ensure UX consistency, accessibility, and quality within Coursedog's design system
- Own your product areas from discovery through development and rollout — you're accountable for the outcome, not just the ticket
- Serve as the primary point of contact for your development team on product-related questions, resolving ambiguities quickly so engineering stays unblocked
- Support the execution of the product roadmap by ensuring User Stories and Epics are consistently delivered against defined timelines and quality standards
- Monitor post-release performance and iterate based on feedback and product metrics
- Represent the voice of the customer and product in team ceremonies and cross-functional discussions
- Communicate feature updates and release details to internal stakeholders including Customer Success, Sales, and Support
- Gather insights from customers and internal teams to inform backlog refinement and future iterations
- Support implementations for early-stage products by serving as a product expert, gathering feedback, and clarifying functionality for implementation teams
- Actively lean in where needed to maximize the value delivered by the product, which may include supporting sales enablement with feature details, contributing to user documentation, or providing internal feature demos
- Step in where needed to support the product team, flexibly responding to evolving priorities
- Lead the rollout of Coursedog's design system across the platform, with a focus on achieving accessibility standards
- Own the execution of four major AI feature initiatives planned for this cycle
- Lead initiatives to reduce bugs and eliminate technical debt, improving reliability and performance for our 400+ university partners
Skills
- 1–3+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager in an Agile SaaS environment, with a proven track record of managing backlogs and shipping software
- Technical or analytics background — you're comfortable in conversations with engineers, can read data fluently, and understand how software is built
- Direct, hands-on experience collaborating with engineering teams; engineers trust you and you earn that trust through clarity and follow-through
- Experience writing real specs and PRDs — not just user stories, but detailed, reasoned documentation that gives engineering what they need to execute
- Ability to create wireframes or clickable prototypes (Figma or equivalent)
- Exceptional communication skills and a proactive, resourceful working style
- Comfort operating in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities
- Experience in higher education or education technology; familiarity with university administrative workflows (curriculum management, academic approvals, catalog publishing, etc.) is a meaningful plus
- Client-facing experience — you've worked directly with external customers, institutional stakeholders, or implementation teams and are comfortable translating user needs into product improvements
- Exposure to AI/ML product development, including prior experience shipping AI-powered features or collaborating with engineering teams integrating AI capabilities into a product
- Accessibility experience, including familiarity with WCAG standards, accessibility testing practices, or building products used across diverse user populations
- Developer-facing documentation experience, such as creating API documentation, integration guides, SDK documentation, or other technical resources used by developers or partners
- Experience triaging and managing a bug backlog, including coordinating with engineering teams to prioritize defects, balance stability work with feature delivery, and maintain product quality
- Experience working on platform performance and reliability initiatives, such as improving application performance, supporting stability improvements, or prioritizing technical debt and infrastructure work
- Experience leading developer experience initiatives, familiarity with platform products or developer ecosystems
Benefits
- Healthcare, Dental & Vision
- Retirement Planning
- Paid Time Off
- Remote-First Since Inception
- Equity
- Paid Parental Leave
Company Overview
Coursedog streamlines academic scheduling and curriculum management for universities and colleges. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.coursedog.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Coursedog has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2023, 1 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.