Product Manager - Marketing Data Platform (San Mateo, CA)

IXL Learning, a leading edtech company with products used by 11 million students worldwide, seeks a Product Manager for IXL’s Marketing Data Platform. In this role, you will design and build a data pipeline to supply our Marketing systems the data they need for digital marketing and email marketing initiatives that power our strategic priorities and operational needs.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Dig into our data and deeply understand what data is available and how it’s organized
• Develop a strategic understanding of IXL’s digital marketing efforts and how they’re critical to our business
• Collaborate with our digital marketing and email marketing teams to better reach and connect with current and prospective customers
• Design data stores and pipelines that optimize digital marketing performance and efficiency, and enable rapid experimentation
• Work with engineering to build and deploy a robust data pipeline that supports Marketing operations and aligns with broader business strategy

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in STEM or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in product management, software engineering, and/or data analysis
• Knowledge of databases and SQL
• Understanding of data pipeline architecture and best practices
• Strong communication skills
• Independent and highly motivated, with a resourceful, “figure-it-out” approach
• Extremely strong analytical skills - able to provide high quality, efficient, creative solutions to complex problems
• Curiosity, open-mindedness, and an unfailingly positive attitude

ABOUT IXL LEARNING

IXL Learning is a leading educational technology company on a big mission: creating innovative learning experiences that help all learners reach their full potential. IXL's comprehensive curriculum and insightful analytics help more than 500,000 teachers deliver personalized instruction, and empower over 11 million students to achieve new learning milestones every day.

At IXL, we’re passionate about our mission of creating the best educational technology that improves learning for all students. We bring that same passion to creating a workplace that values diversity on the basis that all of us bring a unique perspective and experience that advances IXL’s mission.

We strive to increase diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, and physical or mental ability and to continually promote a work environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work.