United States onlyInterplay Learning, the leader in immersive learning for the skilled trades, now includes Industrial Training International (ITI), the global leader in specialized industrial learning solutions.
Leveraging instructor-led training, online simulations, AI, and VR, Interplay helps organizations and educational institutions upskill faster, reduce risk, and increase operational readiness.With nearly 600,000 people trained, Interplay is shaping the future of workforce development, building better careers and better lives. Visit www.interplaylearning.com to learn more.
Awards & Recognition:
- 2024 Facilitiesnet Readers' Choice Award Winners for Software
- Forbes 2024, America's Best Startup Employers
- 2024 Fast Company Most Innovative Companies
- 2024 AHR Expo Innovation Awards Winners for Software
- Built-In, Best Midsize Places to Work In Austin 2023 & 2024
Position: Product Manager
Interplay Learning is an innovative impact-driven EdTech company that uses the power of VR and simulations to teach the trades. Our customers range from large enterprises to mom & pop shops, technical high schools and higher education institutions to correctional facilities helping create better opportunities for incarcerated individuals re-entering society.
We truly believe in our motto - Better Careers, Better Lives - for our customers and our employees. We hire intentionally, and responsibly; and we never experienced layoffs as a result. We prioritize being a healthy business, and that means we get scrappy and creative to delight our customers.
As a Product Manager you will focus on the Learner Experience of our career development platform. You’ll partner with our Engineering Leads and VPs of Engineering, and Product. Together, you will radically improve our assessments and learner experience to drive technician career development and business outcomes for employers. Your role within the group is to analyze the highest ROI opportunities, architect scalable solutions, and manage the development and testing of features.
Why this position:
- Mature the secret sauce of our product: assessments
- Research and lead our vision on developing simulations that measure hands-on skills
- Autonomy to ideate and implement AI enhancements
What you’ll do:
- Lead the development of assessment and learner experience features to drive technician career development and business outcomes for employers
- Use business and user requirements to make key technical decisions in partnership with engineering leads to support wise trade-offs and timely decisions
- Make tested improvements to features that have aged to the point of frustration or irrelevance for users
- Maintain and take action on a strong feedback loop across employers, learners, and the broad market for assessments
- Evaluate opportunities to leverage AI and new tools to step-change our efficiency
- Conduct user testing and QA
- Actively look for inspiration from other Assessment, Learning, Gaming, 3D and VR brands
- Ensure successful learner outcomes
Who you are:
- Strong technical skills with a proven ability to work in partnership with engineering and technical leadership.
- Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to successfully facilitate decisions around complex ideas and technical trade-offs.
- Good emotional intelligence, enabling effective collaboration and relationship building.
- Strategic thinker with a keen ability to identify patterns and find systematic solutions.
- Problem-solving mindset with a focus on scale and pragmatic innovation.
- Passionate about technology, with a commitment to lifelong learning.
- Strong empathy and user-centric focus, understanding the impact of product decisions on content authoring stakeholders.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of product management experience (EdTech preferred)
- Demonstrated success driving a strategic roadmap forward
- Practical ability to write technical requirements, user stories, etc
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with JIRA analytics, React, app development and BI/Product analytics tools (e.g. Pendo, Amplitude, Heap)
- Have used scrum and agile and are familiar with tools and ceremonies that support them
- Bonus points for experience in assessments, psychometrics, or simulation design
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without stipulations and be residents of the United States.
The company conducts background checks after extending offers of employment. These screenings are performed by third-party specialists. All roles require I-9 verification, E-Verify, a background check, and a drug and alcohol test. Additionally, depending on the position, candidates may undergo employment history verification, DMV record check, reference checks, education and credential verification, and a credit history review.
Pay: $115K-$130K
Interplay Learning Ethos:
At Interplay, we love what we do. We embrace our daily challenge to push technological limits to invent better ways to make learning easier and training more powerful. We attract passionate people and invite spirited discourse. We celebrate that our jobs fit our lives, not the inverse. We are uncompromising in our belief that together: we can build better training, build better careers and build better lives for customers and our team.
Why you'll love working with us:
- Remote-first & flexible hours – Offices in Austin, TX; Deer Park, TX; Woodland, WA; and Cleveland, OH.
- Learning & growth – Annual learning reimbursement.
- Family-friendly policies – Support for work-life balance.
- Generous time off – 3 weeks PTO, 1 week Winter Break, holidays, and sick days.
- Comprehensive benefits – Medical, vision, dental, and 401(k) match.
- Equity – Private Company Equity Options
- Wellness – Mental and physical health resources and social events.
Join us and grow with a team that values you!
Diversity Statement
At Interplay Learning, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to who we are and how we operate our business. We’re building a diverse workforce that cultivates and supports all individuals for the betterment of each other, our company, and our customers. We believe a culture of equality creates a stronger work environment for all employees and that we are all accountable for encouraging and celebrating diverse voices. Interplay Learning commits to promote and recognize principles of fairness, equity, and social justice in relation to, and across, intersections of race, age, color, disability, faith, religion, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, social class, economic class, ethnicity, gender identity, gender expression, and all other identities represented among our diverse membership.
We strongly encourage people of color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply. Interplay Learning is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team. If you need any reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Interplay Learning is committed to providing equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, marital status, gender identity or expression, status as a veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic or activity in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
As a federal contractor, Interplay Learning takes affirmative action to employ and advance employment of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
Interplay Learning does not discriminate against employees or applicants for discussing, disclosing, or inquiring about compensation.
Drug Testing & Background Testing
The company conducts background checks after extending offers of employment. These screenings are performed by third-party specialists. All roles require I-9 verification, E-Verify, a background check, and a drug and alcohol test. Additionally, depending on the position, candidates may undergo employment history verification, DMV record check, reference checks, education and credential verification, and a credit history review.
