Product Manager, Beast Classroom Teacher Experience
Explicitly mentions vibe coding tools and AI-native IDEs for prototyping; the role encourages using those tools to prototype and iterate quickly.
About the Role
Product Manager responsible for defining and driving the teacher-facing product vision for Beast Classroom, leading rapid prototyping and iterative discovery with cross-functional teams to build tools that help elementary teachers plan, customize, and teach math effectively. The role emphasizes user research, metrics-driven experimentation, and hands-on prototyping with modern AI and vibe-coding tools.
Job Description
Role
Beast Classroom is hiring a Product Manager to own the teacher-facing experience for a K–5 math curriculum. You will set the vision for onboarding, daily planning, professional learning, and customization features, lead a cross-functional team, and drive a culture of rapid prototyping and iteration to discover and deliver solutions that help teachers teach math effectively.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead product development for teacher-facing experiences across onboarding, lesson planning, in-class tools, and professional learning.
- Run fast-paced discovery, definition, and delivery cycles with Engineering, Design, Curriculum, and Professional Learning partners.
- Conduct user research in classrooms, develop empathy for teachers, and translate insights into product decisions.
- Instrument metrics, design experiments, and use data to guide priorities and validate outcomes.
- Prototype and iterate on solutions, using modern tooling (including AI-native IDEs and vibe coding tools) to accelerate development.
- Develop the product practice within the company and keep the team informed on trends in education and edtech.
Example Projects
- Adaptive classroom pacing: build tooling to help teachers create year-long math plans and adapt instruction based on student performance.
- In-product professional learning: embed skill and product learning into the teacher workflow without creating overload.
- Customizable content: enable teacher customization while preserving the pedagogical efficacy of crafted materials.
Requirements
- Strong product management experience with ownership of end-to-end teacher or consumer-facing features; evidence of leading discovery, experimentation, and delivery.
- Deep user empathy and experience conducting research with users in real contexts.
- Experience instrumenting metrics and running experiments to inform decisions.
- Comfort prototyping and iterating; willingness to use modern tooling (AI-native IDEs, vibe coding tools).
- Cross-functional collaboration skills working with engineering, design, curriculum experts, and professional learning teams.
- Work authorization to be employed in the U.S.; the company cannot sponsor visas at this time.
Preferred
- Recent experience building AI-based products.
- Expertise in data, analytics, and measurement tools for experimentation.
- Domain knowledge in elementary education or edtech product development.
Location, Travel & Compensation
- Remote within the continental U.S.; ability to travel approximately monthly to San Diego.
- Salary range: $135,000–$165,000 plus equity.
Benefits
- Private health, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Paid time off, including a weeklong company shutdown for winter holidays
- 401K plan
- Equity (as part of compensation)
- Flexibility-first culture with quarterly team summits