Product Manager - Core Platform
Kira Learning🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, California19h ago
Summary
Lead the evolution of Kira Learning's core platform experience as a Product Manager, defining foundational product experiences that shape how users interact with an AI-powered educational LMS. This high-impact role at a rapidly growing startup focuses on shipping intuitive, high-leverage features that drive engagement and long-term value in the $32B education space.
Key Responsibilities: Define and deliver product improvements across the user journey while partnering closely with design and engineering to ship clean experiences iteratively. Conduct user research, prioritize features using data and feedback, and collaborate with GTM and customer success teams to ensure product-market fit and user retention.
Skills & Tools: Strong product intuition and UX sensibility with the ability to move quickly without sacrificing quality, balanced with skilled communication to align stakeholders and drive clarity. Comfortable with ambiguity and capable of independently driving high-leverage initiatives across the full product development lifecycle.
Qualifications: 4-6 years of product management experience with a strong track record shipping features at a fast-paced B2C, prosumer, or SaaS company. Experience with product-led growth, onboarding flows, or community-driven features is a bonus.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Job Description
About Kira Learning
We live in a world where technology is rapidly changing the educational experiences of students and teachers everywhere, and we have the opportunity to shape how this change takes place. It is Kira Learning’s mission to harness transformative AI technologies to make world-class teaching and learning accessible to everyone.Â
Kira is a rapidly growing startup backed by top-tier Venture Capital funds including New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Andrew Ng’s AI Fund.
About this role
We’re looking for a sharp, fast-moving Product Manager to join the Kira team and lead the evolution of our core platform experience. This is a high-impact role at a high-growth, mission-driven company reshaping the $32B education LMS space with AI-powered tools for teachers and learners.
You’ll work on foundational product experiences that define how users interact with Kira - from onboarding to daily workflows - shipping intuitive, high-leverage features that drive engagement and long-term value. We're looking for someone who has shipped a lot of product, ideally at a B2C or prosumer company, and thrives in a fast-paced, iterative environment. You should bring strong product sense, a bias for action, and a deep understanding of what it takes to build products that people love to use.
Experience with growth or community-oriented features is a strong plus, though your primary focus will be on building a seamless, scalable, and joyful core user experience.
Responsibilities & Duties: Define and deliver product improvements that enhance usability, engagement, and value across the user journey Partner closely with design and engineering to ship clean, high-quality experiences quickly and iteratively Conduct user research and synthesize insights to deeply understand user needs and pain points Use data and user feedback to prioritize features and validate product decisions Collaborate with GTM and customer success teams to ensure product features support user success and retention Help lay the foundation for scalable platform patterns, frameworks, and systems Bring structure and focus to ambiguous problem areas while moving fast
Experiences & Skills: 4-6 years of product management experience, with a strong track record shipping features at a fast-paced B2C, prosumer, or SaaS company Strong product intuition and UX sensibility - you know what good looks like and how to get there Ability to move quickly without sacrificing quality, balancing iteration speed with thoughtful product decisions Experience working across the full product development lifecycle, from ideation to launch to iteration Skilled communicator who can align stakeholders and drive clarity across teams Comfortable with ambiguity and able to independently drive high-leverage initiatives Bonus: Experience with product-led growth, onboarding flows, or community-driven features
Background Check: Kira Learning will make a conditional job offer in line with local, state and federal laws, and a subsequent criminal, education, and employment history background check will then be issued.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: At Kira Learning, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Kira believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees are critical to our success as a company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Selection for employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.