About this AI Software Product Manager role at Western Governors University
If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.
Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.
The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
Job Description
If you're energized by building products that solve meaningful problems, this is an opportunity to help shape the future of how prospective students connect with WGU. As a Software Product Manager, you'll partner with a senior product manager, engineers, designers, and business stakeholders to deliver innovative digital experiences that support student enrollment through emerging AI-powered technologies.You'll play a key role in a high-visibility product initiative focused on conversational and agentic AI experiences, helping translate user needs, business goals, and data insights into impactful solutions. Success in this role requires curiosity, strong product thinking, excellent communication skills, and a passion for delivering measurable outcomes.
What You'll Do
- Partner with a cross-functional team of engineers, UX designers, stakeholders, and product leaders to identify opportunities, define requirements, and deliver product outcomes.
- Serve as Product Owner within an agile environment, continuously refining and prioritizing the product backlog to maximize customer and business value.
- Contribute to product strategy and roadmap development for AI-powered enrollment experiences, helping translate vision into actionable plans.
- Conduct product discovery, gather customer insights, and use data to build business cases that inform prioritization and investment decisions.
- Write high-quality epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria that enable efficient delivery by development teams.
- Use metrics, analytics, and customer feedback to measure product performance and communicate outcomes through compelling data storytelling.
- Support product launches, user acceptance testing, release planning, change management, and ongoing product improvements.
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree.
- 5 years of experience as a Software Product Manager, Product Owner, or in a closely related role.
- Professional product certification such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Pragmatic Marketing, or similar certification.
- Experience working in agile product development environments.
- Exposure to AI-powered products, agentic AI, generative AI, or related technologies.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to use metrics and insights to influence decisions and tell a compelling product story.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
Bonus Points
- Master's degree.
- Experience in Education Technology (EdTech).
- Experience working with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Tableau, Power BI, Lucid, or similar platforms.
What to Expect
- Introductory call (30 minutes)
- Hiring manager interview (30 minutes)
- Panel interview (1 hour)
Work Location
Visa Sponsorship
Travel Requirement
Position & Application Details
Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.
Additional Information
Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive.
Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at [email protected].
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
