Risepoint ยท 3 days ago
Director, Product Innovation Initiatives
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
7+ years expRisepoint is an education technology company that provides support and expertise to universities and colleges. They are seeking a Director of Product Innovation Initiatives to drive growth across university partner portfolios by translating market intelligence and insights into actionable product strategies and go-to-market plans.
EducationHigher EducationUniversities
Responsibilities
Prepare executive- and partner-ready presentations, reports, and briefs that clearly communicate recommendations, rationale, and expected outcomes for new programs and product innovations to internal stakeholders and external partners using data and a consultative approach
Support the design and execution of trial initiatives (MVPs, pilots) to validate new concepts, applying best practices and defined success criteria. Develop clear partner narratives that support alignment, decision-making, and launch readiness
Conduct partner-specific portfolio analysis to assess performance, market fit and competitive positioning and identity execution opportunities leveraging market research outputs and/or expertise
Translate product design into actionable go-to-market plans, including business cases, revenue projections, and prioritization frameworks
Build and maintain a systematic approach for monitoring market trends, competitor offerings, and emerging innovations across higher education and workforce development. Leverage insights to recommend programs approaches and adjustments
Conduct partner-specific portfolio analyses to assess program performance, market fit and competitive positioning to inform program and portfolio plans
Leverage market research outputs and other forms of intelligence and data to surface growth opportunities aligned to the approved portfolio direction
Collaborate with internal teams (central marketing, sales, and academic services) to define go-to-market plans and activation for new and optimized portfolios
Translate product and portfolio direction into actionable go-to-market materials by providing data, audience insights and positioning analysis for the use in positioning, messaging, and value propositions that resonate with partners and learners
Coordinate with cross-functional leaders to ensure smooth handoff from recommendations to launch to activation
Define and monitor KPIs for new launches and PPO-driven initiatives, providing leadership with regular reporting
Provide regular reporting on performance, outcomes, and learnings to inform adjustments and future execution efforts
Capture insights from pilots, launches, and portfolio performance to improve future program execution and recommendations
Perform in accordance with Risepoint Policies
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 7 years experience in product marketing, strategy consulting, product strategy, or higher education/workforce development
Experience working with product design and innovation for a particular learning market such as higher education and in T&D for industry
Knowledge of higher education, workforce education, adult learning markets
Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and apply systems thinking, design thinking, and agile methodologies to new product challenges
Strong consultative, communication, and influence skills across stakeholder groups
Substantive understanding of a wide range and breadth of the market of higher education, training and development trends, the market of talent, workforce and edtech trends
Experience with higher education and/or skills-based learning markets and/or workforce development and learning
Experience in GTM strategy, product positioning, cross-functional activation
Highly organized project management skills
Ability to connect academic programming with learning design and talent development needs of the workforce and regional employer partners
Demonstrated success in consulting style engagements
Company
Risepoint
Risepoint partners with universities to create online degree programs and offers recruitment marketing and admissions services.
1001-5000 employees
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2025-12-02
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