As today’s educators experience many triumphs and challenges responding to various educational initiatives, Infobase continues to support their efforts by facilitating the connection between content, people, and the learning experiences. Our solutions empower students to evolve personally and professionally throughout life.
This is a full-time, entry level position reporting to a Senior Director of Product. We are considering remote candidates based in the United States for this position.
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Ensuring product roadmap features are consistently translated into well-defined product requirements
- Drafting user stories with acceptance criteria for the next 2-3 prioritized sprints
- Managing the product backlog items with product management and prioritizing them based on changing requirements
- Participate in a team culture that drives alignment between cross-functional teams, including product management, design/user experience, engineering, content operations, enterprise systems, marketing, and customer service
- Work in an Agile environment, continuously reviewing business needs, refining priorities, outlining milestones and deliverables, and identifying opportunities and risks
- Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process
- Participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints
- Facilitating sprint retrospectives with scrum team leader and product managers
Skills & Experience:
- Possess < 1 - 3 years of experience
- Knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology preferred
- Working knowledge of product development systems such as JIRA and Confluence
- Proficiency in the use of analytic tools
- Ability to prioritize effectively
- Excellent knowledge of user-centered design principles
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Ability to work with large teams
- Understanding of design quality standards
What we offer:
We welcome you to a dynamic and challenging environment with great opportunities to develop yourself. Infobase’s compensation and benefits are very competitive and the summary below will give you an idea of the kind of things you can expect when joining our team.
- Competitive base salary
- Company “Summer” Hours – Friday afternoons off from July 4th through Labor Day
- 12 Company-recognized holidays (including one flexible holiday for mental health and/or religious observance).
- Work / Life balance: Paid Time Off (Discretionary days), paid parental leave, employee referral program, wellness seminars and additional programs to participate in.
Full Benefits Package:
- Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Accident, Legal, etc.
- Retirement: 401(K) plan, including a company match
- Disability: Employer sponsored Long-term, short-term
- For additional information, please inquire.
About Infobase
For 80 years, Infobase has created and curated exceptional content for educators, librarians, and learners across the globe. We are proud of our rich history in publishing, from supplying facts on the set of Jeopardy!, to the newsroom with Walter Cronkite, to the bookshelves of the Oval Office. Infobase brands such as Facts On File, Credo, Films On Demand, Learn360, The World Almanac® for Kids, Vault Law, Firsthand, The Mailbox®, CareerEco and many others have long since been trusted resources in the lives of journalists, presidents, teachers, and career seekers just like you! Today, we are an educational solutions provider who facilitates the connection between content, people, and the learning experiences that empower you to evolve personally and professional throughout your life. To learn more, visit www.Infobase.com.
IHI Is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected category.