Who are we?

Inquisitive is a fast-growing education technology company with a vision of universal access to high quality learning. In the 6 years since launch, Inquisitive has grown to be used by 50,000 teachers in 5,000 primary schools, and is now taking off in the United States.

Why is this role exciting?

As a forward-thinking Product Manager you will form a part of the Product Development Team, where your initial focus will be on Inquisitive’s go to market and general product improvements. 2025 is set to be a big year for Inquisitive as we launch key features that will create exciting new opportunities to enhance our go-to-market strategy, as we continue to solve the challenge of simple access to high-quality technology and content in any classroom.

If you worked at Inquisitive over the past couple of months, here are some projects you might have worked on:

• Preparing for one of our most exciting product releases: You’d play a key role in preparing our most-requested feature, allowing students to respond online, for launch to over 1 million students across Australia and the US. This project involves collaborating with the product team on discovery, UX research, and delivery, and with the operations team on the initial release and developing plans to commercialise the feature.
• Transforming Onboarding and Free Trials for Seamless Growth: Collaborate with product and operations teams to streamline the join and free trial process, achieving a 64% reduction in steps and boosting conversion by 206%.
• Pricing Strategy Evolution: Coordinate with the Leadership, Operations and Product teams to plan, communicate and execute a price rise for all segments of existing users. This involved collaboration, detailed data management and a comprehensive understanding of the existing accounts system.
• Enhance User Experience for Teachers: Continuously be on the look out for ways to save teachers time and enhance their experience. Recent work included collaborating with UX, customer support, and teachers to improve access to recently viewed content, lesson materials, and integrating Google SSO, among other enhancements.

Which competencies will help you thrive?

We upscale our thinking, and adjust our strategy often, and you will thrive in this role if you are adaptable, forward-thinking, comfortable with ambiguity, and able to move between experimentation and commercialisation.

We use the Lominger 67 to help guide us with the competencies best suited to the role, and we think these six are ideal:

• Customer Focus
• Problem Solving
• Attention to Detail
• Decision Quality
• Teamwork
• Dealing with ambiguity

What are the key responsibilities?

• Feature Development: Collaborate with stakeholders to design and drive feature development, optimising outcomes through testing and iteration.
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of your product area, seeking and identifying opportunities for optimisation and iteration on our product roadmap.
• Product Insight & Enhancement: Build a thorough understanding of current product areas, their functionalities, and the data they rely on. Partner with developers, designers and business stakeholders to refine features and adjust underlying data structures, ensuring enhancements are well-supported and aligned with strategic goals.
• User-Centric Approach: Conduct in-depth research to understand the needs of teachers, students, and stakeholders, using insights to prioritise features.
• Data-Informed Decision Making: Utilise data analytics and insights to make informed product decisions and continuous improvement.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Foster strong working relationships with teams to deliver high-quality features.

What are the must haves?

• 4+ years of product management experience working with agile development teams.
• Demonstrated responsibility for conceiving, creating, releasing and iterating on new products or features which have been commercially successful.
• Interest in education technology and the needs of school students and teachers.
• Proficiency with data analysis and adept at using metrics to make informed decisions.
• Strong ability to communicate user-centric stories that connect development teams and user needs.
• Excellent project management, collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to effectively leverage data insights and the expertise of practising teachers and cross-functional team members including front and backend developers, design, marketing, operations and the Education team to make informed product decisions and drive project success collaboratively.

Why should you join?

Inquisitive is an open-minded and collaborative team of 50 people, with strength and depth of leadership, which believes deeply in the mission to democratise learning. You are joining at a great time of growth and you will play a pivotal role in the development of a game-changing product. You can make a real difference to the world.

What are some of the benefits?

• Competitive remuneration at all levels.
• A beautiful, spacious office set in parklands overlooking Sydney Harbour.
• A hybrid work environment, with flexibility to work 2 days/week in the office and the rest from any location.

If this sounds like something you’d love to do, send us your CV and Cover Letter to jessica.tuck@inquisitive.com

No recruiters please.