--- title: 'Senior Product Manager at PeopleGrove' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-manager-peoplegrove-remote-x7dhqdv8gsw6' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-13' --- # Senior Product Manager at PeopleGrove - **Company:** PeopleGrove - **Location:** Remote - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-08-12 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/peoplegrove/7e5d0dab-9773-4344-81e6-8d1fa052d65a ## Job description ## About PeopleGrove builds SAAS that helps higher education institutions support students and graduates at every stage of their journey — from experiential learning to career outcomes. Our Engagement Hub connects students, alumni, and staff through mentorship, community, and career networks; and gives platform administrators the tools to run community at scale. ## The Role We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to drive the strategy for administrator experience of the Engagement Hub — the tools our clients use every day to run mentorship, community, and engagement programs. Your goal will be resolve persistent admin pain-points, close the loop on client-raised needs quickly and visibly, and then go further — by building a roadmap that would automate the workflows admins shouldn't have to run by hand and increase product stickiness, ## What You'll Do - Own the admin experience roadmap for the Engagement Hub: Discovery through delivery, balancing client commitments, strategic bets, and engineering capacity. Build and maintain focus-area roadmaps, prioritizing work based on user value, company strategy, and measurable outcomes. - Become the product expert for assigned product areas by understanding workflows, user behavior, technical considerations, and business impact. - Resolve persistent platform admin pain-points: identify the workflows that cost admins the most time, quantify them, and ship fixes that measurably reduce administrative effort. Build agents to automate and simplify the workflows. - Run the client-request intake process end to end: You'll triage, prioritise, set expectations with customer success for urgent client requests, and keep resolution timely and predictable. - Partner closely with CS and Support: They are your highest-volume signal source; turn recurring asks and escalations into product decisions rather than one-off fixes - Serve as a key voice in go-to-market readiness — working with CS and marketing on positioning, release communications, and client onboarding - Collaborate with the VP of Product on annual and quarterly planning, contributing to roadmap strategy and resource prioritization - Work closely with Engineering and Design from concept through requirements, build, launch, and iteration. ## What We're Looking For - 5+ years of product management experience, with at least 2 years owning a complex B2B SaaS product - Demonstrated experience owning admin, back-office, or operator-facing tooling — you've made someone's daily job materially easier and can show how you measured it. - Experience running a structured intake and prioritization process for client-raised requests, working directly with CS/Support/Sales, and saying no gracefully. - Strong operating instincts in a high-volume, interrupt-driven backlog — you can hold a strategic roadmap and a triage queue at the same time without dropping either - Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and drive clarity — you can move from messy problem space to crisp requirements - Hands-on curiosity about applied AI — you've shipped, prototyped, or seriously evaluated LLM-powered features and have real opinions on where automation earns trust and where it doesn't - Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; you know how to influence without authority - Comfort working in a distributed, async-first environment with a globally distributed team - Curiosity, rigour, and a bias toward outcomes over output - Experience with Jira, Confluence, Mixpanel, or similar product ops tooling ## Nice to Have - Experience with higher education, alumni relations, mentorship, or community/networking platforms - Experience designing human-in-the-loop or approval-gated automation - Prior experience at a growth-stage edtech or vertical SaaS company ## Why PeopleGrove - Mission-driven work with real impact on student and alumni outcomes - Small, senior team — your work shapes the product meaningfully - Fully remote with a collaborative, low-ego culture - Competitive salary, equity, and benefits We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. ## About PeopleGrove ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: PeopleGrove is a Career Access Platform that partners with universities to provide mentorship, networking, career exploration, and experiential learning tools, helping students build social capital and succeed in their careers. - **Entity Type**: Private (backed by The Riverside Company; acquired CORE Higher Education Group in 2024) - **Headquarters**: Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (post-merger); also has offices in San Francisco, Wilmington, and Arlington, with remote employees in India, Canada, Ireland, and Germany - **Founded**: 2015 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Education technology (EdTech) – higher education software - **Target customers**: B2B – colleges, universities, and academic programs (500+ institutional partners, 750+ unique programs supported) - **Mission statement**: “To drive outcomes through meaningful engagement & experiential education by empowering colleges and universities to deliver value, prove impact, and ensure institutional effectiveness across the student and alumni lifecycle.” ## Products & Services PeopleGrove offers a unified product suite that covers the entire learner lifecycle, from enrollment to alumni engagement: - **PeopleGrove Platform (Career Access Platform)**: AI-powered smart career network that recommends Mentorship, Networking, Career Exploration, and Job Connections. Designed to help students (especially those without existing networks) build social capital. - **CORE Product Suite (formerly CORE Higher Education Group)**: Tools for managing clinical and non-clinical experiential education, including scheduling, tracking, compliance, and accreditation reporting. Widely used by nursing, pharmacy, health sciences, and other programs. - **Enrollment Yield Solutions**: Personalized engagement to boost enrollment and reduce summer melt. - **Student Retention Tools**: Scalable academic and emotional support resources. - **Alumni Engagement Platform**: Grow alumni participation and strengthen donor pipelines. - **Mentorship & Career Readiness**: Connect students with alumni and industry mentors using AI matching. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metrics**: - **Annual Revenue**: $3.8M (pre-merger figure per LinkedIn; likely higher after integration) - **Total Funding**: $13.6M (across 6 funding rounds) - **Users**: 20+ million users across the country - **Institutional Partners**: 500+ (including 60% of US News Top 100 Universities) - **User Retention**: 96% retention rate, 5/5 average rating from user interactions - **Headcount**: ~250 employees (post-merger); 43.1% YoY growth (pre-merger) - **Notable Investors / Partners**: The Riverside Company (portfolio company) - **Growth Signals**: Merged with CORE Higher Education Group in 2024 and rebranded as one company; launched a unified website and product suite; expanded into clinical program management across 98% of key US clinical programs. ## Competitive Advantages - **Comprehensive lifecycle coverage**: The only platform that spans enrollment, student success, experiential learning, career readiness, alumni engagement, and mentorship in one integrated suite. - **Deep clinical education focus**: 98% of key clinical programs in the US use PeopleGrove/CORE – a strong moat in the healthcare education vertical. - **AI + human connection**: AI-powered matching and automation reduce administrative burden while maintaining the human element of mentorship and networking. - **High user satisfaction**: 96% retention rate and 5/5 average rating indicate strong product-market fit and user love. - **Private equity backing**: Riverside Company provides capital and strategic support for aggressive growth. ## Strategic Focus - **Integration and unification**: Combining the best of PeopleGrove and CORE into a single platform with deeper cross-product workflows. - **Accreditation and outcomes**: Helping institutions prove program effectiveness, meet accreditation standards, and improve student preparedness. - **Expanding into new academic programs**: Leveraging the clinical vertical to move into behavioral sciences, education, and other health sciences. - **AI-driven efficiency**: Continuing to invest in AI to automate scheduling, compliance, and matching, saving institutions time (e.g., 10 hours saved per week reported by users). ## Why Work Here - **Remote-first culture**: Work from anywhere in the US or India; flexible PTO and generous leave policies. - **Comprehensive benefits**: Premium healthcare (medical, dental, vision in the US), 401K, retirement plan, wellness benefits (Headspace, Gympass, Ginger, Omada), Employee Assistance Program. - **Travel and bonding**: Opportunities for team offsites and company-wide gatherings. - **Culture**: “Curiosity is rewarded and the unknown is embraced” – emphasis on growth, learning, and mission-driven work in education. - **Employee ratings**: 4.2/5 on LinkedIn (34 reviews), with high work-life balance (4.5), compensation (4.0), culture (4.0), and career growth (3.9). - **Impact**: Directly helps institutions drive enrollment, student success, and alumni impact – meaningful work for those passionate about education. ## Sources 1. [peoplegrove.com – Careers page](https://www.peoplegrove.com/about/careers/) 2. [peoplegrove.com – Main site](https://www.peoplegrove.com/) 3. [builtin.com – Company profile](https://builtin.com/company/peoplegrove) 4. [linkedin.com – PeopleGrove company page](https://linkedin.com/company/peoplegrove) 5. [businesswire.com – Merger announcement](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251216671056/en/PeopleGrove-and-CORE-Higher-Education-Group-Rebrand-as-One-Company-Launch-Unified-Website-and-Product-Suite) ## Other roles at PeopleGrove - [Paralegal](https://feeny.ai/job/paralegal-peoplegrove-remote-7pg5mdbhes1e) - [Corporate Controller](https://feeny.ai/job/corporate-controller-peoplegrove-remote-nnpyjw3sahv2) - [Engagement Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/engagement-manager-peoplegrove-remote-jxhmgj06zamr) - [Client Strategist](https://feeny.ai/job/client-strategist-peoplegrove-remote-gxycfrk1efbw) - [Lead Product Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/lead-product-manager-peoplegrove-remote-8rx6vx7perq7) - [Product Operations Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/product-operations-manager-peoplegrove-remote-9ez9md4qms0n) - [Implementation Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/implementation-manager-peoplegrove-remote-dw6f3dztzxe9) - [Product Success Specialist (Remote)](https://feeny.ai/job/product-success-specialist-remote-peoplegrove-mumbai-523q8r38q89d) — Mumbai, India - [Sales Development Representative](https://feeny.ai/job/sales-development-representative-peoplegrove-remote-e7zkky7dy5xy) - [Client Success Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/client-success-manager-peoplegrove-remote-zptdcb7267qg)