Senior Product Manager, edX

May 2014 - January 2016

Position responsibilities

• Define product strategy for consumer web and mobile applications with input from multiple complex stakeholders

• Lead multiple cross-functional teams of software developers, user experience designers, and business stakeholders using Agile software development methodologies from idea to release and beyond.

Key Achievements

• Launched a full course experience within iOS and Android mobile apps that enables edX’s 5 million learners to complete 60-70% of edX’s course catalog exclusively through the apps.

• Beta-tested a new Teams feature on edX's online learning platform that enabled 1,000 learners from around the world to work together to make a significant change in an area of social justice concern.

• Redesigned publishing workflows to significantly decrease course authoring effort.

• Championed API-first development and led backend re-architecture for key edX features.

• Developed internal KPIs and automated reporting to quantitatively describe feature value.

(Promoted to Senior Product Manager, from Product Manager, in 2015.)