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Job Title: Product Launch ManagerReports to: VP of Innovation, FranklinCovey InnovationLocation: Remote - Anywhere in the USStatus: Part Time - 20 hours per weekJob SummaryAs a Product Launch Manager in the Education Division, you will help successfully coordinate the launch of new products to an internal and external audience. You will be part of the product development team and will work cross-functionally with marketing, sales, operations, international, coaching, consulting, finance and other functions to ensure products go to market in an effective, collaborative, and fun way.Role ContextFranklinCovey’s Education Division has grown significantly and now includes more than 200 associates working across a range of functions. We continue to produce many innovative new products each year designed to produce impact at scale for schools, districts, international partners, students, educators, families, and communities The success of those products depends heavily on cross-functional collaboration in equipping, educating and supporting each internal function. We have recently invested in refining and scaling up our product launch process and are now seeking a part time Launch Manager to coordinate launch activities.Essential Job Functions
Lead a weekly cross-functional launch meeting
Maintain a calendar of product launches and key dates; update as development schedule evolves
Use project management software to track launch tasks, dates, and dependencies
Work with stakeholders to ensure completion of key tasks and meet milestones
Collaborate with a team to create launch communications
Serve as a point person for general product questions
Maintain high trust relationships with product architects, managers and developers; work with them to anticipate launch needs and answer more detailed questions post-launch
Facilitate collaborative conversations and problem solving
Provide status reports that make progress and next steps clear
Identify risks and clearly communicate those risks to appropriate stakeholders, then work collaboratively to mitigate or resolve them
Requirements
3-5 years of project management experience. Formal training or certification preferred.
Marketing or product background with experience communicating details about new products preferred.
Strong track record of using effective processes to meet timelines
Excellent skills in empathic listening
Ability to communicate clearly with both courage and consideration
Passion for creating great experiences for clients
Ability to see the big picture and define tradeoffs in time, cost, and quality
Understanding of successful launch processes for technical software features, training content, or similar products strongly preferred
Experience in one or more FranklinCovey Education teams preferred, but not required
Why we think this is a great opportunity
Great Product. Our Leader in Me product is a proven way to enable greatness in students, educators, and school communities around the world. Over 6,000 schools are developing life-ready leaders using Leader in Me and other FranklinCovey Education products.
Excellent People & Synergy. You will work cross-functionally with great people from diverse backgrounds and functions that are unified in our goal to improve education. This role provides many opportunities to collaborate with those leaders to find third alternatives to problems and produce exciting new solutions.
Impact at scale. FranklinCovey Education continues to grow with an aspiration of reaching every child in every corner of the world with the same empowering impact as the first Leader in Me school, A.B. Combs Elementary. An effective launch process is a key part of scaling our solution to thousands more schools and millions more educators and students.
For location-specific compensation, please see:California - Anticipated compensation for this position is $35-40 per hour. Actual offer may be outside of this range and will be determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as geographic location, internal equity and alignment with market data.Colorado - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EY2MM9zv4YNDsFGU53bSH-ABMfSRquZA6wN85M7temZ9Ug?e=oQxCxKNew York - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EY2MM9zv4YNDsFGU53bSH-ABMfSRquZA6wN85M7temZ9Ug?e=o9xC1CWashington - https://franklincovey365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/NewHireDocsPublic/EY2MM9zv4YNDsFGU53bSH-ABMfSRquZA6wN85M7temZ9Ug?e=6kPFId : Benefits include 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, PTO, paid holidays, and more. Please visit franklincoveybenefits.com for details.#LI-Remote#LI-RR1Company InformationFranklin Covey Co. (NYSE: FC) is a global, public company, specializing in organizational performance improvement. We help organizations achieve results that require lasting changes in human behavior. Our world-class solutions enable greatness in individuals, teams and organizations and are accessible through the FranklinCovey All Access Pass® available in multiple modalities and in 21 languages. Clients have included the Fortune 100, Fortune 500, thousands of small- and mid-sized businesses, numerous government entities, and educational institutions. FranklinCovey executes over 15,000 client engagements each year reaching into 160 countries and territories. Our mission statement is “We enable greatness in people and organizations everywhere”. We fulfill this mission by hiring “Achievers with Heart”.Visit our website at franklincovey.com for more information regarding our organization.Please visit franklincoveybenefits.com for a complete US benefits overview. Eligible benefits will vary depending on employment status but may include medical insurance, HSA, PTO, 401(k), or other benefits.FranklinCovey is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.For additional information regarding our Equal Employment Opportunity policies, please visit sites.google.com/franklincovey.com/equal-employment-opportunity/homeFor our Reasonable Accommodation Notice and Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision, please visit sites.google.com/franklincovey.com/equal-employment-opportunity/adaraptnpFor our Privacy Policy, please visit https://www.franklincovey.com/privacy (https://sites.google.com/franklincovey.com/equal-employment-opportunity/adaraptnp)
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