Product Manager – Readiculous

We are seeking a skilled Product Manager to be our product and creative lead for Readiculous—a dynamic, game-based learning platform that teaches children aged 3 – 7 to read through engaging mini-games and hilarious characters.

About Mrs Wordsmith

Mrs Wordsmith is on a mission to revolutionise education with playful learning experiences that combine proven learning science, Hollywood-quality animation, and state-of-the-art game design integrating the science of reading + game-based learning research in all our products and apps. Our bestselling books, card games, and worksheets have received rave reviews for improving literacy outcomes in kids aged 4-13. Now, with innovative mobile games and our revolutionary central word WordEngine, we’re taking gamified education to new heights. Join our extraordinary team of artists, writers, scientists, and designers to reimagine education and make learning hilariously awesome for kids worldwide. Apply now and be part of the magic!

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The role

This role has overall responsibility for the business outcomes of Readiculous. With Readiculous being an educational game, that makes this role a mix between ensuring that Readiculous succeeds as an educational product while also being a fun and entertaining game that kids want to come back to play again. You will take a central role in the team leadership team consisting of a producer and a tech lead and serve as manager for the creative part of the team consisting of a UX designer and a game designer.

Core Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for the business outcomes for Readiculous.
• Product vision and strategy that aligns with our business goals.
• Set the creative vision and direction of the game.
• Ensure the value-, usability-  and business viability risks are addressed on an ongoing basis.
• Leading the team’s product discovery efforts in finding valuable, usable, feasible and viable solutions, translating business needs into features and improvements.
• Own the product backlog, prioritising features and improvements based on user needs, business goals and technical constraints.
• Ensure alignment both within the team as well as with other teams involved in building the game (pedagogy, art, writers) and among key stakeholders (marketing, senior leadership team).

Ideally, we Are looking For Candidates With:

• Solid product management experience- ideally also from working on games and/or products for kids.
• Proven leadership experience.
• Strong technical background or proven experience working closely with engineers building digital products.
• Deep understanding of agile and processes related to building digital products and games.
• Experience working with systems such as ClickUp/Jira and Slack is beneficial.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A passion for games and/or educational products.

Our culture

Mrs Wordsmith takes culture seriously. We believe in fun – it is core to everything we do. We believe it leads to the best educational outcomes for our favourite customers – kids! We value effective teamwork, collaboration, and autonomy – fundamentally we know the best people to make the decisions are those closest to the problem and we encourage this across the company. We value creativity, endless curiosity and encourage our teams to respectfully challenge the work and each other for a better output. Above all we value diversity – in whatever form that may manifest – our creative output is stronger for it.