Lead Product Manager at Course Hero

We're building the future of how students learn, and we're looking for a sharp, forward-thinking product leader to help us get there faster. At Course Hero, you'll shape AI-powered tools that turn study time into real academic wins for millions of students every day.

Role at a glance

Lead Product Manager, full-time, hybrid role open to candidates anywhere. We need someone with lead-level experience who can drive both brand-new product builds and ongoing optimization across our AI Course Assistant teams.

Your impact

• Define the vision and success metrics for your product area by combining market research, usage data, and competitive insight, then turn that vision into a clear roadmap that aligns the whole company.
• Own products from first idea through launch and growth, working side-by-side with engineering, design, analytics, and marketing to ship features that attract and keep users.
• Translate complex priorities into crisp narratives that resonate from day-to-day teammates all the way up to the executive team, keeping everyone aligned on what matters most.

What you'll need

Five or more years of product management, product design, or equivalent consulting experience, including at least one 0-to-1 product launch. You bring a growth mindset, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to set measurable goals that tie directly to business outcomes. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential, along with proven experience running post-launch experiments and optimizations. Bonus points if you have built marketplace or network-effect products, shipped AI or machine-learning experiences, or performed quantitative analysis in Python, R, or SQL.

Perks and compensation

For this position based in the San Francisco Bay Area the base salary range is $181,000–$245,000 USD. In Canada the range is $138,000–$186,000 CAD. Additional compensation may include annual bonus and equity (RSUs). Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, a 401(k) or retirement savings plan with company match, one-month paid sabbatical after five years, education reimbursement, professional-development workshops and conferences, paid parental leave, flexible hours, volunteer time off with donation matching, an annual wellness stipend, monthly tech stipend, annual family-planning stipend, and quarterly snack boxes.