Alli Vice, Chief Innovation Officer
Company
IT ALL STARTED IN 1997
The n2y story began in 1997 when speech-language pathologist Jacquie Clark wanted to increase communication, comprehension, and socialization skills in her students in special education. Using current events, Jacquie created a supported newspaper, News-2-You®, a weekly newspaper cultivating literacy with current and relevant news.
TRANSFORMING SPECIAL EDUCATION
n2y launched Unique Learning System®, an online standards-based program that provides students with meaningful access to the general education curriculum. Soon after, SymbolStix PRIME® launched, making available an online search engine and materials creation platform with the most complete and current symbol set available anywhere.
n2y’s “WHY”
Changing how special education is taught, n2y is proud to help educators and families inspire those moments of discovery and wonder, celebrating two decades of being at the heart of learning, working side-by-side with educators to change the way students grow. Through their award-winning solutions, they’ve continued to evolve the way new approaches are developed to educate students with special needs, create solutions that are engaging, personalized, and confidence-building. It’s that confidence that can easily turn into a lifelong love of learning. And that’s why n2y does what they do because they believe in the unique potential of every individual student.
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
Looking ahead, n2y will continue to create new solutions for the 21st century classroom, helping to inspire more everyday victories for years to come. By working with educators and families, they can continue to be at the heart of learning.
Investors
The Riverside Company is a global investment firm focused on being one of the leading private capital options for investors, business owners and employees at the smaller end of the middle market by seeking to fuel transformative growth and create lasting value. Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has made more than 800 investments. The firm’s international private equity and structured capital portfolios include more than 140 companies.
Providence pioneered a sector-focused approach to private equity investing with the vision that a dedicated team of industry experts could build exceptional companies of enduring value. Since the firm’s inception in 1989, Providence has invested in over 170 companies and has become a leading private equity firm specializing in growth-oriented investments in media, communications, education, and technology. Providence is a premier asset management firm with over $31 billion in aggregate private equity capital commitments.
Opportunity
Reporting to the Chief Innovations Officer, the Senior Director of Product will own n2y’s academic solutions and guides their team in the quest to reach more students and impact more lives. The Senior Director leads and supports Product Directors in defining product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities, as well as collborating with other n2y leaders to develop and execute strategies to achieve and exceed growth targets and goals.
Primary responsibilities:
- Anticipate customer needs by collaborating with other Senior Directors, Directors, cross-functional teams, subject matter experts, and key customers to stay current with industry trends, mandates, competitive threats, and innovations
- Maintain a deep understanding of the competitive landscape, edtech market, emerging industry/educational trends, and new technologies that may impact the academic solutions
- Continuously monitor academic solution performance and gather feedback from customers and stakeholders, using data-driven insights to make informed decisions and prioritize future improvements.
- Develop a strong team of academic product owners
- Serve as academic product ambassador internally and externally
Ideal Candidate
You have led a digital product development team in a K-12 EdTech company. You are a successful project-based manager who galvanizes their team to own the success of the products they develop. Having been an expert digital product developer yourself, you know how to inspire a team to create impactful and competitive solutions.
You should have the following skillsets:
- Ability to plan, organize, direct, manage, and coordinate the operations of multiple solutions and teams, in an agile environment
- Experience creating short term goals that lead to a larger strategic vision
- Track record of guiding a product team to achieve growth objectives
- Experience collaborating cross functionally to identify product gaps and create a plan to fill them
- Knowledge of pedagogy, existing curriculum, and classroom practice in Special Education is a plus
Learn More
The Knowledge Leaders search process is thorough and may include: a written assessment, multiple interviews (recorded and in person), background and social media checks, employment and education verifications, a drug screen, and professional reference checking. After all, our mission is to transform education by recruiting the best world leaders.
Submit your resume to Peggy Williams at Knowledge Leaders.
Knowledge Leaders, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and candidates for employment. Knowledge Leaders, LLC prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
