Product Manager

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If you're passionate about what you do and are ready to take on a huge challenge, this role might be for you

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About Forte

Forte is an award-winning world-leading education technology company that is improving the quality and accessibility of education and training worldwide.

Hundreds of millions lack access to high-quality training, and AI and other tech advances will increase the need for retraining. Forte aims to fix that by enabling funders of workforce development to find, contract, track outcomes, and pay for what works. Forte believes paying for outcomes (such as quality employment) aligns incentives and improves student results, while reducing waste.

Forte has won multiple awards and is backed by leading institutions and investors. Our goal is to help at least 100 million people worldwide to reach their full potential.

About the Role

Forte is transforming global education access, and we're looking for a smart, organized, and hands-on Product Manager to help lead the charge. This role suits someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, enjoys managing details and people, and is invested in building high-quality, high-impact tech products. You will work with the Founder/CEO to manage day-to-day product workstreams, sprints, launches, and bug fixes, and help shape our product roadmap. You will align the Manila-based team to deliver effectively.

Core responsibilities

• Sprint & Workflow Management: Organise, run, and monitor daily product workstreams and agile sprints; ensure timely delivery of features, improvements, and fixes; collaborate with engineering and design to manage timelines and remove blockers
• Quality Control: Partner with the CEO to ensure quality standards across product releases; lead testing cycles and QA processes; prioritise bugs and coordinate resolution with development
• Roadmap & Strategy: Define, prioritise, and maintain the product roadmap; translate strategic goals into executable development plans; provide realistic delivery estimates and ensure roadmap alignment with capacity
• Team & Capacity Management: Oversee and support Forte's Manila-based team; track and manage workflows, resourcing, and output; act as a communication bridge between the CEO and delivery teams
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Work across design, product, tech, and operations to ensure alignment; lead stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives; communicate status, risks, and progress
• Analytics & Reporting: Track sprint metrics and performance indicators; provide reports to leadership; use data to inform planning and prioritisation decisions

What we're looking for / Qualifications

We seek a highly organized self-starter with ownership and accountability. The candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, can manage multiple product workstreams, and brings structure and clarity to delivery. They are strategic and hands-on, able to work with technical teams, manage competing priorities, and communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels.

• Experience: Minimum of 5-8 years in product management, project delivery, or related roles within SaaS, tech, education, or similar sectors; demonstrated success delivering complex product workflows and leading cross-functional teams
• Product & Workflow Management: Deep understanding of agile development, sprint planning, backlog management, QA workflows; skilled in managing timelines and blockers
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to coordinate across engineering, design, and leadership; translate business needs into technical requirements and ensure alignment
• Team & Capacity Management: Experience working with remote teams; ability to manage capacity, prioritise tasks, and drive accountability without micromanagement
• Strategic Thinking: Strong organisational and planning skills; collaborate with the CEO to align roadmap and goals, set realistic delivery expectations
• Self-Starter: Initiative-taker, independent worker, comfortable in a remote-first environment; can manage multiple priorities with limited oversight
• Cultural Sensitivity: Comfortable working with culturally diverse teams; experience collaborating with global teams is valued

Diversity & Inclusion: We work with stakeholders worldwide and encourage applications from people of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, sexual orientations, disabilities, cultures, and beliefs. Diversity is critical to our ability to connect and have impact globally.

Benefits

What We Offer

• Impact: Opportunity to change the world through scalable, high-impact education initiatives
• Compensation: Competitive salary plus an equity stake that can grow with Forte
• Leadership: Ownership and empowerment to do your best work
• Flexibility: Flexible working hours in a fast-growing start-up
• Global Team: A truly global team spanning four continents
• Company Culture: Transparent culture with a flat hierarchy and visibility across the organization
• Professional Development: Flexible budget for skill development aligned with your goals

If this role excites you, we encourage you to submit an application.

How to Apply

This is a multi-stage process. We will shortlist candidates and invite shortlisted candidates for an interview.