Associate Product Manager

About Ellucian:Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,800 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.**Values Rooted in Purpose**We embrace the power to **lead**, the courage to **innovate**, and the determination to **grow**. At our core, we believe in **humanizing** our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of **transformation**, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.About the Opportunity:We’re powering what’s next in higher education. As the global leader in technology solutions for colleges and universities, Ellucian delivers innovation that drives student success, institutional growth, and community impact. Join a team that believes technology should remove barriers, not create them — enabling institutions to operate smarter and students to achieve more.The Associate Product Manager (APM) plays a vital role in driving operational excellence and accelerating innovation across the Student Financial Services (SFS) product ecosystem — including Scholarship Universe, Campus Communicator, Raise Me, Virtual Advisor, and more.This role is ideal for a detail-oriented, analytical, and motivated professional who thrives at the intersection of data, process, and product. The APM primarily focuses on scholarship database management, scholarship vetting, and student feedback analysis, while also contributing to broader initiatives that enhance financial aid automation, communication workflows, and student engagement strategies across the SFS portfolio.You’ll be part of a collaborative, cross-functional team shaping the future of how students connect with and manage their financial aid experience — ensuring Ellucian’s solutions deliver a seamless, student-centered, and high-impact experience at scale. This is a hands-on, high-visibility role offering full immersion into the product lifecycle and direct exposure to Ellucian’s enterprise product operations.**Where You Will Make an Impact**- Maintain and optimize the Scholarship Universe database to ensure accuracy, consistency, and data integrity across the product line.- Review and vet scholarship submissions to confirm legitimacy and adherence to eligibility and compliance standards.- Analyze and synthesize student feedback to identify trends, resolve issues, and drive continuous product and process improvements.- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to deliver efficient workflows, manage testing cycles, and support seamless product releases.- Contribute to cross-product initiatives that enhance scalability, efficiency, and alignment across the full SFS portfolio.**What You Will Bring**- Strong analytical, research, and organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills in a fully remote, distributed team environment.- A curious mindset, self-starter energy, and passion for learning multiple product domains.- Ability to balance conflicting priorities and work independently- Must be willing and able to work standard Arizona business hours.What makes #Ellucianlife:- Comprehensive health coverage: family major medical expenses, dental and life insurance.- Christmas bonus 30 days- Saving fund- Monthly food coupon- 15 workdays vacation- Thrive Flex Program that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests- 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us- Diversity and inclusion programs that promote employee resource groups such as: Women in Technology, Pride and Go Green to name a few.- Parental leave- Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team- We Foster a learning culture with:- Tuition Reimbursement Assistance- Professional development opportunitiesLI-RB1LI-Hybrid