At Nelson, we’ve been shaping the future of education for children and youth across Canada for over 110 years. As the country’s largest K-12 education content provider, we remain dedicated to our legacy of looking forward, paving the way in creating boundless, accessible, and engaging learning experiences for all. Our innovative solutions, including Edwin, our digital learning platform, provide curriculum-aligned content that support diverse learning styles while fostering critical thinking, creativity, and lifelong learning.

When we’re searching for individuals to join our team, we look for bold, innovative team players with a passion for education and making a positive difference in our communities.

As Associate Product

Manager on the Product team, reporting to the Vice President Content & Curriculum K12, you are passionate about education and will work with a dynamic team to help create innovative e-learning solutions for use in classrooms across Canada. You are responsible in collaboration for the identification, conceptualization, validation, and strategic development of new e-learning resources and educational solutions across the ELA and Social Studies portfolio. You will participate in budgeting new projects, collaborating on defining the pedagogy and instructional design, identify and develop recent authors, reviewers, subject matter experts, and thought leaders in the subject area.

The role will involve conducting market research to deeply understand customer needs and shifts in curriculum and pedagogy to develop highly valued Edwin e-learning resources that grow and retain our customer base. We are looking for a candidate who is results-oriented, strategic problem-solver, gifted at understanding teaching and learning in a digital learning classroom, innovator, creative thinker, great project manager and has strong interpersonal and communication skills. In close collaboration with the VP Content & Curriculum, you will execute: field calls, focus groups, surveys, concept or prototype reviews, product testing, industry best practice review, user data, internal market feedback, classroom observation, attending subject area conferences) to identify and validate student and teacher personas, identify recent e-learning resource opportunities that enable a personalized, student and teacher centric experiences that save teachers time, understand customer curriculum interpretation, and pedagogical and instructional best practices to drive business growth and retention.

Business Case

Development & Project Budgeting (5%):



~ Identify project specifications and collaborate with Product team for the development of budgets, business case, and feature and functionality needs. Product-in-Development Leadership (40%): ~ Lead the end-to-end development of digital student learning experiences and teacher instructional resources. ~ Drive all phases of product design and creation—from visioning and content development to review and refinement—ensuring alignment with strategic goals and customer needs to increase student engagement and achievement while saving teacher's time. ~ Define, manage, and prioritize product and user requirements. ~ Communicate a clear, data-informed product roadmap to internal stakeholders, securing alignment across Leadership, Product, and Commercial teams. ~ Coordinate with internal teams to deliver high-quality e-learning resources, continuously optimizing product development workflows, leveraging internal AI tools, while accelerating time-to-market through iterative development. ~ Monitor learning resource development progress, proactively resolving blockers. Serve as the escalation point for critical product and customer issues, maintaining momentum and quality under pressure.

Author/Reviewer/Subject Matter Expert Acquisition and Relationship Management (30%): ~ Identify, sign, manage and cultivate key authors, reviewers, subject matter experts, key customer influencers and thought leaders to meet e-learning resource expectations of customers while ensuring optimal product positioning in market. Key learning resource benefits, instructional overview, testimonials from reviewers or authors, ways to position resources, resource FAQ’s, resource implementation tools and presentations, sales training material, etc.) University degree is required ~ Minimum 3 years’ experience in K-12 educational Ed-Tech market with experience working directly with content creators ~ Strong organizational skills and project management experience an asset ~ Results-oriented, strategic problem-solver, innovator, creative thinker and has strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) ~ Current understanding and knowledge of digital technologies, AI, digital learning tools, how students learn best in a digital environment,



and other multi-media applications ~ Exceptional relationship management skills, including recruiting, managing, and mentoring internal and external authors, reviewers, editors, subject matter experts, and digital content developers ~ Exceptional problem-solving skills and risk-mitigation skills ~ Ability and willingness to travel ~ Experience with SCRUM an asset ~ Ability to handle a high volume of work in a short period of time, handle multiple priorities simultaneously, be flexible to pivot priorities as needed to meet corporate goals, and operate in a demanding work environment is important ~ French an asset The base salary range for this contract position starts at $85,000 per annum based on experience. This position may also be eligible for performance-related incentive pay.

The below benefits apply to this temporary contract position. This role is primarily on-site with some hybrid flexibility, M-F, standard business hours Free parking on-site Free, convenient shuttle bus service from Don Mills Subway Station to and from the office Access to in office fitness center and fitness classes Mentorship and professional development opportunities A comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing confidential support spanning from mental health services to financial counselling, and many things in-between. Our EDI Statement This is an integral part of our company’s culture and mission that aligns with our four key pillars of Employee Diversity, Developing Authentic and Accurate Content, Amplifying External Voices, and Supporting the Local Community and Beyond.

We believe in the power of education and our ability to impact social change. Truth, honesty, integrity, and respect guide our decisions and actions in the development of learning solutions that empower success for all educators and learners. We commit to holding ourselves accountable by creating measurable short and long-term goals that place equity, diversity, and inclusion at the core of what we do in our resources, the workplace, the educational community, and in the larger society.

Nelson uses AI support tools in our applicant tracking system to help with tasks such as summarizing points and anonymizing applications. Nelson is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to Inclusion, Equity and Diversity. As part of this commitment, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status.

📌 Associate Product Manager (ELA/Socials) - 12 months FTC (Toronto)
🏢 Nelson Education
📍 Toronto