nelnet
Group Product Manager, Horizon
At a Glance
- Location
- Remote
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Compensation
- sation range for this role is $100,000 - $150,000 depending on experience. This
- Posted
- 2026-06-29
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Education
- Insurance
- Medical
- Regulatory
Benefits & Perks
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Requirements
You understand how great products are made and have the judgment to make hard prioritization calls.
You push for elegant, impactful solutions over feature accumulation and hold the bar high on craft and quality.
You understand how products get to market and know how to partner with commercial teams on launches that drive real adoption and revenue.
You maintain a rigorous connection to the institutions, administrators, and students Horizon serves—using that empathy to sharpen strategy and ensure the team is always solving the right problems.
We may use automated or artificial intelligence enabled tools to assist with the initial review of applications, such as identifying relevant skills or experience.
Experience in higher education technology, fintech, payments, or B2B2C platform businesses.
Compensation & Benefits
This position offers a hybrid work option. Nelnet values flexibility and understands the importance of work-life integration. Our hybrid work environment allows associates living within 30 miles of an office location to work remotely for part of the week, while also fostering collaboration and team connection through in-office presence three days per week.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. To be considered, candidates must already be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship
Responsibilities
Hands-On Product Ownership
Personally own a core area of the Horizon platform end to end—running discovery, writing requirements, making the prioritization calls, and partnering daily with engineering and design to ship.
Stay close to the details: dig into the data, prototype and pressure-test ideas, review designs, and validate solutions with real users so the team ships work that is genuinely useful.
Set the bar for product craft by example, modeling the discovery, writing, and decision-making you expect from the PMs you lead.
Team Leadership & Development
Lead, mentor, and grow a small team of Product Managers responsible for Horizon workstreams, setting clear expectations and helping each PM sharpen their craft.