Sr. Product Manager - Gamification & Education

Summary

Are you a creative, data-driven builder who loves designing engaging experiences that help users learn and succeed? Topstep is hiring a Senior Product Manager to own our Education & Gamification domain the engine behind trader engagement, learning, and long-term success. You’ll connect trader needs with compelling educational content and progression mechanics, align partner teams on a clear roadmap, and ship best-in-market features that measurably raise user activation, retention, and trading performance. This role is ideal for someone who combines deep product judgment with strong execution instincts, and who’s ready to step into a position of high impact on trader outcomes. You’ll shape how we think about the future of trader education and engagement and help build the capabilities that turn that vision into reality.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Education & Gamification roadmap: Learning path strategy, content development pipeline, gamification mechanics (e.g., challenges, leaderboards, badges), user progression, competitive analysis, and engagement experimentation.
• Define clear problem statements and PRDs tied to user learning and engagement goals; translate vision into requirements for complex, cross-team releases.
• Coordinate delivery across Engineering, Design, Data, Marketing, Support, and Community to ship reliable, compelling features on time.
• Optimize the user's learning and engagement journey with a rigorous testing and experimentation roadmap to drive significant improvement to activation, retention, and successful trading outcomes.
• Education Platform Strategy: Own the roadmap for foundational educational and gamification capabilities that help traders upskill and celebrate their accomplishments.
• Establish the metrics that matter (e.g., engagement, content completion, skill progression, retention) and regularly report performance; quantify feature ROI and inform resourcing trade-offs.
• Align stakeholders on the roadmap and maintain crisp communication on scope, status, and decisions, driving value for our trader community and learning eco-system.

Required Qualifications and Key Competencies

• 5–8 years in Product Management, with material ownership of an education, gamification, user engagement, or consumer-facing learning product area.
• Fluency in education & gamification concepts: User motivation analysis, learning path design, game mechanics, behavioral incentives, A/B testing, engagement loops, churn analysis, and customer segmentation.
• Data-driven operator: Comfortable designing experiments and digging into dashboards/SQL to size opportunities and prove ROI.
• At ease with scale: Demonstrated ability to deliver releases to a high-volume user base where small changes have a material impact.
• Execution & coordination: Proven record aligning multiple teams and shipping complex releases without losing the thread on outcomes.
• Excellent written & verbal communication with the ability to create structure in ambiguity and drive clear decisions.
• Laser customer focus and experience partnering with Research, Marketing, Content, and Product Marketing to refine personas, confidently position, and release best-in-market educational experiences.

Company Culture & Perks

• Topstep is an engaging working environment which ranges from fully remote to hybrid. We foster a culture of collaboration with cameras on during meetings and a robust Slack environment for communication. 
• 10 Company paid Holidays and generous Family Leave. Paid time off is accrued monthly.
• Competitive 401(k) matching, health, dental, and vision insurance is offered for full time employees 
• Vacations are encouraged with a bonus for taking 5 consecutive days. Employee referrals are bonused. Topstep offers a food and groceries budget and contributes towards health and wellness.

New Hire Base Salary Range

• $160,000-$190,000
• Bonus: This position is eligible for a performance-based bonus as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.
• The compensation offered will take into account internal compensation structure and may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Topstep is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees and applicants are valued. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Interested in the role? Apply today with your resume and cover letter!

At this time immigration sponsorship is not available for this position (including H-1B, STEM OPT training plans, etc.).