Tutor (External Contractor) - Product Manager at Udacity

Udacity is on a mission to change lives, businesses and nations through radical talent transformation in digital technologies.  We offer a unique and immersive online learning platform, powering corporate technical training in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Autonomous Systems, Cloud Computing and more. Our rapidly growing global organization is revolutionizing how the enterprise market bridges the talent shortage and skills gaps during their digital transformation journey. Udacity is proud to be backed by respected investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, Bertelsmann and Drive Capital, among other leading VC firms, and provides a powerful and differentiated solution inside of a $32b total addressable market opportunity. Udacity has more than 100 enterprise customers including Airbus, Bertelsmann, BNP Paribas, Leidos, Mazda, and the United States Air Force.

In our mission towards powering careers through tech education, we are doubling down on the support that we offer to our students. As a part of this, we want to extend an opportunity to you to become a Mentor in our scholarship programs. Career mentors are industry professionals who provide world-class career support to our students in their Nanodegree journey or beyond. All our mentors are handpicked through a rigorous selection process so that we can truly be #studentfirst.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Tutor (External Contractor) - Product Manager

Location: Nigeria

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support for students daily over an online community forum
• Answer questions around course content over the forum and facilitate content for students who get stuck in learning
• Participate in organizing community activities in coordination with the forum’s admin to ensure a fun and engaging learning environment and to help in improving students’ progress (such as online webinars, technical quizzes, technical challenges..etc)
• Share interesting extracurricular information over its dedicated categories, such as content-related news articles and useful resources to enrich the personal and professional aspects of the community
• Attend regular online meetings/ office hours with Udacity representatives through zoom, the online forum, or other medians if needed.
• Be responsive over close groups and discussions with Udacity representatives
• Provide students with 1:1 support over the community forum or using other medians if needed
• Tutors should check their private tutor’s category on the forum on a daily basis to be up to date with all the latest news from your peer tutors, community moderators, and your Udacity community manager

Required Skills / Qualifications

• 1-2 years of Experience in Product Management Role
• Udacity Graduate is a Plus
• Residing in Africa
• Fluent in English
• Technical Competence: Product Lifecycle, Product Strategy, Product Design, Product Development, Product Launch, Product Development, Rapid Prototyping, Experimentation, User-Centered Design, Go-To-Market Strategy 
• Experience teaching technical concepts and public speaking
• Experience organizing technical talks, or webinars
• Nigeria Resident
• Positive character, trusted by the students, creating emotional ties in the group
• Existing tech network and experience in technical conversations & discussions
• Flexibility at their current job to take this challenge part-time as an external contractor.

Why should you Apply? 

• Work remotely as an External Contractor
• Earn additional income 
• Contribute to a vibrant, international student community 
• Stay updated with the latest in cutting-edge technologies.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Important Information and Notice

• Before applying, we would request you to kindly complete the General Information Form if you haven't filled it already. 
• Career Mentors are external contractors, if you are a good fit, we will reach out within 3 weeks with the next steps. Please do not apply multiple times for the same position.