Vice President, International Product - Higher Education

Company Overview

McGraw Hill is a premier global education solutions provider with over 130 years of excellence, delivering innovative technology and content to K-12, higher education, and professional learning sectors worldwide.

Role Summary

We seek a visionary Vice President of International Product to spearhead the global higher education product strategy. This role is pivotal in ensuring product-market fit across diverse international regions by building and leading exceptional product teams, shaping innovative product roadmaps, and driving localization excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Formulate and implement regional product strategies that optimize content, platform features, commercialization, and revenue streams for global growth.
• Lead and nurture international product teams, fostering collaboration, mentorship, and alignment with McGraw Hill’s culture across distributed locations.
• Influence the worldwide product roadmap with compelling business cases and ROI analysis, balancing regional priorities within the overall vision.
• Establish and manage a cross-functional center of excellence for localization, overseeing content adaptation, platform tailoring, and go-to-market tactics to gain competitive advantage.
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships to extend product capabilities and market reach internationally.
• Champion a global product mindset by embedding regional insights and international education trends throughout the product organization and leadership team.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Over 10 years of experience creating educational products on a global scale.
• At least 8 years managing cross-functional teams with profit and loss accountability.
• Expertise in EdTech product development including both content and platform components.
• Demonstrated mastery of scalable product localization methodologies.
• Strong skills in financial modeling and business case preparation.
• Experience collaborating directly with executive leadership and boards.
• Proficient understanding of AI applications, including evaluation of costs and benefits for implementation.
• Proven ability to lead organizational change in complex environments and deliver outcomes.
• Excellent communication and presentation capabilities.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 50% of the time.

Preferred Skills and Attributes

• More than five years in higher education product space.
• Background working within or in partnership with major technology companies.
• Experience engaging with government or public education sector entities.
• Multilingual proficiency or bilingual capabilities.

Additional Information

This leadership role reports to the Chief Product Officer and offers an opportunity to influence McGraw Hill’s innovation and competitiveness on a global platform, directly impacting millions of learners worldwide.