Senior Product Manager - Admissions

Senior Product Manager - Admissions

Location: Flexible

Department: Product

Reports to: Head of Product Management

About Mattilda

Mattilda is building the finance-first All-In-One Operating System for Education in Latin America,unifying payments, billing, collections, SIS, academic workflows, communication, and financial operations into a single platform.

We partner with educational institutions across Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador to simplify operations, improve financial visibility, and deliver a modern digital experience for parents, students, teachers, and administrators.

Mattilda is a well-funded startup with $89M in total capital raised, fueling expansion into new markets and accelerating our platform through strategic acquisitions.

Our mission is to help schools operate with greater clarity, accuracy, and confidence—powered by technology and AI-driven automation. We are committed to delivering exceptional product quality and reliability as we transform how educational institutions operate.

Role Overview

After acquiring AlgebraX, Mattilda inherited a fully functional Admissions module that is already used by hundreds of schools – but it needs to be deeply integrated into our platform, modernized, and elevated into the best-in-class B2B enterprise experience in the region.

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager – Admissions to own this mission-critical product area end-to-end. You will define the strategy, roadmap, and execution for the entire admissions and enrollment lifecycle, turning a good acquired product into a category-defining experience for school administrators and families.

This role combines deep B2B/enterprise SaaS product leadership, complex workflow design, heavy integration challenges, and relentless focus on user experience. You will collaborate closely with Engineering, Design, Platform, Data, and Go-to-Market teams to deliver a seamless, configurable, and delightful admissions journey.

Your leadership will shape how thousands of schools onboard their students and directly impact Mattildas growth as the OS for private education in Latin America.

What Youll Lead

1. Product Strategy & Ownership

Own and define the end-to-end Admissions Squad roadmap

Develop a multi-year vision to make Mattilda the undisputed leader in school admissions in LatAm

Align objectives across Product, Engineering, Design, Sales, Customer Success, and

Operations

Define the long-term strategy to differentiate Mattildas admissions experience in the

regional education ecosystem

2. Student Lifecycle

Shape the future of the admissions & enrollment experience for schools around Latam

Own the continuous evolution and deep optimization of the full admissions & enrollment

lifecycle: application forms, document management, interviews & evaluations, contracts, waitlists, re-enrollment, withdrawals, and transfers

Turn complex, time-consuming administrative processes into simple, intuitive, and

delightful experiences for school staff and families

Design intuitive dashboards and analytics for conversion funnels, yield, bottlenecks, and cohort performance

3. Integrations

Partner closely with engineering, design, and customer teams to relentlessly remove

friction from the daily work of admissions officers, registrars, counselors, and finance

teams Partner with Platform & Integration Engineering teams to build a scalable integration framework that accelerates enterprise deals

Enable no-code/low-code configuration tools so schools can tailor stages, scoring,

automations, and notifications

4. Customer-Centric Problem Solving

Deeply understand the financial workflows of schools, parents, and internal teams

Collaborate with Customer Success to identify core issues and drive structured,

root-cause resolution

Reduce friction for families through clearer UI logic, better status updates, and smarter payment handling

Leverage AI insights to identify pain points, optimize flows, and personalize payment

experiences

Ruthlessly simplify chaotic, paper-and-Excel-based processes into beautiful, transparent digital experiences

5. Execution & Cross-Functional Leadership

Write crisp requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and specs

Partner closely with engineering for high-quality, predictable delivery

Establish ruthless prioritization frameworks balancing speed, customer impact, and

scalability

Mentor junior PMs and raise the overall product craft bar in the organization

What Success Looks Like

Within your first 12 months, success means:

A fully integrated, modern Admissions product live across all markets

Significant increase in school activation speed and reduction in onboarding friction

High adoption of self-service configuration tools by schools of all sizes

Measurable lift in parent application completion rates and school enrollment yield

A scalable integration framework that unblocks large enterprise deals

Raving admissions coordinators who say finally, a system that works the way we

need

Strong collaboration between Product, Engineering, Design, Sales, and Customer

Success

Required Qualifications

5+ years of Product Management experience

Proven track record shipping complex B2B / SMB / enterprise SaaS products end-to-end

(workflow-heavy and integration-heavy products strongly preferred)

Deep experience with configuration vs. customization trade-offs and role-based enterprise experiences

Strong technical fluency with APIs, webhooks, event-driven systems, and third-party

ecosystems

Experience working with engineering teams to ship complex backend and data-heavy

features

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to model financial workflows

Excellent communication skills across product, engineering, finance, operations, and

leadership

Full professional proficiency in Spanish and English (written & spoken)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in EdTech, school administration systems, CRM or similar B2B product.

Familiarity with Latin American private education systems and regulatory nuances

Background in startups or fast-scaling multi-country product environments

Technical background or strong comfort with architecture and engineering discussions

Prior work on admissions, enrollment, or student lifecycle products

Prior work with AI/ML systems, AI agents, or AI-assisted product workflows (desirable)

Why Join Mattilda

Own one of the most strategic product areas post-AlgebraX acquisition

Build the admissions experience that will become the standard in LatAm private education

Directly impact thousands of schools and hundreds of thousands of families

Work with mission-driven teams solving high-value, real-world problems

High autonomy, remote-first flexibility, and true ownership

Clear path to senior leadership as Mattilda scales aggressively in 2026–2027

Location: Flexible

Travel: Occasional travel to Mexico City for team onsite sessions