Product Manager & Assistant to the VPSociety of Gilbert Keith Chesterton

PRODUCT MANAGER & ASSISTANT TO THE VP

Reports to the Vice President, Chesterton Schools Network

The Chesterton Society is seeking a Product Manager and Assistant to the Vice President who will collaborate and coordinate across departments (accreditation, curriculum and school support) to prioritize, develop, improve, publish and advertise best-in-class tools and resources for Network schools. 

The Product Manager implements established review, approval and publishing processes.  Ensures consistency of internal metric and tool utilization across departments.  The manager is also responsible for coordinating between departments to maintain rapport with colleges, vendors and other organizations that partner with the CSN.

Apostolic Identity

• Help ensure all aspects of Chesterton Schools Network accreditation, operational toolkits, curriculum, and support convey an authentic Catholic identity and our vibrant charism for evangelization through education

• Exhibit faithfulness to the Church's Magisterium in accord with our canonical status as a private association of the Christian faithful

• Personally, exercise and encourage others to imitate Christ in the model of G.K. Chesterton’s joy and spirituality

CSN Department Coordination

• Assist CSN Vice President with collaboration across departments and helping maintain project dashboards in task management software

• Ensure documentation is consistent, properly labeled and up to date

• Coordinate across departments to identify priorities to update and create products

• Monitor and help define internal reporting metrics across departments

• Help define, implements and monitors internal use of tools across departments

• Complete additional projects as they arise

Product Review and Quality Assurance

• Exercise approved processes for the review, approval and publishing of products

• Review all products for quality, accuracy, usability and consistency across departments

• Ensure that only the latest published documents and tools are available to and easily accessible by member schools

• Create and maintain an inventory of existing products 

External Collaboration

• Manage partnerships and advertising with external organizations (colleges, vendors, other organizations) consolidating requirements of all departments

• In coordination with the Marketing team, draft and deliver external CSN communications (Newsletters, advertising, training notifications and reminders etc.)

• Utilize surveys and data analytics to identify product requirements and monitor the impact and usage of products

Knowledge and Skills You Bring to the Organization

• Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field and or experience

• Proven experience in product or configuration management, particularly in documentation management

• Strong understanding of Chesterton Academy school operations, administrative processes and education

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and project management skills

• Exceptional written and oral communication

• Ability to analyze processes and recommend improvements

• Strong ability and understanding of Microsoft Office and Google products

The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The Society of Gilbert Keith Chesterton is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established as a canonically recognized private association of the Christian faithful in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Our mission is to evangelize through education, inspiring people to live joyful, holy lives, with G.K. Chesterton as a model of lay spirituality. We advance this mission through conferences, publications, and local societies that cultivate serious engagement with Chesterton’s thought and the Catholic intellectual tradition.

The Chesterton Schools Network

Through the Society’s educational initiative, the Chesterton Schools Network (CSN), we are leading one of the most significant expansions of Catholic secondary education in modern times, forming a new generation of joyful leaders and saints to build up the Kingdom of God and advance the Culture of Life envisioned by the great Pope Saint John Paul II.

In just over a decade, the CSN has grown to over 80 schools, serving more than 3,300 students across 76 dioceses, 36 states, and in multiple countries. The Network has more than 20 additional schools preparing to open, and the realistic capacity to grow to 1,000 schools serving 100,000 students annually.

The Chesterton Schools Network was the 2025 awardee of the $1 million Yass Prize, one of the nation’s most prestigious honors for educational innovation.

• Full-Time, Exempt, Salaried

• Base salary range $42,000 to $48,000, based on experience and demonstrated capability

• Medical health benefit stipend and a generous package of discretionary paid time off plus staff holidays

• Remote with periodic travel