Product Owner | Educational Program

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Job Summary: We are looking for a professional to manage the Mecenas Program, combining relationship management with scholarship recipients and partners, operational management, and continuous improvement of internal processes. Key Highlights: 1. Autonomy to make decisions and build processes 2. Multifunctional work with various internal teams 3. Real impact on the training of future teachers #### **About Brasil Paralelo** At Brasil Paralelo, we believe that great stories have the power to shape thinking, restore values, and transform how people view the world. More than producing content, we work to deliver in-depth information and empower individuals to draw their own conclusions autonomously. Our content reaches millions of people and is part of the daily lives of families seeking a safe, reliable, and value-aligned experience. Behind every documentary, series, course, or licensed film lies a team committed to building something beyond entertainment — content that creates real impact. Here, you don’t just participate in execution — you’re part of the construction. #### **About the Role:** We are seeking a person for the Mecenas Program, an initiative by Brasil Paralelo focused on funding scholarships for future teachers. This is a highly multifunctional position that combines relationship management with scholarship recipients and partner institutions, program operations management, and evolution of the internal processes supporting this initiative. You will have autonomy to make decisions and collaborate closely with teams across Finance, Content, Operations, and Engineering/Design. If you enjoy building processes, engaging with diverse audiences, and turning ideas into execution, this role may be for you. #### **Responsibilities:** *Scholarship Recipients and Partners Management* * Serve as the main point of contact for scholarship recipients, explaining what Brasil Paralelo is and how the Mecenas Program works * Conduct recurring follow-ups with scholarship recipients to ensure class attendance and academic performance monitoring * Identify early warning signs (e.g., low attendance, declining performance) and take preventive action * Negotiate and update contracts with Brasil Paralelo’s partner institutions * Prospect and negotiate with new institutions to expand the partner network *Internal Product (Grading and Selection Criteria)* * Map and document existing internal processes, identifying bottlenecks and improvement opportunities * Conduct interviews and co-creation sessions with internal users (Finance, Content, Operations, Sales) * Translate complex business rules (funding criteria, eligibility, selection criteria) into clear requirements * Write functional specifications, workflows, and acceptance criteria for the internal grading and scholarship management system *Monitoring and Continuous Improvement* * Monitor usage and adoption of internal tools, collecting feedback from users (including scholarship recipients) * Prioritize improvements based on real impact — both on operational processes and on the product * Document decisions and keep the knowledge base updated * Clearly and proactively communicate contract status, scholarship recipient updates, and product deliverables to stakeholders #### **Requirements:** *Experience* * 3+ years leading hands-on programs, projects, or products * Experience with product or program management tools * Advanced Excel and Office suite proficiency * Preferred: prior experience with educational programs, scholarships, or student financing *Skills* * Clear written and verbal communication skills tailored to very diverse audiences * Ability to prioritize effectively, even under pressure and uncertainty * Analytical thinking, comfortable working with data to support decisions * Genuine empathy — both toward end users of the product and toward scholarship recipients on the other end of the line * Strong negotiation skills (with institutions) and cross-functional collaboration abilities (with Engineering and Design) #### **Benefits:** * Health insurance; * Dental insurance; * Life insurance; * Annual bonus; #### **Work Location:** * Av. Paulista, São Paulo (SP). Fully on-site work. **Our Mission:** To restore good values, ideas, and feelings in the hearts of all Brazilians. **Our Vision:** To become Brazil’s most influential cultural ecosystem. **About Brasil Paralelo’s Culture:** Our values are not superficial virtues displayed merely for show, but rather articulations of the attitudes that brought us to where we are today. Freedom. Pursuit of Truth. Ambition. Meritocracy. Beauty and Art. These are some of our company’s core values. We create works that impact millions of lives, presenting sensitive topics with sobriety and producing some of Brazil’s most-watched documentaries. **1 – Truth:** Truth is not relative; it is the highest good and an inexhaustible goal. It follows that there are no “safe spaces,” because thinking requires the courage to risk offense. Contrary to many modern companies, here there is no ideological discrimination against libertarians or conservatives. There is no disrespect toward your intelligence. There is no “newspeak.” You need not walk on eggshells. There is no thought policing. Orthodoxy confers no privilege. **2 – Freedom:** Individuals differ in choosing, acting, and reaping outcomes; curtailing their freedom constitutes abuse of power. We encourage developing awareness of personal responsibility for outcomes and value those who can self-motivate to work and learn autonomously. **3 – Art:** Whatever cannot be grasped through rational language will be communicated and felt through well-crafted art. We see audiovisual creation as an opportunity for convergence between technology and art. We believe that using innovative tools, combined with a constant pursuit of beauty, guides our mission. **4 – Ambition:** Those who strive for maximum perfection in their achievements — even if never fully attained — always give their best. We are here to build products that become benchmarks and reach their fullest potential. **5 – Meritocracy:** We all seek the best life and the best world, and the only legitimate way to achieve them is through merit. Any achievement without merit is unstable and fleeting. Therefore, we deliberately reward higher performers more, rather than accepting an equity model that first demotivates some and then spreads demotivation to others. **6 – Unity:** We are all different here — not only physically, but also in ideas and perspectives. Knowing when to set aside our differences and prioritize our shared objective is essential, because together we can accomplish what would be impossible alone. Unity is a matter of survival, and fulfilling our mission is a matter of responsibility. **7 – Diplomacy:** Being diplomatic means being humble. Respecting others means remembering that we do not possess absolute truth and that, alone, we cannot build the world we inhabit. Being diplomatic is not being insincere; rather, it means integrating into the world instead of separating ourselves from it.