Senior Manager, Product Management

Powerschool is one of the fastest growing education technology companies, with more than 45 million users across the world. We are giving educators and administrations all the tools they need to effectively run their districts and drive student and financial performance.  Working at PowerSchool in this role offers you a chance to help solve the most important challenges in education relating to a financial management in an environment that’s fun, collaborative, and innovative. We are looking for smart, creative individuals who are passionate about the education space and who aren't afraid to show it.

The Senior Manager, Product Management, Finance is accountable for driving the product management of our core financials within our ERP applications.  In this role, you will be reporting directly to the VP, Product Management and will be responsible for driving the roadmap for our next generation ERP for the core financial modules.   This role will have a few direct reports, but we also need an individual who is able to get into the weeds and work directly with scrum teams on requirements, acceptance criteria, backlog refinement and overall sprint planning.  A key part of this role will be working directly with customers to identify issues as well as high-value enhancements to drive retention and customer satisfaction.   This role requires someone who knows their audience well and is skilled at adapting messaging, tailoring product content, and delivering presentations to these stakeholders as well as coaching others to do the same.

This position is also expected to assist in driving best practices in product management throughout the product and engineering teams and will also use their skills to advance the progress of Agile methodology and provide timely reporting to Senior Leaders to ensure corporate objectives are met.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following.

Improve organizations performance on delivering products by managing the cross functional development scope with Product Managers, Product Owners and Scrum teams.

• Support the Vice President, Product along with the other Product Managers on this ERP in the development of product vision, goals, themes and features and drive the product roadmap and long-term product strategy with these in mind
• Coach and mentor direct reports
• Participate and help lead daily scrum ceremonies, leading refinement sessions, and engaging with your Engineering and QA team, guiding direction and focus
• Translate product directives into backlog items, effectively representing customer needs. Serve as the primary source of external information for the Scrum teams, offering clear definitions of the targeted capability, the intended value to the customer, and functional/non-functional requirements framing the scope of the capability –independent of implementation.
• Work directly with customers to understand their needs as well as to continuously communicate back to them our roadmap and progress
• Effectively communicate product release contents and expected product capabilities/behavior to stakeholders including external and internal customers
• Liaise with other areas of PowerSchool product management to drive interoperability
• Ensuring the correct features are being developed, considering the value being delivered against the cost of delivery
• Provide weekly reports on project status to Senior Leaders
• Monitor and identify impediments to release objective and suggest corrective actions as necessary
• All other duties as assigned

To be considered for and to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

Qualifications include:

• 5+years’ prior experience in a product management role
• Previous product experience with ERP or core financial/accounting products is required
• CPA certification is desired
• Excellent understanding of Agile Values and Scrum Methodology
• Excellent ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Excellent ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments
• Excellent ability to handle a heavy workload with multiple projects and frequent interruptions
• Excellent ability to work in a changing, dynamic environment
• Excellent understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Strong attention to accuracy and detail, while still results oriented
• Strong problem solving, conflict resolution, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Experience with business analysis, documenting use cases or requirements gathering

PowerSchool offers the following benefits:

• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (including Medical, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy benefits, Life Insurance and AD&D)
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• Comprehensive 401(k) plan
• Generous Parental Leave
• Unrestricted paid time off (known as Discretionary Time Off - DTO)
• Wellness Program, including ClassPass & Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Optional Benefits: Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Student Debt Repayment Program and Prepaid Legal coverage

A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $124,600 - $187,800 USD. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures, degrees, and certifications; specific geographic location; internal equity; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters.

EEO Commitment

PowerSchool is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. PowerSchool is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers PowerSchoolers to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we celebrate the diverse ways we work. If you have a disability and need an accommodation regarding our recruiting process, please let us know by emailing accommodations@powerschool.com.