Senior Product Manager - HR & Payroll

PowerSchool is one of the fastest growing education technology companies, with more than 45 million users across the world. They are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the transformation of payroll systems for K-12 education, ensuring that educators and administrators have the necessary tools for financial management. This role involves owning the product lifecycle, driving modernization initiatives, and collaborating with various teams to deliver innovative solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Charge: Own the payroll product roadmap for two applications serving K-12 education
• Customer Champion: Work directly with customers to understand their needs as well as to continuously communicate back to them our roadmap and progress
• Modernize & Innovate: Be the key driver of our modernization initiatives—upgrading architecture, improving UX, and introducing cutting-edge capabilities
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work with engineering, design, compliance, and customer success to deliver high-quality solutions. Liaise with other product managers to ensure cascading impacts of changes are addressed, drive alignment and roadmap
• Champion Compliance: Ensure payroll meets all regulatory and security standards
• Measure Impact: Define success metrics and use data to guide decisions
• Be the Expert: Represent payroll internally and externally as a thought leader
• All other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• 8+ years in product management, with 3+ years in payroll, HRIS, or financial systems
• K-12 experience is a big plus
• Proven track record leading transformation initiatives for enterprise software
• Understanding of payroll systems, integrations, compliance frameworks and agile/scrum methodology
• Experience with business analysis, documenting use cases and requirements gathering to understand the root of the problem
• Ability to lead complex projects and align stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree required
• MBA or equivalent experience preferred