Senior Product Manager – Education Financial

Overview

Overview
At Power School, we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home, Power School supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible, and a career with us means you’re joining a successful team committed to engaging, empowering, and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere.

Overview
At Power School, we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home, Power School supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible, and a career with us means you’re joining a successful team committed to engaging, empowering, and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere.

Our Product team leads the direction, coordination, output, quality, and enhancements to Power School’s product portfolio. This dynamic, multi-functional team ensures the effective rollout of new products across the platform, packages and positions products to appeal to consumers, and helps set the future direction and pace of innovation in our organization.

About the Role

Imagine leading the transformation of financial systems that power thousands of schools across the country. As our Principal Product Manager, Education Finance, you won’t just manage features—you’ll help drive modernization across two mission-critical products, ensuring educators and administrators have the tools they need to focus on what matters most: students.

We’re looking for a Financial Product Manager with deep knowledge of cash accounting and fund accounting to lead the development of financial features for school districts and charter networks. This role is ideal for a CPA or CMA who understands the complexities of GASB reporting, student activity funds, encumbrances, and grant compliance, and wants to shape technology that simplifies district finance operations.

You will own discovery, prioritization, and delivery for features that support cash-basis workflows, fund-level reporting, fund balance controls, encumbrances, grants, and multi-entity structures. Partner closely with customers, design, engineering, and go-to-market teams to translate complex accounting requirements into intuitive, compliant, and scalable product experiences.

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and maintain the product vision and multi-quarter roadmap for cash and fund accounting capabilities (e.g., cash receipts, disbursements, bank reconciliation, fund balance tracking).
• Prioritize initiatives using data, customer insights, compliance requirements, and financial impact; manage trade-offs across scope, schedule, and quality.

Customer & Domain Discovery

• Partner with and conduct deep-dive discovery with CFOs, controllers, grant managers, treasurers, and fund administrators to capture end-to-end workflows (from cash transaction origination to fund reporting).
• Translate user pain points into clear problem statements, epics, and acceptance criteria.

Execution & Delivery

• Write detailed requirements that reflect the solution to the root cause of the problem you are solving and partner with engineering and QA to refine
• Ensure features support internal controls (segregation of duties, approvals), audit trails, and compliant reporting
• Ensure documentation and training materials are accurate and accessible
• Equip Sales, CS, and Marketing with positioning, demos, and other go-to-market activities as required
• Define success metrics and drive adoption through feature instrumentation, feedback loops, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• CPA, CMA, or equivalent designation.
• Hands-on experience with cash accounting (cash receipts/disbursements, bank reconciliation, cash controls).
• Expertise in fund accounting for K‑12: fund structures, encumbrances, interfund transfers,…