Product Manager, IT

Job Description

Product Manager – Power School Solutions serves as the strategic and operational lead for products and integrations supporting the Power School ecosystem. This role partners cross‑functionally with engineering, implementation, customer success, curriculum, and school operations teams to deliver scalable, user‑centered solutions that improve the educational experience for students, families, educators, and administrators.

• Own and drive product strategy, roadmap planning, and execution for Power School‑related products, integrations, and operational workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering, UX, architects, implementation teams, and business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of product initiatives.
• Gather and prioritize requirements from internal stakeholders, schools, district partners, and customers to ensure solutions address operational and instructional needs.
• Translate business requirements into clear user stories, workflows, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications.
• Manage and prioritize product, release, and sprint backlogs based on business value, customer impact, technical complexity, and strategic priorities.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for Power School SIS workflows, data models, APIs, and integrations.
• Partner with implementation and support teams to improve onboarding, adoption, scalability, and customer satisfaction.
• Identify opportunities for automation, operational efficiency, reporting enhancements, and data quality improvements.
• Support interoperability initiatives involving student information systems, rostering, identity management, LMS integrations, and state reporting requirements.
• Analyze customer feedback, usage metrics, operational data, and support trends to drive continuous product improvement.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies and collaborate closely with Scrum teams to deliver high‑quality product increments.
• Coordinate release planning, product communications, training materials, and rollout strategies across multiple schools and business units.
• Ensure product solutions align with accessibility standards, security requirements, compliance expectations, and data governance practices.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including district partners, vendors, and third‑party technology providers.
• Inspire and motivate cross‑functional teams to deliver innovative, scalable, and customer‑focused solutions.

This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

• Five (5) years of product management, business systems, education technology, or related experience.
• Experience working with Student Information Systems (SIS), preferably Power School.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

• Demonstrated experience leading complex technology product initiatives from discovery through release.
• Experience working within K–12 education systems, school operations, or education technology environments.
• Strong understanding of Power School functionality, SIS workflows, scheduling, enrollment, grading, attendance, and/or state reporting processes.
• Experience managing integrations, APIs, data exchange processes, and interoperability standards.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with the ability to make data‑informed decisions.
• Experience collaborating with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders across multiple teams.
• Strong communication, organizational, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in Agile software development environments, including Scrum and/or Kanban.
• Experience using tools such as Jira, Confluence, Aha!, Azure Dev Ops, or similar platforms.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Experience creating product documentation, release notes, training materials, and implementation guidance.
• Strong customer empathy and ability to translate user needs into scalable product solutions.
• Ability to travel up to 5% of the time.
• Ability to pass a required background check.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business,…