Product Manager, IT

About the role

The Product Manager – PowerSchool Solutions serves as the strategic and operational lead for products and integrations supporting the PowerSchool 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.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive product strategy, roadmap planning, and execution for PowerSchool-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 PowerSchool SIS workflows, data models, APIs, and integrations;
• Parenth 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;
• 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;
• Cookordinate 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.

Requirements

• Five (5) years of product management, business systems, education technology, or related experience;
• Experience working with Student Information Systems (SIS), preferably PowerSchool;
• Strong understanding of PowerSchool 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 DevOps, 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Education, Technology, or related field;
• Experience with PowerSchool APIs, plugins, custom pages, or platform integrations;
• Knowledge of Ed-Fi, OneRoster, Clever, ClassLink, or related interoperability standards;
• Prior leadership or people management experience preferred.

Skills

• Strategic thinking;
• Product management;
• Customer relationship management;
• Agile methodologies;
• Technical expertise with PowerSchool and related technologies;
• Collaboration and teamwork;
• Problem-solving and decision-making;
• Communication and presentation skills;
• Data analysis and interpretation;
• Project management;
• Customer service and support.

Benefits

Stride, Inc. offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person's education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee's salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position's level and expected contribution, and the employee's benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range. We anticipate the salary range to be $66,379.50- $111,000.00. An individual's compensation can vary based on several factors which include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Eligible employees may receive a bonus.