Senior Product Manager - HR & Payroll

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

Ready to Shape the Future of Payroll in Education?

Imagine leading the transformation of payroll systems that power thousands of schools across the country. As our Senior/Principal Product Manager, 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.

You will own the end-to-end product lifecycle for HR/Position Control and payroll functionality in our two US ERPs, driving innovation and delivering solutions that meet the unique needs of educators, administrators, and finance teams. You are also responsible for working directly with customers to identify issues as well as high-value enhancements to drive growth, retention, and customer satisfaction and creating and adhering to KPIs. This role will also work with our Compliance team to keep abreast of changes to American payroll legislation.

You will also serve as a key leader in driving modernization initiatives across both products, ensuring our payroll solutions evolve to meet future needs with scalable, cloud-ready, and user-centric designs.

This is your opportunity to own the vision, strategy, and execution for payroll in the K-12 space, bringing innovation, compliance, and scalability to the forefront. If you thrive on solving complex problems, influencing change, and delivering impact at scale, this role is for you.

What You’ll Do

• 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

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

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

Compensation & Benefits

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 $114,900 - $187,700 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 [email protected].