Product Manager
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Job Description
Product Manager shaping features and roadmaps for PowerSchool’s cloud-based K-12 education software. Guiding Agile Scrum teams, backlog refinement, releases, and stakeholder communication.
Responsibilities:
- Improve organizational performance on delivering products by managing cross-functional development scope with Product Managers, Product Owners and Scrum teams
- Support the Product Manager in developing product vision, goals, themes and features
- Translate product vision into a product roadmap, long-term product strategy and feature development
- Participate in and help lead daily scrum ceremonies
- Lead refinement sessions and engage with Engineering teams to guide direction and focus
- Translate product directives into backlog items and represent customer needs
- Define targeted capabilities, customer value, and functional/non-functional requirements independently of implementation
- Work closely with Development on implementation issues
- Review QA test plans to align with acceptance criteria
- Review relevant documentation for technical accuracy
- Communicate product release contents and expected product capabilities and behavior to internal and external stakeholders
- Coordinate products between departments for global visibility
- Communicate product vision to technical teams and other company teams
- Ensure correct features are developed by considering delivered value against delivery cost
- Provide weekly project status reports to Senior Management
- Monitor impediments to release objectives and suggest corrective actions
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant and related work experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, or equivalent years of relevant work experience
- Travel occasionally, up to 10%
- Subject to company on call policies, including working hours outside of the normal workday as needed
- Excellent understanding of Agile Values and Scrum Methodology
- Excellent ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
- Excellent ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments
- Excellent ability to handle a heavy workload with multiple projects and frequent interruptions
- Excellent ability to work in a changing, dynamic environment
- Excellent understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
- Strong attention to accuracy and detail, while still results oriented
- Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodology practices
- Strong problem solving, conflict resolution, interpersonal and presentation skills
- Experience with business analysis, documenting use cases or requirements gathering
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
















