Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. PowerSchool is a global leader in cloud-based software for K-12 education, dedicated to powering personalized education for students. They are seeking a Product Manager to work closely with the Lead Product Manager to define and implement product features, manage the product backlog, and ensure effective product delivery while advancing Agile practices.
Responsibilities
- Improve organizations performance on delivering products by managing the cross functional development scope with Product Managers, Product Owners and Scrum teams
- Support the product manager in the development of product vision, goals, themes and features. This translates into a product roadmap and long-term product strategy and feature development
- Participate and help lead daily scrum ceremonies, leading refinement sessions, and engaging with your Engineering team, guiding direction and focus
- Translate product directives into backlog items, effectively representing customer needs. Serve as the primary source of external information for the Scrum teams, offering clear definitions of the targeted capability, the intended value to the customer, and functional/non-functional requirements framing the scope of the capability – independent of implementation
- Work closely with Development on implementation issues
- Review QA test plans to align with acceptance criteria
- Review relevant documentation for technical accuracy
- Effectively communicate product release contents and expected product capabilities/behavior to stakeholders including external and internal customers
- Coordinates products between departments for global visibility
- Communicate the product vision to the technical teams as well as to other teams within the company
- Ensuring the correct features are being development, considering the value being delivered against the cost of delivery
- Provide weekly reports on project status to Senior Management
- Monitor and identify impediments to release objective and suggest corrective actions as necessary
- All other duties as assigned
Skills
- 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%, for key moments such as team summits, training, customer meetings, company events, etc., with increased frequency during peak periods based on business demands
- This position is subject to company on call policies which constitutes 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
Company Overview
PowerSchool is a leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Rancho Cordova, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.k12planet.com.