Senior Project Manager

PowerSchool • Full-time • United States • $83,000 - $110,300 / year • 2w ago

Fast Facts

Join PowerSchool as a Senior Project Manager, where you'll oversee project delivery in a collaborative team dedicated to enhancing education through technology.

Responsibilities: Manage project timelines, objectives, and budgets, ensuring quality delivery while supporting cross-functional collaboration and customer satisfaction.

Skills: Strong project management expertise, excellent communication skills, and experience in managing cross-functional teams; knowledge of business systems and technical processes.

Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience along with 5-8 years in a relevant role; experience in K-12 education and PMI methodologies preferred.

Location: The position is available in the US, with no specified travel requirements.

Compensation: $83000 - $110300 / Annually

Overview

At PowerSchool, we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home, PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible, and a career with us means you’re joining a successful team committed to engaging, empowering, and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere.

Team Overview

Our Support team provides a broad spectrum of training and technical support for our customers. From accurately analyzing and troubleshooting, to diagnosing and resolving software or system issues, this team offers world-class technical support with a strong focus on maximizing customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

Description

The Project Management team ensures successful project delivery, including overseeing project objectives, timelines, and budgetary requirements, while maintaining high standards of quality and stakeholder satisfaction.

Your day-to-day job will consist of:

Develop and maintain project documentation such as project plans, risk register, issues lists, configuration guides, etc.
Coordinate resources to effectively ensure successful execution of the project plan and deliver a quality project
Support the performance of defining project scope and requirements (i.e., business analysis)
Act as liaisons between users, product management, sales and developers to define software solution requirements and document specifications
Maintain internal company project tracking system for each assigned project
Assures the quality of software solution being shipped to client, through reviews with project team and other methodical software quality assurance processes
Assist the users in acceptance testing, developing procedures, and updating documentation
Act as expert resource for Customer Service, Tech Support and other departments in all functional and content areas associated with a project
Coordinates the development and revision of Software documentation, Tools, Templates, Techniques, Training as an output from each project

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum of 5 to 8 years of relevant and related work experience.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
Experience managing small to midsized teams or functional areas.
Experienced in coordinating cross-functional groups to accomplish goals
Ability to manage deliverables during all phases of the product development life cycle
Strong understanding of business concepts and technical systems processes
Excellent business communication skills to deliver content professionally, concisely, and effectively to internal and external customers
Ability to generate technical but user-friendly procedural documents

Preferred Qualifications

K-12 education space experience
Experience in project management using recognized PMI methodologies
Understands data warehouse architecture and data warehousing best practices

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 $83,000 - $110,300 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 celebrates 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 accomodations@powerschool.com.