[Hiring] Vice President, Product Management @PowerSchool Group

Role Description

The Head of Product Operations at PowerSchool is a strategic, operational, and cross-functional executive responsible for architecting and scaling the systems, processes, analytics, and automations that enable a high-performing product organization. This leader partners closely with the CPO, R&D, Finance, Cloud Operations, and GTM teams to ensure the company delivers high-quality, high-impact products with operational excellence, customer-centricity, and financial discipline. This role owns Product Operations & Strategy end-to-end—driving alignment between product strategy, AI-enabled efficiencies, pricing and packaging, customer insights, segmentation analytics, and the operational rigor required to sustain growth and profitability across a multi-product SaaS platform.

Responsibilities

• Product Operations & Strategy Leadership
  • Define, build, and lead the Product Operations & Strategy function.
  • Create scalable and repeatable processes for planning, prioritization, roadmap governance, competitive intelligence, backlog management, release management, and post-release ROI evaluation.
  • Partner with the CPO and executive leadership to align multi-year product strategy and roadmap with business objectives, customer outcomes, and market opportunities.
  • Optimize product investments, COGS, and contribution margins.
• Pricing, Packaging & Licensing Strategy
  • Evaluate, refine, and execute pricing & packaging strategies across the product portfolio.
  • Lead operational analysis and scenario modeling for new licensing frameworks.
  • Build data-driven insights on product usage, customer value, segmentation, and willingness-to-pay.
  • Ensure pricing and packaging changes are operationally sound, communicated effectively, and measurable.
• Product Health, Metrics & Insights
  • Establish and own product health KPIs.
  • Lead segmentation analytics across customers, products, and markets.
  • Build dashboards, analytics infrastructure, and review cadences.
  • Consolidate customer, usage, and operational insights.
• Cross-Functional Execution & Release Leadership
  • Lead cross-functional coordination for major releases.
  • Ensure alignment of priorities, cross-team dependencies, delivery timelines, quality commitments, and customer-facing readiness.
  • Drive program and portfolio management at scale.
• Systems, Tools & Product Ops Technology Stack
  • Own the financial stewardship of the Product tooling stack.
  • Evaluate usage, cost/value tradeoffs, vendor consolidation, and ROI.
  • Lead the integration of customer insights into the product development lifecycle.
• AI-Driven Operational Efficiency & Automation
  • Lead the adoption of AI and automation across the product organization.
  • Partner with Engineering, IT, and Product to select and deploy AI solutions.
  • Establish governance, quality standards, and best practices for AI usage.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15+ years of relevant and related work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
• Travel occasionally, up to 20-25%.
• Experience managing and leading functional areas or departments.
• 10+ years in B2B SaaS / Cloud product operations, product strategy, or product management.
• Experience operating within a $1B+ ARR, multi-product SaaS or Cloud Platform environment.
• Proven success building or scaling a Product Operations organization.
• Demonstrated track record improving product performance and customer satisfaction.
• Deep familiarity with modern product & engineering tools.
• Experience partnering closely with Customer Success, Support, Sales, and GTM teams.

Personal Attributes

• Bias for Action, Operates with Urgency, & Ownership.
• Structured Operator.
• Low-Ego Collaborator.
• High Integrity & Executive Presence.
• Growth Mindset.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (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 (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.

Compensation

A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $169,500 - $299,300 USD.

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.