Senior Product Manager

AERIES SOFTWARE LLC • Orange, CA

4h • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Product Manager is a high-autonomy product leader who drives complex, multi-stakeholder product initiatives independently, from discovery through delivery. The Senior PM proactively identifies opportunities, builds conviction through research and customer evidence, and executes across ambiguous and fast-moving environments with confidence. This role owns one or more complex solution areas within the K-12 SIS platform and is accountable for outcomes end-to-end. The Senior PM navigates competing priorities, resolves cross-functional dependencies, and makes high-impact trade-off decisions without requiring escalation. They bring strong judgment, a bias for action, and the ability to drive clarity for teams and stakeholders when inputs are incomplete or conditions are shifting.

Requirements

• 5+ years of B2B SaaS Product Management experience, with demonstrated expertise in customer research, discovery, and prototype-based validation.
• Experience with structured discovery frameworks and familiarity with product analytics platforms; strong knowledge of Agile processes and iterative product development.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• Proficiency with modern product management tools including Azure DevOps, Jira, Aha!, or equivalent, as well as AI prototyping and productivity tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Lovable, Figma).

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience in K-12 EdTech, Student Information Systems, or education administration software strongly preferred.
• Agile or product management certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous discovery cycles — interviews, site visits, usability testing, and contextual inquiry — developing testable hypotheses and running structured experiments to drive evidence-based decisions. Build rapid prototypes and lead customer feedback sessions to validate solution directions.
• Own beta and pilot program strategy, including customer selection, evaluation criteria, and synthesis. Maintain deep expertise in K-12 district personas.
• Use AI tools to accelerate research, competitive analysis, and opportunity assessment, and to draft requirements and stakeholder communications at speed. Evaluate and recommend AI/ML capabilities for integration into the SIS platform, and champion AI literacy across the product team.
• Independently build and maintain a multi-quarter, outcome-oriented roadmap by continuously discovering and validating the intersection of customer needs, industry trends, and business goals. Use structured prioritization frameworks to make trade-off decisions and communicate rationale to stakeholders, including executive leadership.
• Maintain deep expertise in the K-12 legislative and regulatory landscape and proactively surface implications for product strategy.
• Drive cross-functional and cross-divisional alignment independently to build consensus on shared priorities. Lead go-to-market alignment with cross-functional teams and own the post-launch feedback loop with Customer Success to synthesize learnings back into discovery.
• Engage with customers and external stakeholders at conferences and advisory sessions.
• Identify and close gaps in product development workflows and tooling, establishing standardized processes and driving consistent adoption across the team.
• Build and maintain dashboards and KPI tracking to ensure leadership visibility into product performance, customer feedback trends, and feature impact.
• Provide informal guidance and mentorship to junior team members without direct management authority.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage for employees and covered dependents
• Health Savings Account with employer contributions
• Employer paid Short-Term Disability and Life Insurance
• 401(k) plan with 4% employer matching
• “Responsible PTO” with additional paid time off for sick, volunteering, bereavement, and jury duty
• 11 paid holidays with additional paid closure between Dec 26 – Dec 31
• Educational Reimbursement program and opportunities for ongoing professional development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees