Professional Services Manager – Education Project Management in M1, Manchester, Greater Manchester

Energy Jobline CVL; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Manchester is seeking a Professional Services Manager to lead their Education Project Management team. This role involves overseeing project delivery, managing a team, and collaborating across various functions to ensure customer satisfaction and operational excellence. Ideal candidates will have experience in Professional Services and a proven track record in managing multiple projects in HR or education sectors.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in Professional Services / Project Management.
• Proven success in leading project delivery teams, ideally in SaaS or education tech.
• Experience delivering multiple projects across HR, payroll, or education software.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of Project Managers and Coordinators.
• Oversee complex implementations across education, payroll, and HR.
• Embed best practice frameworks and Ways of Working (WOW).
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, and Product.
• Drive revenue delivery, margin management and project forecasting.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Strategic Thinking

Commercial Acumen

Job description

Overview

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

Location: Manchester/Leeds/Slough/Grimsby (Hybrid)

Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

Job Type: Permanent full time

Lead a team. Drive transformation. Deliver excellence.

What You’ll Do

At IRIS Software Group, we’re on a mission to simplify the lives of professionals in schools, payroll, HR and finance. We’re now hiring a Professional Services Manager to lead our Education Project Management team through the successful delivery of multi-product, high-impact projects across the UK.

As a key member of the Professional Services leadership team, you'll be responsible for driving operational excellence, championing customer satisfaction, and leading continuous improvement in project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of Project Managers and Coordinators
• Oversee complex implementations across education, payroll, and HR
• Embed best practice frameworks and Ways of Working (WOW)
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, and Product
• Drive revenue delivery, margin management and project forecasting

What You’ll Bring

• Experience in Professional Services / Project Management
• Proven success in leading project delivery teams, ideally in SaaS or education tech
• Experience delivering multiple projects across HR, payroll, or education software
• Strategic thinking and commercial acumen
• Inspirational leadership and exceptional stakeholder management skills

Why IRIS?

With over 120,000 customers, 850,000 employees managed through our HR platforms, and millions of parents engaged via our education solutions, IRIS Software Group helps organisations get it right first time, every time. Backed by Hg Capital, we are growing fast with innovation, purpose and customer success at our core.

Ready to lead the way in Education project delivery?

Please note: We occasionally close vacancies early in the event that we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore we recommend you apply as soon as possible

Application

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