Senior Product Manager

Francisco Partners; Anaheim (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Health Savings Account

Employer paid disability & life

401(k) with matching

Responsible PTO

11 holidays

Educational Reimbursement

Job summary

All About Aeries is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the ActivityHero platform within the Aeries SIS ecosystem. You will drive the product roadmap, partner with engineering, design, marketing, and customer success to ship high-quality features, and own the end-to-end product outcomes.

You will leverage customer research and AI-enabled discovery to prioritize work, manage beta programs, and align go-to-market plans across teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of B2B SaaS Product Management experience with customer research, discovery, and prototype-based validation.
• Strong experience in K-12 EdTech, SIS, or education software preferred.
• Familiarity with structured discovery frameworks and product analytics platforms; knowledge of Agile processes is required.
• Product management certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the product roadmap for the ActivityHero platform.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, customer experience, and sales teams to deliver features.
• Manage scrum and release cycles with the remote engineering team.
• Define product requirements and user stories for development teams.
• Prioritize features based on impact, feasibility, and customer feedback.
• Monitor product performance, gather feedback, and iterate on UX.
• Own beta and pilot strategy, including customer selection and evaluation criteria.
• Drive AI-enabled research, competitive analysis, and requirement drafting; assess AI/ML opportunities for SIS.
• Lead cross-functional alignment and Go-To-Market with post-launch customer feedback loops.
• Engage customers at conferences and advisory sessions.
• Establish standardized workflows and dashboards for visibility into product performance.

Skills

B2B SaaS product management

customer research

discovery

Agile methodologies

AI prototyping tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Aha!

AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT)

Figma

Job description

Senior Product Manager

All About Aeries

Aeries is a leading EdTech company with a data-driven Student Information System (SIS) used by over 750 K-12 school districts with millions of users throughout California and Texas. With a rich history of innovation and a proven track record of developing software focused on the whole student, Aeries ensures that student data empowers success and never impedes.

At Aeries, our mission is to deliver data-driven, intuitive, and innovative solutions that unite learning communities to advance student success. We believe strongly in the supporting role of technology in education but recognize that there’s no replacement for the wisdom and determination of the real people supporting students’ academic successes every day. That’s why our goal is to build tools that allow educators to focus on what they do best: educating.

About the Job

ActivityHero is an expanded learning / before-and-after-school platform, now integrated with Aeries SIS. The ActivityHero Senior Product Manager is a high-autonomy product leader who drives complex, multi-stakeholder product initiatives independently, from discovery through delivery. The Sr 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 ActivityHero platform and is accountable for outcomes end-to-end. The Sr 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.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute the product roadmap for the ActivityHero platform in alignment with company goals and customer needs.


• Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, customer experience, and sales teams to deliver high-quality product features.


• Manage scrum and release cycles with the remote engineering team


• Define product requirements and user stories, ensuring clarity for the development team.


• Prioritize features based on impact, feasibility, and customer feedback.


• Monitor product performance, gather feedback, and iterate to improve user experience.


• Own beta and pilot program strategy, including customer selection, evaluation criteria, and synthesis. Maintain deep expertise in K-12 district personas specifically in the expanded learning space.


• 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.


• 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.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of B2B SaaS Product Management experience, with demonstrated expertise in customer research, discovery, and prototype-based validation.


• Demonstrated experience in K-12 EdTech, Student Information Systems, or education administration software strongly preferred.

• Experience with structured discovery frameworks and familiarity with product analytics platforms; strong knowledge of Agile processes and iterative product development.


• Agile or product management certification is a plus.


• 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).

Status

• Full-time


• Salaried, Exempt

Work Schedule

• Monday – Friday. Core hours to be determined by your manager. Evening and weekend hours may be required on occasion.

Work Location

• Primarily remote; a reliable, distraction-minimized home workspace is expected.


• Must work from one of the following states: AZ, CA, FL, MD, ME, MI, MO, NV, NY, OK, OR, SC, TX, UT, WA, WY.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 5% travel to conferences, and industry events across California.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sustained focus during screen and computer-based work


• Ability to travel as required

Compensation

• $135,000 - $155,000/year based on experience & skills

This role’s Total Rewards package includes participation in an annual discretionary company bonus program and comprehensive benefits offering.

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 up to 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

Aeries’ Integrity

Aeries Software provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Aeries Software, LLC, is unable to sponsor, or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.