Product Manager (12 month FTC-Parental Leave Cover)

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract position. Reporting directly to the Director of Product Management, you will support the delivery of web and/or mobile app SaaS products within our CMS offerings through a combination of research, planning, and cross-functional coordination.

In this role, you’ll contribute to key product management activities across the entire lifecycle: including discovery, definition, launch, and post-launch optimisation, helping to ensure our products meet both user needs and business objectives.

This is a hybrid role, our office is located in Miami - Gold Coast.

Company Overview

Veracross provides SaaS-based School Information Systems (SIS) designed to meet the specific needs of independent K-12 schools worldwide. Our one-record solution combines the power of a fully integrated single-record database, personalized communication tools, and an elegant architecture that is unique in our industry.

We are a growing, values-led community of 350 employees in the US, UK and Australia who share a vision to unify school communities, improve the quality of education, and enhance learning. And we’re succeeding! As of early 2025, we are supporting 3200+ schools in 60 countries.

Veracross is five product brands in one global tech company

• Veracross SIS is a one-person, one-record school management platform
• Magnus Health provides cloud-based Student Health Record (SHR) solutions
• Digistorm connects with their communities through Digistorm Websites, Digistorm Funnel, and Digistorm Apps.
• Epraise incentivizes student well-being and connects teachers, students, and families.
• Firefly provides an online learning space for students and teachers

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design and development teams to define product requirements and specifications
• Conduct market research and user interviews to gather insights and inform product decisions
• Assist in creating product roadmaps and prioritise features based on user needs and business goals
• Support the development team during the implementation phase, ensuring timely delivery of product features
• Following the direction of the Director of Product, coordinate with product development teams to realise product concepts and bring them to market including writing stories and acceptance criteria, working with designers and engineers to refine stories, and performing user acceptance testing
• Partner across product teams to ensure successful implementation of platform level features
• Promote a culture of autonomy, transparency and teamwork, while staying very customer focused
• Translate product features into customer benefits and work with marketing to develop messaging and positioning for our sales organization and other internal and external stakeholders
• Build positive relationships and trust through on-time delivery, high quality, continuous innovation, and exceeding expectations
• Track results, provide insights, and make recommendations to improve customer experience, efficiencies, and ROI
• Work closely with the Sales, Support, Customer Success team’s to ensure product strategies are aligned

Requirements

• Demonstrated success in a similar product management role or related field.
• 2+ years commercial Product Management experience
• Customer orientated and solution focused
• Solid understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
• Strong communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills, comfortable interacting with a variety of audiences within the organisation, including technical concepts
• Flexible team-player who can partner with all functions of the business, getting team members buy in and feedback with ease
• Detail oriented and highly organised with the ability to work independently in a fast paced, high growth environment
• CMS knowledge (Craft CMS preferred, however any CMS experience is valued)
• Solid understanding of UX, responsive design, and accessibility best practices, particularly across websites
• Experience working in cross-functional teams with designers, implementation, marketing, and customer-facing teams
• Proven ability to manage stakeholders across the business and balance priorities
• Strong client relationship management skills, including running workshops, training, and onboarding
• Knowledge of integrations (CRMs, enrolment forms, calendars) and basic SEO fundamentals
• Experience working in a SaaS Edtech / at a private school (is desired)
• Experienced in stakeholder management and working in a cross-functional team across APAC and North American markets (is desired)
• Experience delivering a customer centric and value driven digital product (is desired)

Benefits

The best tools to get the job done!

When you join Veracross, you get a Macbook Pro, a 32-inch monitor, and an adjustable desk and Herman Miller chair for the office. There's also an allowance for your setup at home to ensure you're comfortable working there.

Growth opportunities!

Veracross is growing fast, allowing you to own your role and grow with us! Operating within a global team, there are opportunities for professional development allowing your skills to grow as the business grows.

Work/life balance

Management encourages taking hour-long lunches and finishing on time and understands that you have a life outside of work. You can take the day off for your birthday and get a $100-a-year allowance for well-being. Massage, anyone?

Flexibility

Veracross offers a flexible working environment, hybrid options (work from home and the office.)

Make a difference

Our work makes a positive contribution to our schools, their students and their families around the world!

Snacks, drinks & coffee

Digistorm’s (Veracross) Gold Coast HQ offers a coffee machine, snack bar and fully stocked drinks fridge to keep energy levels high! Vege chips, kombucha, almond milk, cookies; you name it, they have it.

Culture

The Veracross team is fun, relaxed, and sociable, reflected in the casual dress code and social events. The office has an open floor plan, which allows for cross-team communication and a collaborative environment. Join some staff for lunchtime surfing or hit up nearby food spots for a burger by the beach.