Job Description

Are you a product leader with a background in payroll, HR and managed services? Want to be part of a company transforming how schools, trusts, and education providers manage their people and processes?
At IRIS Software Group, we're looking for an experienced Product Management Manager to lead the evolution of our Payroll Managed Services offering, helping us scale with impact and deliver world-class services through Every HR & Payroll our next-gen cloud platform.
What You'll Be Doing:
Define and own the product roadmap for managed services within education.
Lead a team of Product Owners responsible for strategic functions across the service.
Champion product and service innovation by engaging directly with schools, trusts, and MATs.
Collaborate with engineering, operations, and commercial teams to bring scalable solutions to life.
Define pricing models, service levels, and product positioning that keep IRIS ahead of the market.
You'll Bring:
Experience of product leadership experience in payroll, HR tech, or managed services.
A deep understanding of UK payroll compliance, service delivery, and digital transformation.
The ability to translate customer needs into structured, agile delivery.
Strong commercial acumen with experience in pricing strategy and customer engagement.
Excellent communication skills, stakeholder management, and a passion for education or public services.
Why IRIS?
Join a company investing heavily in product innovation and digital transformation.
Help shape services that directly impact schools, academies, and local authorities.
Work in a collaborative, agile environment where your input drives real outcomes.
Enjoy flexible remote working, learning opportunities, and career progression in a growing portfolio.
Ready to make an impact? Apply today and help shape the future of education services with IRIS.
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.
INDMED
As one of the UK's largest privately held software companies, IRIS Software Group exists to simplify the lives of businesses, schools and organisations.
IRIS provides software solutions and services that substantially enhance operational compliance, efficiency and accuracy, empowering the users of our technology to look forward with certainty and confidence.
Over 4 million parents use our software to connect with their child's school, 18% of UK employees are paid via an IRIS payroll solution, 50,000 SMEs use IRIS cloud bookkeeping and 21,000 firms rely on us for legislative compliance.
Our operational software is the invisible but essential beating heart of our customers' businesses, supporting them in a range of objectives, from maintaining legislative compliance to boosting engagement with stakeholders and enhancing productivity.
It's vital these mission-critical functions work first time, every time.
That's why IRIS helps businesses run the tough stuff, stay compliant and get operational tasks done right first time, every time - so they can focus on productivity and growth.
IRIS is a company built on hiring the best people; our people are our greatest assets.
They enable us to be the innovative, market-leading, and high-performing company that we are today.
We're delighted to be certified as a Great Place to Work and one of the UK's Best Workplaces for Women.
These accolades confirm that our employees have a consistently positive experience at IRIS, with the certifications considering employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, trust in management, effective communication and recognition/reward.
IRIS is committed to engaging, rewarding and empowering our employees, and this is central to what we do.
This is why we work to create an environment where employees feel like they are part of a team.
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