Application Deadline: 10 May 2026
Department: Software Development
Location: Pune, India
Description
ParentPay Group is Europe's leading software product company and the UK's largest education technology business. We are on a mission to bring next-generation innovation to positively impact on the lives of millions of parents, teachers, and students every day in over 49 countries.
Our market leading products use cutting edge cloud-based technology to streamline school processes, including secure web and mobile apps that enable secure online payments for school items such as meals, trips, clubs and uniform, improve parental engagement, simplify meal management and - through our product SIMS - collect and manage a database of student information and core school operations.
ParentPay Group's new offices in Pune are a fantastic tech hub for those looking to boost their careers in software product development.
Our bright team FastTrack their career with international exposure and ways of working based on agile development best practices from globally renowned technology consultancies.
Key Responsibilities
- The Agile Project Manager will be responsible for delivering end-to-end projects across technology, product, and business transformation initiatives.
- The role requires strong stakeholder management, structured delivery approach, risk mitigation, and the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced SaaS environment.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Proven experience as a Project Manager within a product-based organisation, preferably in SaaS or education technology environments
- Demonstrated experience coordinating and mentoring Delivery Managers and cross-functional delivery teams, ensuring alignment with product roadmap and business objectives
- Strong ability to operate as an Individual Contributor, independently driving complex initiatives from initiation through to successful delivery.
- Experience working with distributed and remote engineering, product, and operations teams across multiple geographies.
- Prince2 certified or equivalent formal project management qualification; ability to apply structured governance within an agile product environment.
- Advanced knowledge of Agile, Scrum, and hybrid delivery methodologies, with experience embedding agile best practices within product teams.
- Strong capability in prioritisation, delegation, and dependency management across multiple squads and concurrent initiatives.
- Proven experience in developing detailed project plans, RAID logs, governance documentation, reporting dashboards, and executive-level updates.
- Experience delivering technical infrastructure projects including cloud platforms, virtual environments, data centres, integrations, and large-scale system migrations.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership, product owners, engineering leads, and external partners.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-friendly language.
- Proficiency in project management tools - Azure Devops / Jira
Experience in tracking and monitoring multiple projects in parallel
