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Director of Systems and Product Management in New Orleans, Louisiana at NOLA Public Schools

NewSalary: $65400 - $99735Job Function: Information Technology
NOLA Public Schools
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States
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Director of Systems and Product Management

NOLA Public Schools Vision
The vision of the NOLA Public Schools is that every student receives a high-quality education that fosters their individual capabilities, while ensuring that they thrive, achieve physical and mental wellness, and are prepared for civic, social, and economic success.

Position Summary

TheDirector ofSystems and Product Management is responsible for ensuring that the Salesforce platform and Parent Portal meets the needs of families, schools, and district staff. This role has significant project management responsibilities and will oversee the maintenance of the Salesforce system and own the vision and execution for a range of system enhancements. Some evening and weekend hours will be required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Designs, develops, and launches new Salesforce features and manages internal and external communications; about changes with district staff and school stakeholders;
  • Develops innovative solutions to improve the user experience for families and schools;
  • Maintains future development priorities related to Salesforce and the Parent Portal;
  • Works with internal and external stakeholders to prioritize enhancements;
  • Builds training materials for new tools for district staff and stakeholders.
  • Leads external Salesforce development team(s) to develop user stories, functional requirements, and test cases;
  • Serves as liaison and relationship manager with external software development teams;
  • Develops scope for both internal and external system development and ensures quality implementation and leads user acceptance testing;
  • Creates and maintains Visualforce pages, apex classes, page configurations, permissions, lightning components, and flows;
  • Promotes change sets from development environments to production environments;
  • Formalizes software development life-cycle and plan long-term improvements for Salesforce and other systems as needed;
  • Lead project management and adherence to timelines for each application cycle of the annual student matching process;
  • Leads collection and validation of match input files and data requests for annual application cycle;
  • Inserts and updates records using the SFDC Data Loader;
  • Attendsstaff and other district meetings as necessary; and
  • Performs other duties as required.
Educational Background

Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s preferred

Minimum of 7 years of system based products management or relative experience preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • 3+years of experience as a Salesforce developer or administrator;
  • 3+ yearsof management/supervisory experience,withdemonstrated ability to lead and motivate, establishsystems, and track outcomes;
  • Education experience preferred;
  • Proficiency inMicrosoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook);
  • Experience with SQL, Python, or R
Salary Offers
Our salary offers reflect a commitment to equity and transparency. Each offer is determined by education, years of experience, and alignment with compensation across similar roles within the district.
Work Environment
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) part of the workday;
- Required to exert physical effort in handling objects more than 30 pounds rarely;
- Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals) rarely;
- Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely;
- Normal setting for this job is an office/school setting.
Performance Evaluation
The employee will be evaluated based on the above position using either two methods: via COMPASS/LEADS or a NOLA-PS evaluating instrument. If the employee holds an Educational Leadership certification, he/she will be evaluated via COMPASS/LEADS to ensure renewal of certification.
EEOC Statement
NOLA Public Schools is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, lawful alien status, national origin, age, marital status, and non-job related physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.

$65,400 - $99,735 a year

Job Location

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

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