Senior People Experience Business Partner

At PowerSchool we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible and a career with us means youre joining a successful team committed to engaging empowering and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere.

Team Overview

Our People Experience (PX) team leads PowerSchools human-resources function equipping and encouraging PowerSchoolers to reach their potential while driving business results. The PX team manages the organizations global workforce infrastructure; supports the overall employee experience; and attracts develops and retains talent.

Description

PX Business Partners help align the organizations people strategy with our overall business strategy. They partner with senior leadership through specialized knowledge that helps create policies and programs in line with our goals and objectives.

The Senior People Experience Business Partner is an advanced-level HR partner responsible for delivering strategic highimpact people solutions across assigned business units. Operating with significant independence this role advises senior leaders drives organizational effectiveness leads cross-functional initiatives and serves as a trusted thought partner on workforce strategy. This individual applies deep HR expertise strong business acumen and proactive problem-solving to support organizational performance and employee experience. They also play a key role in interpreting people analytics enabling leaders and maintaining alignment with enterprise-wide PX programs and frameworks.

Your day-to-day job will consist of:

• Strategic Partnership & Business Alignment
  • Serve as a primary PX advisor for leaders providing insight on organizational structure workforce planning role design and talent strategy.
  • Translate business priorities into integrated people strategies that improve team performance and organizational effectiveness.
  • Identify talent risks organizational gaps and peoplerelated dependencies early and recommend mitigation plans.
• Employee Experience & Culture
  • Champion culture and engagement initiatives aligned with enterprise PX programs adapting approaches to meet businessspecific needs.
  • Analyze engagement trends and propose targeted interventions to improve team climate retention and connection to PowerSchool values.
  • Provide expert consultation on communication plans and change readiness.
• Change Leadership
  • Lead the people workstream for major change initiatives (org changes restructures leadership transitions process modernization).
  • Coach leaders through complex changes ensuring strong communication employee impact assessments and smooth implementation.
  • Identify change adoption risks and propose databacked adjustments.
• Talent & Leadership Development
  • Partner with Talent Development to assess leadership capability needs and tailor development pathways.
  • Facilitate succession planning discussions and ensure readiness pipelines are actively maintained.
  • Coach managers and emerging leaders using data feedback and observed behaviors.
• Performance Organizational Health & Coaching
  • Guide managers through advanced performance management cases including role alignment development planning performance improvement or organizational redesign conversations.
  • Surface patterns impacting team performance and recommend systemlevel improvements.
  • Interpret role complexity and scope to support job code or level considerationsconsistent with Career Framework guidance on scope and experience mapping.
• DataDriven Insights & People Analytics
  • Leverage people analytics to generate actionable insights for leaders regarding turnover talent movement performance distribution and sentiment.
  • Model implications of proposed org changes headcount shifts or talent strategies.
  • Present insights to executive and senior leadership teams in clear businessoriented language.
• Employee Relations
  • Manage moderately complex employee relations matters in partnership with PX Operations and Legal.
  • Conduct intake risk assessment documentation review and provide recommendations for resolution.
  • Identify trends in ER activity and recommend preventive measures (manager training process changes policy updates).
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with COEs (Compensation Talent Acquisition PX Tech PX Ops Benefits TD) to deliver cohesive people programs.
  • Provide business insights to COEs to ensure enterprise initiatives are fitforpurpose and adopted effectively.
  • Represent the business group in cross-PX working groups and enterprise councils.
• Business Acumen & Enterprise Thinking
  • Maintain a deep understanding of the business units strategy product or service portfolio financial drivers and customer impact.
  • Connect people recommendations to business outcomes (productivity time-to-value quality engagement).
  • Apply both functional HR knowledge and organizational context to drive integrated solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant and related work experience.
• Bachelors degree or equivalent or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
• Travel occasionally up to 5-10% for key moments such as team summits training conferences etc. with increased frequency during peak periods based on business demands.
• Additional experience may be substitute for an advanced Degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge & Skills
  • Advanced knowledge across HR disciplines (employee relations org development compensation basics talent management analytics).
  • Strong business acumen; ability to integrate people considerations into business planning.
  • Skilled in analyzing data identifying trends and turning insights into action.
  • Strong communication influencing and coaching capabilities.
• Leadership & Mindset Competencies
  • Operates with autonomy and sound judgment on complex sensitive matters.
  • Demonstrates enterprise thinking collaboration and the ability to drive cross-functional alignment.
  • Navigates ambiguity with resilience and solutions-oriented thinking.
  • Advocates for equity inclusion and a consistent employee experience.

Compensation & Benefits

PowerSchool offers the following benefits:

• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (including Medical Dental Vision Pharmacy benefits Life Insurance and AD&D)


• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts


• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability


• Comprehensive 401(k) plan


• Generous Parental Leave


• Unrestricted paid time off (known as Discretionary Time Off - DTO)


• Wellness Program including ClassPass & Employee Assistance Program


• Tuition Reimbursement


• Optional Benefits: Pet Insurance Identity Theft Protection Student Debt Repayment Program and Prepaid Legal coverage

A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $106600 - $133300 USD. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicants skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures degrees and certifications; internal equity; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters.

EEO Commitment

PowerSchool is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. PowerSchool is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers PowerSchoolers to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce we celebrate the diverse ways we work. If you have a disability and need an accommodation regarding our recruiting process please let us know by emailing