Senior Software Project Manager

About Tribal

Tribal is a leading EdTech business providing market leading software solutions to the global education market. We strive to research, develop, and deliver the products, services and solutions needed by education institutes worldwide to support their primary goals of educating students, providing optimum learning experiences, and delivering successful outcomes.

Our mission is to pioneer the tools, services, and platforms that enable educators to inspire, engage, and achieve the best outcomes for learners around the world.

The Team

Our dynamic Product Management Team leads the successful delivery of a wide range of initiatives, from innovative product enhancements to transformative change and cloud migration. Current projects include SITS Adopt to Reimagined, a next-gen student information system spanning the full student lifecycle; Semestry V9, Tribal’s upgraded smart scheduling solution for timetables, exams, and room bookings; and Tribal Admissions, an innovative cloud-based platform reshaping university admission.

As a driving force behind software delivery, the Senior Software Project Manager will lead in orchestrating the roadmap for these projects, ensuring the project lands on time, within budget, and meets the highest quality standards. This role is hands-on with change management, keeping stakeholders aligned through clear reporting and control mechanisms, and maintaining relationships across teams to keep progress flowing smoothly.

Beyond the strategic execution, you’ll also be a mentor, empowering less experienced colleagues by sharing expertise in project management methodologies and encouraging growth across the team.

This is a remote role with the requirement to travel when required.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive product quality and reliability by leading testing efforts and setting quality standards through robust project planning and road mapping.
• To be responsible for planning, monitoring, and escalation of the development activity for the relevant product/project.
• Oversee the software development lifecycle from initiation to deployment, ensuring the most suitable methodologies are adhered to.
• Take on responsibility for the liaison between the technical teams, project team, stakeholders, and customers.
• Provide regular updates on progress, risks, and changes to ensure transparency, as well as reporting to show software delivery project status.
• Manage project budgets, ensuring the best and most cost-effective use of resources.
• Forecast and track financials, adjusting plans when needed to stay within budget.
• To manage and monitor project resources and liaise with relevant team managers to secure resources for delivery.
• Safeguard product quality by defining testing standards and supervising validation efforts, while also ensuring a smooth deployment.
• Taking complex technical integrations or cross-functional initiatives and developing product knowledge to support those activities.
• Mentor junior members of the team to promote collaborative and knowledgeable team.

The skills you’ll need:

• Prior experience of managing complex technical projects such as cloud migration.
• Proficiency in project management methodologies (Prince 2, Agile, Scrum).
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycles.
• Technical software product knowledge, being able to talk to the people building our solutions is key.
• Strong budget/forecast management skills.

It would be great if you had:

• Coding or scripting knowledge.
• Experience within Higher Education / Further Education or similar markets.
• Experience of having worked with Tribal products or similar product within the sector.

What can Tribal offer you?

We offer a range of exceptional benefits to support your wellbeing and work-life balance, including a comprehensive Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Employee Assistance Programme, along with a generous parental leave package and the ability to buy or sell holiday each year.

You'll also have access to E-Learning Opportunities to enhance your skills, Volunteer Days to give back to your community and access to Achievers, our reward and recognition platform, to ensure you can thrive both personally and professionally in a supportive and rewarding environment.

We also offer the option of working overseas for up to 8 weeks per year.

We are committed to creating an environment that enables employees to balance their responsibilities inside and outside of work and encourage and support a range of flexible working patterns for all colleagues. If you need flexibility, apply and discuss your needs with us.

As an equal opportunity employer, Tribal celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon any protected characteristics and actively welcome applications from all groups, not least those underrepresented in the tech sector.

Note to all applicants - Tribal reserve the right to close an advertisement to applications ahead of the advertised closure date. For this reason, shortlisting may take place prior to the closing date on some occasions. Please do not hesitate to apply early.