Professional Services Manager – Education Project Management

Manchester/Leeds/Slough/Grimsby (Hybrid)

Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

Permanent full time

Lead a team. Drive transformation. Deliver excellence.

Our client are on a mission to simplify the lives of professionals in schools, payroll, HR and finance. They’re now hiring a Professional Services Manager to lead their Education Project Management team through the successful delivery of multi-product, high-impact projects across the UK.

As a key member of the Professional Services leadership team, you'll be responsible for driving operational excellence, championing customer satisfaction, and leading continuous improvement in project delivery.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and grow a team of Project Managers and Coordinators
• Oversee complex implementations across education, payroll, and HR
• Embed best practice frameworks and Ways of Working (WOW)
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Success, and Product
• Drive revenue delivery, margin management and project forecasting

What You’ll Bring

• Experience in Professional Services / Project Management
• Proven success in leading project delivery teams, ideally in SaaS or education tech
• Experience delivering multiple projects across HR, payroll, or education software
• Strategic thinking and commercial acumen
• Inspirational leadership and exceptional stakeholder management skills

Why our client?

With over 120,000 customers, 850,000 employees managed through our HR platforms, and millions of parents engaged via our education solutions, our client helps organisations get it right first time, every time. Backed by Hg Capital, they are growing fast with innovation, purpose and customer success at their core.

Ready to lead the way in Education project delivery?

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.