Vice President, Product - School ERP - School Admin Portfolio at Tyler Technologies

Job description

Tyler Technologies is hiring a Vice President of Product to lead our product teams for our School Administrative Solutions portfolio (Finance/HR/ERP). Our software runs the business side of K-12 school districts: finance, purchasing, payroll, human resources, and the state and regulatory reporting districts are required to file. This is a build role in a growth business. We have an established K-12 franchise, the most tenured domain expertise in the market, and an explicit mandate to grow it: into new states, new product categories, and new buyers. That growth is earned through client value. The districts we serve should run better because of our software, and this role is accountable for making that true across the portfolio and for showing it in measurable client outcomes. People leadership comes first. You will lead, hire, and develop a distributed team of product managers, product owners, and product analysts, and you will be measured on the strength of the team you build. This is also a market-facing role. You will spend a substantial share of your time in the field: with district clients and prospects, on stage at industry conferences and user meetings, in front of client advisory boards, and in the room on partnership and acquisition conversations. Strategy for this portfolio gets shaped in the market, and this is the role that does that work and brings the judgment back to the team. Third, you will lead our AI agenda for the portfolio: what we deliver to clients inside the products, and how the product organization itself works faster and better with AI. We hold a people-first view of this. Our deep K-12 domain experts are the asset, and AI should amplify them, freeing them to focus on judgment, client insight, and the harder problems. You will work as a peer to our development and quality leaders and report to the SVP and General Manager of the Tyler Schools Market. Responsibilities: LEAD AND GROW THE TEAM Lead, hire, and develop a distributed product team of managers, owners, and analysts across the US and Manila Put the market's deepest K-12 administrative expertise to work on the highest-value problems. This team's experience is a real competitive asset, and directing it is one of this role's biggest levers Grow product managers into portfolio owners, and set clear expectations, leveling, and career paths Set a high bar, coach directly, and invest in the growth of every person on the team Build a market-facing product culture in which every product manager carries direct client contact, and hold the team to it Establish the operating rhythm the team works to, and represent its work upward and outward REPRESENT US IN THE MARKET Spend substantial time with clients and prospects, including executive briefings and district site visits, and lead the rest of the product team to do the same Speak at industry conferences, Tyler Connect, regional user meetings, and state association events Own the portfolio's client advisory boards: charter, membership, cadence, and closing the loop on what you hear Sponsor strategic and competitive sales pursuits alongside sales leadership Build durable relationships across the K-12 industry: state associations and agencies, state-level partnerships, consultants, and analysts Develop and manage strategic product and state-level partnerships from evaluation through commercial terms and integration Lead product diligence and integration for acquisitions Carry the market back into the roadmap through competitive intelligence, pricing feedback, and win/loss themes LEAD THE AI AGENDA Own the AI product agenda for the portfolio: what we build into the products, how it is packaged and priced, and how adoption is measured Partner with our AI engineering team to turn product intent into delivered capability Drive AI into how the product organization works, including requirements drafting, backlog grooming, research synthesis, and triage, so our domain experts spend more of their week on judgment an