Job Title: Digital Capabilities Product Owner
Salary: £43,800 - £58,500
Location: Cambridge (Hybrid working: min. 2x a week in the office)
Contract: Full time (35 hours per week), Permanent
Are you looking for a new challenge, working on platforms and solutions used by thousands of English Language teachers and millions of learners worldwide?
Do you have a passion for getting to the heart of a user or customer problem and producing simple solutions to complex problems?
Do you have experience leading cross-functional teams as an Agile Product Owner or in a Digital Publishing context?
If you have answered yes to the above questions, we would love to hear from you. We are currently looking for a Digital Capabilities Product Owner to work on high-profile projects delivering innovative digital solutions for English language learning and assessment.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About The Role
As a Digital Capabilities Product Owner, you will have the opportunity to join an ambitious, customer-centric team whose goal is to empower learning and enable better outcomes for our learners and teachers across the globe, through our world-class portfolio of learning and assessment propositions.
As part of the English Product Group, the Propositions team play an integral role in the development and delivery of the business strategy. They are driving digital transformation forward in a disrupted market and looking at how best to use data and technology to provide high-quality solutions founded in pedagogical excellence for our customers.
As our next Digital Capabilities Product Owner, you will shape and develop the digital and data capabilities that underpin our digital learning and assessment propositions, working with stakeholders, customers and delivery teams. You will work directly within an Agile Scrum team representing customer requirements and ensuring we deliver to meet our business goals. You will lead on defining, prioritising and refining our roadmap of digital & data capabilities through ideation, delivery and post go live activities.
About You
You're a motivated and collaborative Product Owner with a passion for delivering digital products that solve real customer problems. You thrive in fast-paced, complex environments and are confident working with cross-functional teams to turn ideas into impactful solutions. You're a clear communicator who can manage stakeholder expectations, prioritise effectively, and lead delivery teams with purpose.
You'll likely bring:
- Experience working in agile environments (Scrum Product Owner certification is a plus)
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- A proactive, positive attitude with a passion for solving complex problems
- The ability to translate business needs into clear epics and user stories
- Leadership skills to guide and motivate delivery teams
- Knowledge of English Language Learning or assessment practices (is an advantage, but is not essential)
Rewards And Benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Group personal pension scheme
- Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
- Green travel schemes
We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being
Tuesday, 17th June, 2025 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place in w/c
24th June, 2025.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
