Product Manager - 5416

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

12/18/2024

Job Title: Product Manager

Salary: £34,500 - £44,850

Location: Cambridge, hybrid

Contract: 2 years fixed term or secondment opportunity for internal employees

Join Our Team as a Product Manager for Education Reform!

Are you passionate about driving impactful change in the education sector? We are looking for a dynamic and innovative Product Manager to manage the development, delivery, and evaluation of a set of products aimed at transforming education systems.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge. The Partnership for Education brings together in one place the expertise in education reform from Cambridge University Press & Assessment, supported by the global network of the University of Cambridge. We partner with clients to develop education systems. This can involve providing a number of different products and services and delivering bespoke solutions which best fit the context. Clients are likely to include Ministries of Education, donor organisations, private foundations, national/regional education organisations and exam boards.

About The Role

As a Product Manager, you will manage the successful development, delivery, and evaluation of products within our diverse portfolio. This role will initially focus on managing and developing our fellowship programmes and support the development of our growing product portfolio.

• Lead on innovative and impactful product strategies: Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy aligned with market trends and customer needs. Track key metrics to improve user experience and product impact.
• Translate strategy into action: Convert product strategy into detailed requirements for prototyping and final development. Prioritize features and improvements based on business value, customer impact, and feasibility.
• Drive and manage the product lifecycle: Lead on all processes in the product lifecycle, including market research, competitor analysis, planning, positioning, requirements, roadmap development, delivery, and product launch.
• Ensure effective cross-functional collaboration: Establish and manage complex relationships with external partners, clients / funders and senior stakeholders. Collaborate closely with technical, marketing, and commercial teams to ensure the quality and success of the product(s).
• Contribute to broader strategy: Play a key role in shaping the wider Partnership for Education Product Strategy.
  
  

About You

• You are passionate about leading and developing products throughout their lifecycle.
• You excel in interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• You provide flexible direction to product teams, funders, partners, and suppliers.
• You thrive in an innovative environment where you can work autonomously and deliver value daily.
• You love solving problems creatively and continuously improving the user experience.
  
  

If you are ready to take on a role that will allow you to make a significant impact on education reform, we would love to hear from you!

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

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 Sunday 12th January 2025 although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place soon after this date.

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.