Senior Product Manager
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Description
Role: Senior Product Manager
Location: UK, London
Job type: Full time, permanent hybrid
This position offers a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility between working from home and our office. Typically, employees are expected to work 2 days in the office per week.
Why QS?
At QS, we believe that work should empower you. Thats why we foster a flexible working environment that encourages every employee to own their career whilst flourishing personally and professionally. Our company values underpin everything we do we collaborate, respect and support each other.
Its our mission to empower motivated people around the world to fulfil their potential through higher education, ensuring that everyone has access to opportunities that change lives.
Our diversity makes us stronger. By sharing our experiences, we learn from one another and achieve more together, driving progress across the sector.
At QS, youll be responsible for implementing real change in the international higher education landscape. Youll take on meaningful challenges that see a positive impact across the business and the wider sector.
Were confident youll feel right at home here. QS was named as one of Newsweeks Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces in the UK (October 2023), recognising the respect, trust and appreciation that drive our culture every day. And as a gold-accredited Investors in People organisation putt
Location: UK, London
Job type: Full time, permanent hybrid
This position offers a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility between working from home and our office. Typically, employees are expected to work 2 days in the office per week.
Why QS?
At QS, we believe that work should empower you. Thats why we foster a flexible working environment that encourages every employee to own their career whilst flourishing personally and professionally. Our company values underpin everything we do we collaborate, respect and support each other.
Its our mission to empower motivated people around the world to fulfil their potential through higher education, ensuring that everyone has access to opportunities that change lives.
Our diversity makes us stronger. By sharing our experiences, we learn from one another and achieve more together, driving progress across the sector.
At QS, youll be responsible for implementing real change in the international higher education landscape. Youll take on meaningful challenges that see a positive impact across the business and the wider sector.
Were confident youll feel right at home here. QS was named as one of Newsweeks Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces in the UK (October 2023), recognising the respect, trust and appreciation that drive our culture every day. And as a gold-accredited Investors in People organisation putt
ing us among the top 28% of workplaces globally its official: QS is a place where everyone can thrive.
As a Senior Product Manager, this is what youll be doing:
QS is seeking a Senior Product Manager, Product-Led Growth (PLG) to own the end-to-end student and partner journey - from anonymous visit through logged-in engagement to enrolment.
You will shape front-end and logged-in experiences to accelerate time-to-first-value, deepen engagement and improve retention, embedding intelligence and personalisation to boost decision confidence. Operating horizontally across product and growth teams, youll align and sequence initiatives with regional, marketing and university partners to balance global scalability with local nuance. Success is measured by conversion, activation, engagement depth, retention and enrolment impact; the role reports to a senior product leader and is based in a QS hub with hybrid working.
As a Senior Product Manager, this is what youll be doing:
QS is seeking a Senior Product Manager, Product-Led Growth (PLG) to own the end-to-end student and partner journey - from anonymous visit through logged-in engagement to enrolment.
You will shape front-end and logged-in experiences to accelerate time-to-first-value, deepen engagement and improve retention, embedding intelligence and personalisation to boost decision confidence. Operating horizontally across product and growth teams, youll align and sequence initiatives with regional, marketing and university partners to balance global scalability with local nuance. Success is measured by conversion, activation, engagement depth, retention and enrolment impact; the role reports to a senior product leader and is based in a QS hub with hybrid working.
- Own the full funnel, treating conversion and activation as product design challenges.
- Lead experimentation across anonymous and logged-in journeys to drive measurable uplift.
- Evolve identity, preferences and personalised matching to reduce friction and improve decision confidence.
Influence across teams to deliver cohesive journeys that improve partner enrolment outcomes
Role responsibilities
Product strategy and delivery
Role responsibilities
Product strategy and delivery
- Own the end-to-end product journey from traffic to enrolment; define outcome-led roadmaps aligned to growth objectives.
- Translate strategy into clear backlog priorities, user stories, and delivery plans; manage trade-offs and timelines.
- Design front-end experiences that convert traffic into curiosity and intent; define first-value moments that move users from browsing to meaningful engagement.
- Lead evolution of logged-in experiences (identity, preferences, personalisation); remove friction across discovery, engagement, application, and post-intent journeys.
- Treat discovery and relevance as core capabilities; increase decision confidence and reduce cognitive load.
- Embed intelligence (recommendations, demand signals, relevance scoring) to guide students and improve matching.
- Define and run A/B, multivariate, and cohort experiments across anonymous and logged-in journeys.
- Own product requirements for lifecycle and CRM-enabled experiences; ensure off-site touchpoints reinforce in-product behaviour.
- Maintain a product-led approach to lifecycle, driven by in-product signals rather than campaign cadence.
- Partner closely with Product, UX, Engineering, Data, CRM/lifecycle, Content/SEO, and Growth teams to align end-to-end journeys.
- Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders; influence horizontally without direct line management.
Any other duties that fall within the purpose and scope of the role
Success Milestones
- 3 months: Diagnose funnel opportunities, set baselines, build prioritised roadmap and experiment pipeline, establish strong cross-functional ways of working.
- 6 months: Achieve uplifts in key funnel stages (e.g., traffic-to-curiosity, time-to-first-value); improve logged-in engagement; run a repeatable experimentation cadence with documented learnings.
- 12 months: Deliver sustained conversion and retention gains; embed intelligence in discovery/matching; demonstrate measurable enrolment impact; establish a well-operating horizontal growth practice
- Proven ownership of activation, engagement, conversion, or post-intent journeys in digital products.
- Track record designing front-end experiences that drive curiosity, intent, and time-to-first-value.
- Deep understanding of logged-in experiences: identity, preferences, and personalisation.
- Hands-on experimentation mindset; fluent in A/B testing, cohort analysis, funnel metrics, instrumentation, and guardrail design.
- Experience with discovery, relevance, matching, or recommendation systems.
- Strong partnership with CRM/lifecycle platforms; aligning in-product signals with lifecycle touchpoints (without owning campaigns).
Please note, if you don't meet all the criteria but believe you have the skills and passion to thrive in this role, we encourage you to apply.
So, who are we and what do we do?
QS is the world leader in higher education services, analytics, insights and intelligence. From consultancy to student mobility, academic partnerships to branding solutions, our services power both institutional and individual success.
Were behind the worlds most widely read university rankings (Meltwater 2023). Our QS World University Rankings reach hundreds of millions, shaping decisions and guiding futures.
Since launching in 1990, our impact and influence have only grown. Today, we work with more than 2,000 of the worlds leading higher education institutions, over 12,000 employers, and governments seeking change and socioeconomic development through higher education.
Join QS and youll join an 800-strong community of problem-solvers, creators, collaborators and change-makers based in 40+ countries and 11
international offices, including Australia, Malaysia, India, Romania, Singapore, France, Germany, the USA and our headquarters in London.
With every talented new hire, business acquisition and bold initiative, were strengthening our reach and delivering even greater value to institutions and learners worldwide. Are you ready to shape the future of higher education?
We take investing in our people very seriously.
As Standard You Will Have
- Competitive base salary
- Access to an annual bonus scheme (for qualifying roles only)
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays increasing to 27 days after 5 years
- Access to a Buy Holiday scheme allowing you to buy up to 5 additional holiday days per year
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Generous pension through Royal London
- Comprehensive private medical insurance and wellness scheme through Vitality
- Cycle to work scheme
Benefits
But thats not all. Outside of these standard benefits we also offer resources to allow professional growth and wellness initiatives to nurture a healthy mindset:
- Free subscription to the Calm App the #1 app for sleep, meditation, and relaxation
- A focus on welfare which is led by our global wellness team, with mental health first aiders globally
- Access to a variety of diversity and inclusion initiatives and groups
- Strong recognition and reward programs including a peer-to-peer recognition platform, quarterly and annual QS Applaud Awards, Connect with your Career annual PD event
Like what youve heard? Great, apply now!
As a candidate, we know the application and interview process can be daunting and so its important that you have a great experience with us. Our dedicated Talent Team will work hard to ensure you are fully informed at all stages and you are really excited by this opportunity to do meaningful work in the education space.
Equal opportunities
QS Quacquarelli Symonds is proud to be a fair and equal organisation where everyone has the same opportunity to achieve their full potential, irrespective of their background or personal attributes. We celebrate our diversity and believe through sharing our experiences we can learn from one another, be stronger together, and enable our business to thrive.
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