Salary: £49,300 - £65,950
Location: Cambridge, UK – Hybrid (minimum 40-60% time in office)
Contract: Permanent (2 headcounts)
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
Are you passionate about creating products that help schools thrive and learners succeed around the world? Do you enjoy turning customer insight into compelling product propositions that deliver real educational impact? Do you want to shape innovative educational propositions that support schools and learners globally? Are you an experienced Product Manager motivated by building insight‑led propositions that make a meaningful difference in education?
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
We are looking for two Senior / Product Managers to join our International Education Products & Services team. These positions will play a leading role in helping to fulfil our strategic outcomes in developing and delivering compelling propositions which support schools and teachers to develop future-ready learners.
About the role
This role is responsible for shaping and delivering customer‑focused product propositions from early discovery through to launch and ongoing lifecycle management.
You will play a key role in developing compelling, commercially viable propositions that align with Cambridge strategy, grow market share, delight our schools' community and positively impact educational outcomes. You will work closely with customers and colleagues across International Education, including Product & Services, Global Marketing, International Network, Technology and Operations.
You will also contribute to investment and prioritisation decisions by developing and presenting clear, insight‑led propositions to the Products & Services Steering Committee.
This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition.
About You
You will bring extensive experience in product, proposition or portfolio management, with a strong customer focus, the ability to turn insight into clear strategic direction and evidence of driving growth in business value and customer impact.
You will be commercially driven, comfortable working with and modelling data, and confident collaborating and influencing across multiple teams and stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. You will be adept at working across and large and complex organisation, navigating change and creating clarity from ambiguity.
A passion for education and delivering impact for teachers, learners and schools and the ability to think critically and creatively are essential.
For a detailed job description, please refer to the link at the bottom of the advert on our careers site.
We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is committed to equality and inclusion ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. The DC scheme's Offer of an Interview commitment applies to applicants who opt in, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition.
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.
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
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We aim to support candidates by making our interview process clear and transparent. The closing date for all applications will be Wednesday, 24 June. We will review applications on an ongoing basis, and shortlisted candidates can expect interviews to take place on week commencing Monday, 13 July.
If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:
- First stage virtual interview via MS Teams.
- Pre-interview task to be presented on 2nd interview stage
- 2nd stage interview: in-person at our offices in Cambridge.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
We are committed to an equitable recruitment process. As such, applications must be submitted via our official online application procedure. Please refrain from sending your CV directly to our recruiters. If you experience technical difficulties or require additional support with submitting your online application, contact the Recruiter.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is 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 is 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.
