Product Owner, Learning Solutions

Job Title: Product Owner, Learning Solutions

Salary: £44,900 - £60,100

Location: Cambridge, UK. Hybrid (40-60% office-based depending on location)

Contract: Fixed term contract until 23.06.25, Full time 35 hours p/week

Are you creative, customer-focused and collaborative? Are you keen to identify solutions which both delight customers and which can be delivered efficiently? Do you aspire to be part of a dynamic team, dedicated to reacting quickly to market-driven opportunities? Then this could be your next role.

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:

We are looking for a Product Owner to join our English Learning Solutions team for 12 months, to develop customised solutions for specific clients and markets. We are a tight-knit and forward-thinking team, who enjoy working collaboratively and sharing ideas. You will have the opportunity to hear feedback directly from customers, which can be extremely motivating.

As a unit, we are committed to continuous improvement and strive to promote a learning culture. We have colleagues in different locations around the world and strive to foster a strong connection as a team, despite the physical distance.

As Product Owner you will lead on investigating and scoping solutions for customers, bringing the projects to approval and seeing them through to delivery. You will need to be curious about the customer and be able to work with colleagues to propose a solution which is feasible and viable. This means getting close to our customers, directly and through Business Development and regional Commercial teams, and leading the delivery team.

This role offers great flexibility for growth and development, as well as the opportunity to make a significant, positive contribution to the development of bespoke English learning material for our customers all over the world. 

About you:

• You possess very strong publishing skills and commercial acumen, and you're comfortable liaising with customers.
• A background in commissioning editorial components with experience in researching, planning, and specifying a range of products is essential. This should include involvement in projects for print and digital delivery. You will be working across sectors and markets and moving between projects, so you should be comfortable with this.
• You will have experience of learning materials customisation. You will be able to assess and advise on opportunities and quickly build internal teams and external freelancer/packager teams to deliver on them.
• You will be an excellent problem-solver in high pressure situations and be able to come up with innovative but practical solutions.
• You will be organised, flexible and an excellent communicator.
• You should be a true collaborator, embracing opportunities for learning and seeking to empower others.

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:

• Group personal pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Green travel schemes
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

We also offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work 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 21 April 2024. The first round of interviews are scheduled to take place week commencing 29^th April.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

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 everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet. 

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.

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