Head of Product Management

Oxford University Press; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Head of Product Management who will develop and oversee strategy for digital products across UK and International branches. This role requires driving educational and commercial success through innovative solutions and collaboration across divisions, ensuring market competitiveness and user satisfaction. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in product strategy and digital education technologies, making a meaningful impact in the education sector.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Pension contributions up to 12%

Private medical insurance

Discretionary annual bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in developing product and business strategies.
• Proven success in defining and delivering digital product strategies.
• Experience leading multiple cross-divisional initiatives within tight timeframes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a comprehensive digital product strategy.
• Drive long-term educational and commercial success.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and foster innovation.

Skills

Business strategy

Digital product strategy

Cross-divisional leadership

Market analysis

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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About the Role

As our new Head of Product Management, you will straddle business strategy, technology, and innovation to drive digital product success. In this high-impact role, you will lead a team of highly skilled Product Managers with responsibility for the product strategy and roadmap for digital products for the UK and International business branches in the Education division. Your responsibilities include overseeing user experience and educational impact to meet customer expectations and deliver financial and strategic objectives, working in collaboration with key divisional and local stakeholders.

You will ensure effective product management of digitally smart, user-friendly, market-competitive solutions throughout the entire lifecycle of services, from strategic planning to tactical operations. This includes researching and bringing new products to market, leading ongoing improvement and maintenance of existing services, and overseeing product retirement. Monitoring market and digital trends, advising on acquisition/partnership opportunities, and representing UK and International requirements on divisional and/or global initiatives are also key aspects of this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a comprehensive digital product strategy for the UK and International branches, aligning with OUP’s broader vision.
• Drive long-term educational and commercial success by championing user needs and leveraging market insights.
• Ensure effective cross-functional collaboration across Publishing, Sales, and Marketing.
• Manage stakeholder relationships, foster innovation, and provide strategic leadership and team development.
• Oversee operational planning, financial control, and contribute to organizational performance and reputation.

Working Arrangements

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

About You

• Experience in developing product and business strategies.
• Proven success in defining and delivering digital product strategies.
• Experience leading multiple cross-divisional initiatives within tight timeframes.
• Knowledge of educational policy, pedagogy, and digital education technologies.
• Experience analyzing business performance and market trends using management information systems, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Experience in delivering services in a disaggregated platform model, including cloud services and commoditization.

Benefits

We value work/life balance and offer 25 days’ holiday, bank holidays, Christmas closure, and a 35-hour workweek. Flexibility in working patterns can be discussed. We also provide active employee networks and societies.

Our benefits include pension contributions up to 12%, loans and savings schemes via Salary Finance, travel schemes, local discounts, private medical insurance, and a discretionary annual bonus.

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