Product Manager (Fixed Term Contract/Secondment)

Oxford University Press; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Oxford University Press is seeking a Product Manager to lead the development and growth of a portfolio within the Revision and Test Practice product team. This hybrid role involves working with Editorial, Sales, Marketing and Product to shape plans, inform strategy and drive revenue growth while meeting the needs of teachers and learners.

The role is a 6-month fixed-term contract with a hybrid working policy requiring a minimum of two days per week in the Oxford office.

Qualifications

• Experience in educational product development would be advantageous.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and growth of a portfolio within the Revision and Test Practice product team.
• Monitor market trends, curriculum developments and competitor activity to identify opportunities for product enhancement.
• Manage products through their lifecycle from opportunity evaluation to market launch and ongoing optimization.
• Coordinate with Editorial, Sales, Marketing and Product to develop clear value propositions and messaging.
• Support planning, budgeting and performance monitoring across multiple teams to deliver on time and within budget.

Job description

Learning changes lives – and we’re here to drive that change.

We support people wherever and however they want to learn, so they can achieve their learning goals and uncover new possibilities.

Today, we reach more learners than ever, in more ways than ever.

About the Role

We are looking for a Product Manager to lead the development and growth of a portfolio within the Revision and Test Practice product team. Working closely with colleagues across Editorial, Sales, Marketing and Product, you will use market insight, customer understanding and product performance data to shape product plans and inform strategic decisions. You will play an important role in ensuring our products continue to meet the needs of teachers and learners while supporting revenue growth, market share and long-term business objectives.

In this role, you will take ownership of a designated subject area, monitoring market trends, curriculum developments and competitor activity to identify opportunities for product enhancement and innovation. You will manage products throughout their lifecycle, from evaluating new opportunities and refining existing offerings through to supporting successful market positioning and launch activities. Working collaboratively with internal stakeholders, you will help develop clear product propositions and messaging that communicate customer value and support commercial success.

You will also work closely with authors, educational experts and external partners, building strong relationships to support the development of high-quality content and resources. Alongside contributing to project planning, budgeting and performance monitoring, you will help coordinate activity across multiple teams to ensure products are delivered effectively, on time and within budget. This role offers the opportunity to combine market insight, product thinking and cross-functional collaboration to shape a portfolio of products that have a meaningful impact for teachers and learners.

This is a 6-month fixed term contract with the possibility of extension. We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

About You

• A creative and innovative mindset.
• A strong background in educational product development.
• A deep understanding of the needs of Secondary teachers and learners.
• Excellent presentation and proposal writing skills.
• Excellent leadership, management, and influencing skills.
• A strong understanding of the UK examination and assessment landscape.
• A successful track-record of creating complex print and digital products that have driven share and profitable revenue growth.
• Strong understanding of evidence-informed revision and assessment-preparation pedagogy.
• Experience of teaching or curriculum development at Secondary level.
• An understanding of how AI can be used to support Secondary teachers and learners.

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.

We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.

This role comes with the added benefit of a discretionary annual payment.

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.