Job Title: Product Manager X 2
Salary: £49,300 – £65,950 per annum
Location: Cambridge, UK, Hybrid
Contract: 1 x Permanent, 1 x Fixed Term (Maternity Cover until 31 December 2026)
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
Are you ready to make an impact in a role that supports meaningful outcomes and global learners?
Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world‑leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Product Manager, where you will shape and deliver innovative, market‑leading resources that support teachers and students globally. You will contribute to products that make a real difference in classrooms during a time of significant change and challenge in education.
About the role
As Product Manager, you will lead and implement product strategies across a portfolio, delivering high‑quality print and digital resources that engage and inspire teachers and students in international markets.
You will champion deep customer understanding, using research and insight to shape a pipeline of competitive, curriculum‑aligned products and services that meet the evolving needs of international education.
You will act as the lead advocate for key products, working collaboratively with internal teams across Products & Services, Global Marketing, and our International Network, as well as externally with teachers, consultants, and authors. The role requires strong commercial awareness and a genuine commitment to improving teaching outcomes and professional practice.
Additional responsibilities and accountabilities include:
* Leading product strategy and development across a defined portfolio
* Designing and delivering customer research to inform product decisions
* Building compelling business cases and product proposals
* Collaborating cross‑functionally to deliver successful product launches
* Ensuring products remain competitive, profitable, and aligned to curriculum needs
Flexible working arrangements are available from day one, including adjustments for disabilities or long‑term health conditions.
About You
You will bring proven experience in product management or product development within a publishing or content‑led environment, with the ability to translate customer insight into successful product outcomes.
You will demonstrate:
* Experience working with authors, consultants, or external contributors
* Strong research capability, including designing and delivering customer insight plans
* Ability to create clear, persuasive proposals and business cases
* Commercial awareness and a focus on delivering impactful, customer‑driven products
Desirable criteria:
* Understanding of the international schools or education market
* Experience delivering both print and digital products
* A collaborative and adaptable approach, with a willingness to challenge and improve ways of working
* Consistently demonstrating our values by working in ways that are collaborative, empowering, innovative, and responsible
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:
* 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
Equality and diversity
We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer 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, disclose a disability or a long‑term health condition, and best meet the minimum criteria for the role.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Applicants must have an existing right to work in the UK to be eligible for this position.
We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual identity, cultural background, or social class.
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