Product Owner - 5597

Job Title: Product Owner

Salary: £49,300-£65,950 per annum

Location: Cambridge and Hybrid working

Contract: Permanent, full time (35 hours per week)

Join us in Cambridge English Assessment Operations as a senior Product Owner, where you will bridge the gap between business and technology, driving impactful change by prioritising stakeholder needs and leading teams to deliver high-quality solutions. If you are a great communicator, passionate about user-centred design, strategic problem-solving, and thriving in a collaborative environment, we would love to hear from you.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Product Owner to join us in the Assessment Operations - Strategic Governance Team, responsible for developing products and services. This role will focus on exploring new opportunities, defining product roadmaps, and influencing strategy for the future of digital exams and services. You will lead the way in driving the development of existing products in the Cambridge English Qualification portfolio and development of new products and services that meet customer needs while delivering financial returns.

You will collaborate closely with the CEQ Product Owner, Assessment Operations SLT, Proposition and Technology colleagues and a wide range of business stakeholders to ensure successful product delivery and alignment with commercial goals. This is an exciting opportunity to take the lead on innovative solutions that are shaping the future of English Assessment.

• Leading teams through discovery, viability and deployment to achieve maximum value for customers, users and key stakeholders.
• Ensuring that customer/user requirements are prioritised, and key dependencies understood, to focus development resources and feed insights back into product plans and strategy.
• Develop and communicate strategic direction for products and services, ensuring alignment with business objectives and strategic aims.
• Prepare business cases for new products, services, and product changes; garner cross-divisional support to ensure successful delivery.
• Working collaboratively with CEQ Product Owner and Product Manager to support development of enhancements to and new products that will drive our growth in future.
• Anticipating changing customer needs and future trends and adapting development plans accordingly.

About you

You will be an experienced, collaborative and creative product professional. As someone driven by problem-solving, you excel in translating complex business needs into actionable technology requirements, adapting effectively to agile and waterfall environments.

You bring a passion for innovative solutions, data-driven insights, and user-centred design. As a skilled communicator, you present ideas clearly and can use varied methods to connect with and influence customers, users, and stakeholders at all levels. Proactive and analytical, you make sound recommendations on backlog prioritisation, resource allocation, and task feasibility. You possess an in-depth understanding of the commercial aspects of product development and delivery, including cost-benefit analysis, ROI, and market opportunity evaluation.

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

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 26th February 2026. Face-to-face interviews are scheduled to take place on w/c 10th March 2026.

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

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved 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.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential and innovation. 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 it's 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.