Vocational Qualifications Product Manager

We're looking for an experienced Vocational Product Manager to drive the development of vocational qualifications that put customers first. You'll shape product direction, align stakeholders, and turn insight into qualifications that deliver real value. These are exciting times in vocational education, with major qualification reform creating a unique opportunity for change. At Cambridge OCR, part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, we are meeting the needs of the changing sector by developing new vocational qualifications that make assessment straightforward for all. This is a fantastic opportunity to pursue your potential while delivering change that matters., As our Vocational Qualifications Product Manager, you'll lead product proposition design and delivery through ongoing vocational reform. Working closely with customers, stakeholders and internal teams you'll translate policy and market insight into clear product direction. You'll hold accountability for the commercial performance of several vocational qualifications; ensuring they are attractive and valuable for our centres and learners, while maintaining robust margins.,

• Overseeing and implementing customer and market insight for target segments.
• Creating insight-based customer value propositions for new vocational qualifications.
• Building evidence-based financial forecasts and cost models.
• Routinely monitoring commercial performance, leading intervention where necessary.
This position has been classified as a hybrid role, requiring the selected candidate to typically spend 40-60% of their time collaborating and connecting face-to-face at their dedicated location. Aside from our hybrid principles, other flexible working requests will be considered from the first day of employment, including other work arrangements should you require adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition., We are a Disability Confident (DC) employer that is 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, and disclose a disability or a long-term health condition, and who best meet the minimum criteria for the role. In instances where interviewing all qualifying candidates is not practicable and/or appropriate, we prioritise those who best meet the minimum criteria, as we would for applicants who do not have a disability or long-term health condition., If you are shortlisted and progressed through the stages, you can expect:
• First stage virtual interview via MS Teams (May 4^th). You will be provided with a brief to complete a role-related task in advance.
• Final stage interview in-person at our offices in Coventry (May 8^th). You will meet broader members of Cambridge OCR's vocational teams.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process due to a disability or a long-term health condition, there will be an opportunity for you to inform us via the online application form. We will do our best to accommodate your needs. Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

As an experienced vocational qualifications expert, you will hold deep understanding of the UK vocational education sector. You will have a proven record of delivering successful product propositions, with expertise in harnessing market and customer insight to realise commercial potential. You will be confident in building financial forecasting, communicating with senior leaders and influencing stakeholders to achieve commercial goals. If you meet the above minimum requirements, we encourage you to apply. Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate the following desirable criteria:
• Direct experience working with or building propositions for the Further Education sector.
  
  We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge., Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that is 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 is 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.

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