Job Title: Digital Capabilities Product Owner
Salary: £44,400 - £56,800
Location: Cambridge, Hybrid
Contract: Permanent Full-time

JOIN OUR TEAM AS DIGITAL CAPABILITIES PRODUCT OWNER

Do you have a passion for transforming digital products and services? We’re looking for someone with strategic thinking, curiosity and user-empathy to join our team as a Digital Capabilities Product Owner. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of how we operate our product offerings, working closely with the Lead Digital Capabilities Product Owner and other key stakeholders.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

ABOUT YOU

You will have:

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role, preferably in a technology-driven or education environment
• Strong understanding of business operations, processes, and systems.
• Experience working with internal users and cross-functional teams to develop software solutions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Analytical mindset and proficiency in leveraging data to drive decision-making and deliver business insights.
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

WHY JOIN US

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. 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.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Product Strategy and Planning: Collaborate on the vision and strategy for the capabilities that enable us to operate our digital products to delight our customers and support our business. Develop a roadmap for new features and enhancements, and engage stakeholders to ensure alignment and buy-in.
• Collaborative Leadership: Work closely with the Lead Digital Capabilities Product Owner and the wider product team to ensure seamless coordination and alignment with overall objectives.
• Product Delivery: Focus your team on achieving business and product outcomes to deliver our strategy.
• Business Change, Readiness, and Transition: Enable launch of new features through effective communication and readiness activities.