Senior Product Manager

TN United Kingdom; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

Job Description:

Overview

Do you want to help enrich the lives of learners worldwide? At RM, we’ve been pioneers of education technology since inception. We provide technology and resources to the education sector supporting over 10 million students around the world. We work with 28 schools, nurseries, and education trusts in multiple countries to deliver customer-centric solutions that improve education outcomes worldwide. What we do helps learners at all stages of their lives, from preschool to higher education and professional qualification, partnering with schools, examination boards, central governments, and other professional institutions.

About this role

We are looking for an experienced product manager to define and lead our strategy around marking and evaluation. This role will lead the product strategy across RM Assessor, our award-winning e-marking tool, and the marking module within Assessment Master, our digital assessment tool, focusing on how we bring together our capability to improve the user experience, address different marking models across the user journey, and continue to enhance the value we provide.

You will report to the Head of Product, working in a talented department of product managers, designers, and innovators, alongside delivery teams based in our RM India office. This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to be part of an ambitious, purpose-led company looking to transform learning and assessment.

Responsibilities

1. You own the overall success for your product(s) and the product group. To do this you need to:
2. Understand your customers’ and users’ needs.
3. Understand your domain and the competitor landscape.
4. Understand the business strategy and how your product contributes to company goals.
5. Define and refine your product strategy including vision, value proposition, and roadmap.
6. Lead the cross-functional product team to develop, launch, and continually improve your product.
7. Advocate for your product internally and externally.
8. Engage with your internal and external stakeholders.
9. Manage the commercial success of the product – including profitability and growth.

As a senior team member you are also expected to:

1. Demonstrate product management best practices to help your team and the wider product management community to develop and grow effectively.
2. Ensure strategic alignment within your team across the other groups in the portfolio to ensure a seamless experience for our customers using our products and services.
3. Reduce cross-team dependencies, remove blockers, and coordinate with other product stakeholders.

Experience

1. Product management expertise: You have proven experience working within cross-functional teams to design, develop, launch, and manage products/services to meet customer needs.
2. Ownership & accountability: You are determined and self-motivated to own and drive forward your area of accountability.
3. Communication & influencing: You listen to and interpret between the needs of customers and stakeholders, effectively manage expectations, and facilitate difficult discussions where necessary.
4. Strategic & commercial thinking: You understand the needs of the business and ensure your product strategy is aligned to business strategy.
5. Domain experience: You are passionate about education and may have some prior experience in the industry.

What’s in it for you?

At RM, we have "My Work Blend @RM" which provides office-based colleagues with multi-location and hybrid working options to suit them. As well as your office base, you can spend a proportion of your time working at other locations in the UK that suit your role and your life, including home, other offices, customer sites, distribution centres, or on the move.

We encourage you to discuss arrangements for this role with your potential line manager during the recruitment process. We expect how we make best use of hybrid working may continue to adapt as we adjust to our new ways of working. As well as a competitive salary and our core benefits package which includes private medical healthcare, life assurance, and a Group Personal Pension Plan with higher contribution levels available, some roles are also eligible for a performance-related bonus.

There are lots of voluntary benefits too. You could buy additional annual leave, join our dental plan, sign for a health assessment, or take part in our cycle to work scheme. You could even earn yourself an extra bonus for successfully recommending a friend or family member for a position within RM.

To better reflect the society that we serve, we’re committed to building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. To achieve this, we create teams of talented people from different backgrounds and experiences and strive to be a business where our people can bring their whole selves to work.

We also want to make the recruitment process as inclusive as possible for everyone. Should you require additional support with your application or through the interview process, please contact us.

Please note that if you are NOT a passport holder of the country for the vacancy you might need a work permit.

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Created on 02/04/2025 by TN United Kingdom