Product Manager - London, United Kingdom - Pearson

Pearson

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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About the role
We are looking for a dynamic Product Manager to join our successful high stakes Product Team.

Acting as the focal point between the customer, sales and marketing and development, the applicant will provide a commercial focus across the portfolio helpingto strengthen conversion metrics, partner with regional teams to shape commercial strategy and lead the roadmap and delivery for a series of products within the Pearson Test of English (PTE) high stakes test portfolio, aimed at both B2B and D2C personas.

Theapplicant will have a keen understanding of the high stakes English test market, competitive landscape and customer needs.

We are an innovative, friendly and forward-looking team who enjoy bringing the energy and attention needed to lead and collaborate with stakeholders around the business to solve our customers problems and build successful products.

With a strong focus onsharing best practice and learning and development, we hold each other accountable for making the English language testing process as stress free as possible for our test takers, allowing them to move closer to achieving their ambitions to study and work overseas.

This role can be home & office based, but regular attendance to the
London, 80 Strand office is required

Key Activities Include:

Supporting the Director and VP Product Management to to expand the footprint and success of the assessment portfolio.
Gathering and analysing market, customer, and competitive insights to inform product strategy to attract new customers and increase market share
Working with both B2B and B2C marketing and sales teams to develop and implement commercial strategies to maximize adoption and revenue
Understanding and articulating customer needs and collating problems into jobs to be done. Develop solutions and define product direction and vision to meet customer needs.
Creating business and gotomarket product plans to describe the value proposition, product and sales strategy and financial models to support ongoing product development and innovation.
Monitoring product performance and influencing ongoing operational effectiveness and product and platform enhancements and maintenance.
Coordinating crossfunctional alignment across delivery groups (UX, test development, technology and operations teams) to drive/influence technology roadmap and capabilities.
Maintain and develop partnerships with external vendors that support technology, infrastructure, content, and commercial arrangements
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About you

Essential

Demonstrable product management or product marketing experience
Strong experience in launching successful products
Proven ability to lead and influence crossfunctional teams with a strong global focus
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English
Desire to deliver exceptional products and services with the potential to transform customers' lives

Desirable

Market and customer awareness with deep teacher/learner/customer empathy in international education
Strong technical understanding of online learning/assessment technologies
Strong understanding of the principles of assessment design

Values and Motivations

Promotes a culture of partnership, teamwork and innovation
Open to new ideas, intellectually honest and rigorous
Comfortable operating in a changing and ambiguous environment
Adaptive and solutions oriented
Awareness of and ability to handle international and cultural sensitivities

Why join us?
We are a diverse, inclusive and global team who are passionate about solving problems for our customers.

With strong growth behind us and even more ahead, we provide a world-class product with an exciting and ambitious roadmap.

Our team culture includesa sense of responsibility to our customers and each other and we support remote working.
- *About your rewards & benefits?*_

We know you'll do great work, so we give a lot back with some of the best benefits in the business.

We know that one size doesn't fit all, so our workplace programs meet the different needs of our diverse teams, and their families too.

There is a range ofoptions, see some of them shared here:

A competitive salary?and bonus
25 Days annual leave, this increases by 1 day each year up to 30 days with the option to buy and sell up to 5 days per year on top of this.?
Flexible / hybrid working.?
A fantastic pension plan, where Pearson double what you contribute.?
Pearson's other benefits also include private dental care, private medical insurance, digital GP service, season ticket loan, eye tests, cycle to work scheme, volunteering days, employee wellbeing assistance discounted retail and leisure products and servicesfrom leading companies and much more.

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Pearson is an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate against employees or job applicants and select the best person for each job based on rele