Overview

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are using innovative tech to improve access to quality education. We’ve ambitious plans to transform our products and support teachers to change children’s lives.

We’re looking for a talented, mission-driven individual to lead our Product function over the next 4-6 months, supporting the team in launching our next set of new subjects.

HEAD OF PRODUCT

Responsible to: Product & Engineering Director

Team: Product & Engineering

Term: Fixed-term contract – 4-6 months (May-October)

Location: Remote, UK

Hours: 36 hours per week (if full-time – flexible arrangements will be considered. Our core working days are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, to allow effective collaboration time with colleagues).

Line management responsibility: Product Management Team, Data Analysis Team, Research & Evaluation Team, Product Design Team, Software QA Team

You will be responsible for:

  • Developing and managing a high-performing Product department, leveraging internal and/or external relationships.
  • Overall decisions relating to the performance and function of the Product department.
  • Maintaining specialist expertise in digital product and strategy development and being the authority across our organisation and more widely across the sector.
  • Ensuring that all our products are user-centric, pedagogically sound and backed by research, delivering high impact for teachers and pupils, and are rigorously evaluated.
  • Engaging with stakeholders from across the education system and strategic partners in education technology and product design.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

  • 3+ years holding responsibility for product development across a department.
  • Experience in recruiting, developing and managing a high-performing department.
  • Experience in managing a 6-figure budget.
  • Extensive experience collecting, analysing and using qualitative and quantitative data to inform continuous product design and development.
  • Demonstrable experience designing and rolling out continuously improving agile ways of working in a growing organisation.
  • Proven success in understanding and articulating challenging technical concepts to senior stakeholders.
  • Good understanding of education policy and the UK education system (desirable).

We offer flexible working where you can base yourself at home or in a co-working office of your choice; whichever works best for you. We work a 36-hour a week and most colleagues finish early on a Friday or take every other Friday back to ensure they keep a healthy work-life balance.

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