Technical Product Owner - 5902

Job Title: Technical Product Owner

Salary: £49,000 - £65,500

Location: Cambridge/Hybrid with a minimum 2 days in the office per week.

Contract: Permanent

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

The Technical Product Owner is responsible for establishing the vision, defining requirements, and setting priorities for all areas of the platform systems that serve the Cambridge Academic platform and its products, including Cambridge Core, Open Engage, and Higher Education. The Technical Product Owner will oversee the delivery of new components, features, and improvements in line with business and product goals.

About The Role

You will be the link between the technical and business worlds, working with both the technical development teams and the business to deliver high quality functionality and improvements. As the subject matter expert for the Academic platform back-end components you will use that knowledge to determine the most appropriate solutions, working alongside colleagues in the Solutions Architecture team and Product Owners from other Academic development teams.

• Analyse requirements for new system functionality and enhancements
• Identify appropriate solutions and workflows to meet the business need
• Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships
• Manage conflicting needs and deadlines
• Maintain roadmaps for platform systems
• Work collaboratively with an international team of technical and business staff
  
  

About You

You will enjoy working in a supportive environment with colleagues internationally, both in-house and from partner organisations. As the Technical Product Owner, you will develop your knowledge and skills to become the subject matter expert for your systems. You will work closely with stakeholders to understand the business problems that need to be solved. This will enable you to put forward cost effective proposals to meet the business requirements. You will develop a roadmap to plan and communicate these activities, manage conflicting needs and deadlines, and ensure that the highest possible value and quality output is delivered.

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.

Rewards And Benefits

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
  
  

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Monday 26th May although we may close it earlier if suitable candidates are identified. Interviews are scheduled to take place on shortly after it closes.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.

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.