Product Manager - Science Permanent Location - Guildford, Manchester, London or Milton Keynes Salary - North - £48,635 - £55,110 & South - £50,640 - £57,383 Hybrid working with occasional national travel Closing date - 20th February 2025 Do you want to make a real difference to the educational landscape? As our Product Manager, you will use your passion for education, together with your commercial acumen, matrix management and stakeholder engagement skills in this wide-reaching position of influence. Through this exciting role at AQA, you will provide your knowledge of science education to help form and deliver this key role in setting and delivering the strategic plans for our science suite of qualifications. Your depth of knowledge will come from having worked in and with schools or through commercial experience gained while working in the science education sector At AQA, we're focussed on understanding our customers better than anyone else and delivering the qualifications and support they need, including the development of exciting new products. Purpose Working in Product Management you will be accountable for managing and developing our science suite of qualifications You will deliver activities which will meet our growth and retention objectives. You'll also help to develop and market new science qualifications and new supporting products which meet teacher and student needs. Working with all parts of our Customer and Product directorate, and more broadly across the organisation, you'll pull together cross-functional teams to deliver product plans which drive commercial success. Using data and customer insights, you'll uncover and evaluate market opportunities and innovations, liaising with internal and external stakeholders and influencers to capture and develop ideas. You will be supported by the Head of Product for science in delivering our strategy for growth for AQA science. What you will do Work on the management and development of science products within AQA, including prioritisation and oversight of activity for the products within science suite. Working across AQA's science qualifications, you'll be using data and insights to create recommendations for quarterly, annual, and medium-term plans. You must be able to understand and synthesise data and information from different sources to make recommendations and initiate activities that drive change and improve our offer, both in terms of the qualifications themselves and the training, support and resources that support schools and colleges in their delivery. You'll liaise with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of planned activities, tracking and reporting on delivery to ensure things happen on time and on budget. Managing and delivering strategic projects to time and on budget. Where needed, you'll represent AQA, attending conferences, exhibitions, and stakeholder visits, working closely with colleagues from the science Subject Support teams. What's in it for you? Personal and professional development including access to Product and Management training and qualifications. This role represents a tangible opportunity to influence the future of our qualifications and support offer at AQA and so contribute to the advancement of science education at a national level. Enable growth and diversification to our support and product offerings. Fantastic opportunity to take your leadership, product management and commercial mindset to support teachers across the UK in the delivery of their GCSE and A Level courses. A focus on personal and professional growth and development A company who focus on health, wellbeing and sustainability by enabling access to Private Medical Insurance, Electric Vehicle Leasing scheme and a Health Care Cash Reward Plan, Life Assurance and an employee assistance program A company who invest in your future with a really strong pension offer (up to 11.5% employer contributions) 25 days annual leave with bank holidays rising to 30 days with services and extra closure days at Christmas and access to volunteering leave. What you need to succeed Experience working in a strategic position within the education sector with a focus on science, you'll need a commercial mindset and some knowledge of product management and marketing is desirable (not essential). Strategic planning and operational delivery expertise Ability to negotiate, influence and challenge effectively at all levels. Able and willing to constructively challenge the thinking of others and influence stakeholders. Interpret quantitative and qualitative information to support sound decision making. You will be systematic and well organised as you'll be scheduling and tracking delivery of activities. What next? Please submit a CV and Cover letter outlining your transferable skills and motivation. We have set a closing date of 20th February 2025 AQA is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. PRO22 ADZN1_UKTJ