Product Designer

Location: Cambridge, Hybrid (Gateshead/Coventry Considered)

Contract: Permanent, Full Time - 35 Hrs Per Week

Are you a creative problem-solver with a passion for shaping the future of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education?

As a STEM-focused Product Designer you will help drive the development of OCR's new and existing GCSE and A Level qualifications. This is a diverse role that requires someone with excellent interpersonal skills, good attention to detail, and the ability to advance projects in a timely fashion.

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

About the role

As a Product Designer you interpret customer evidence, government regulation and other stakeholder evidence to inform the best approach to developing qualifications.

You share findings with subject experts and external specialists to create qualifications that are attractive to customers, high quality and cost effective. Where business requirements are not fully developed, you work with the product manager to build evidenced consensus across the organisation.

Main accountabilities include (but are not limited to):

• Leading teams of contributors and liaising with relevant stakeholders to investigate customer needs, gathering knowledge and insight from third party stakeholders (internal and external) to inform the design of new or revised qualifications.
• Ensuring that products are delivered on time, to cost, whilst delivering our vision of providing customers with exceptional quality qualifications. All qualifications will need to meet national regulatory requirements.
• Collaborating with colleagues in different teams such as assessment standards, sales and marketing, operations, product management and product support, is critical, as you strive to create innovative and exciting products

About you

You will be an articulate communicator who is adept at aligning stakeholder interests and forging consensus. Precision and an analytical eye are important, as you will be tasked with translating complex information into innovative product enhancements.

Your organisational capability will be vital in adeptly managing multiple projects with competing priorities. Experience of teaching, coupled with a thorough understanding of the KS3-KS5 STEM curriculum is an essential requirement to being successful in this role.

To be a successful member of the Product Development team, we are looking for someone who:

• Possesses an understanding of government regulation (DfE subject content and Ofqual guidance) of GQ qualifications.
• Has a deep understanding of the STEM curriculum in the English education system and understands the teachers and learners that use our qualifications.
• Is skilled at analysing and interpreting multiple streams of evidence to generate high-quality, testable conclusions that inform qualification design.
• Can build consensus through negotiation and communication with a range of stakeholders.

For a full brief on what this role entails, or more details on what will make you successful, please see the full job description at the bottom of the advert on our careers page.

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, Dental 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 6 October 2024 and interviews are scheduled to take place between 21 - 30 October 2024. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

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

Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.

Why join us 

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will 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.