Qualifications Product Manager

Permanent

Manchester: £55000- £63000

Milton Keynes / London / Guildford: £57000 - £65500

Hybrid working: 2 days per week in the office

Are you ready to use insight, curiosity and creativity to shape the qualifications of the future?

You could be one of 5 new Product Managers within our Portfolio of Qualifications team.

With assessment reform on the horizon, you will influence the future of education and make a national impact. Increased investment means the Product Management team is growing, and you will join a new group of Product Managers shaping qualification portfolios across a wide range of subjects. You will work across a portfolio of subjects that may evolve over time as the team grows.

Shape products that matter

You are someone who cares about improving the experience of teachers and learners. You are curious, analytical and comfortable working with information. You enjoy connecting ideas, working with a variety of colleagues and contributing recommendations that help qualifications and supporting products stay relevant and useful for schools and colleges. You will work with a diverse range of subject types, including those with digital, practical, project-based or post-16 considerations.

What you will do

• Manage a portfolio of subject qualifications and use customer insight, market understanding and data to shape short, medium and longer term plans

• Prioritise activity so it has the greatest impact for teachers, learners and schools.

• Coordinate work across different teams and monitor progress against milestones to support delivery

• Use your understanding of the education landscape to explore opportunities, strengthen products and improve supporting resources.

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to gather insight, test thinking and refine recommendations. You may spend time in schools to understand needs firsthand.

• Contribute to events, meetings or visits where your product knowledge adds value.

You will thrive in this role if you have

• Experience working in a strategic role within the education sector or a related field such as assessment, publishing, curriculum, subject associations, or similar evidence-led environments.

• Experience applying insight to shape products, services or content in any customer-facing environment will be valuable.

• The ability to interpret data and insight and apply this to decision-making.

• Confidence in communicating and influencing a wide range of stakeholders.

• A collaborative, open approach and comfortable working across different teams.

• Demonstrable organisation and attention to detail to manage activity and keep others informed.

• An interest in product management and a willingness to develop your expertise.

What you can look forward to

• A significant opportunity to influence the future of education as qualifications change nationally.

• The chance to build product management skills across diverse subjects.

• Development opportunities through Product and Management training.

• A strong benefits package including up to 11.5 percent pension contribution, healthcare support, wellbeing programmes and volunteering opportunities.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service, along with discretionary Christmas closure days.

What happens next

To apply, please submit your CV and complete the application questions. The application deadline is 23:59 on 23 March 2026.

• If shortlisted, you will have a brief call with a recruiter and invited to complete a video interview based on preset questions Week Commencing 1st April 2026

• Final Stage Face to Face interviews for candidates progressing further will be held in AQAs Manchester or London offices week commencing 21st April 2026.

​Your video interview responses will be reviewed by two independent AQA panel members. This approach helps us ensure a fair, balanced and consistent assessment for everyone. You will not be assessed via AI.

Onboarding expectations: The expected start date can align with teacher notice periods or earlier if required.

If applicable, successful candidates will be unable to maintain an Associate role with AQA or any other exam board. 

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