Digital Exams Product Owner - 6329
Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
Education
Skilled Worker
Job posted on August 19, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Title: Digital Exams Product Owner AI
Salary: £49,300 – £65,950 per annum
Location: Cambridge / Hybrid (minimum 2 days per week in the office)
Contract: 18 months fixed term, full time (35 hours per week)
Are you ready to embrace the power of AI to take our Digital Mock Service product into the future?
As part of our commitment to innovation in education, our Digital Exams programme is developing new AI-powered services. These exciting initiatives aim to enhance the efficiency, accuracy and scalability of our various content and marking processes. To help us drive this transformation, we are looking for a Product Owner to innovate, deliver and embed these cutting-edge services into the organisation beginning with our Digital Mock Service.
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
With the support of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team you will be responsible for defining and delivering new AI services and capabilities for digital exams across OCR and Cambridge International with a focus on the Digital Mock Service. As part of this role you will:
About You
We are looking for someone who has proven experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager or similar role. Familiarity with AI and machine learning technologies is essential, how they can be applied to content development, marking and quality assurance is preferred. While a technical background is not a must, an understanding of the technical aspects would be beneficial.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
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:
We also offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work 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 7th September 2025 and interviews starting week commencing 15th September 2025 onwards.
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.
APPLY NOW
Salary: £49,300 – £65,950 per annum
Location: Cambridge / Hybrid (minimum 2 days per week in the office)
Contract: 18 months fixed term, full time (35 hours per week)
Are you ready to embrace the power of AI to take our Digital Mock Service product into the future?
As part of our commitment to innovation in education, our Digital Exams programme is developing new AI-powered services. These exciting initiatives aim to enhance the efficiency, accuracy and scalability of our various content and marking processes. To help us drive this transformation, we are looking for a Product Owner to innovate, deliver and embed these cutting-edge services into the organisation beginning with our Digital Mock Service.
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
With the support of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team you will be responsible for defining and delivering new AI services and capabilities for digital exams across OCR and Cambridge International with a focus on the Digital Mock Service. As part of this role you will:
- Manage and own the development of a suite of AI services, driving those developments through definition, development and launch.
- Help define and communicate the product vision, strategy and roadmap for AI content generation and assessment marking services on the Digital Mock Service.
- Own the prioritisation of AI marking services requirements, focusing initially on the Digital Mock Service by defining and communicating these requirements and acceptance criteria clearly to developers and ensuring they reflect the needs of their users throughout and expanding outward after successful performance.
- Engage with key stakeholders across the organisation to ensure alignment and buy-in for the vision, strategy and roadmap.
- Support the business through the change and adoption of these new AI services into existing processes within OCR and Cambridge International.
About You
We are looking for someone who has proven experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager or similar role. Familiarity with AI and machine learning technologies is essential, how they can be applied to content development, marking and quality assurance is preferred. While a technical background is not a must, an understanding of the technical aspects would be beneficial.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Extensive Product Owner experience and be comfortable working in an agile environment with a strong ability to prioritise, plan, and manage product backlogs.
- Knowledge and expertise on operational assessment content and marking processes, and broad experience of the assessment delivery cycle.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas to both technical and non-technical teams.
- Strong experience of driving business change through the successful integration of new technology or services.
- A passion for making a difference through education, in line with Cambridge University's mission.
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 also offer flexible and hybrid working options from day one. We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work 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 7th September 2025 and interviews starting week commencing 15th September 2025 onwards.
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.