Digital Exams Product Owner

Cambridge University Press & Assessment Cambridgeshire

Job type: Full Time, Fixed Term Start date: 15 September 2025 Apply by: 7 September 2025 Job overview 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:

• 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.
































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The Cambridge University Press & Assessment Group is a department of the University of Cambridge. We have three exam boards – University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL), and OCR. We are a not-for-profit organisation. We're proud of our 150 years heritage and the expertise that it has given us. Cambridge University Press & Assessment operates and manages the University's three exam boards. The world's largest provider of English language curriculums and qualifications for young learners and adults. The world's largest provider of international programmes and qualifications for 5 to 19 year old learners. OCR is one of the UK's biggest exam boards offering academic and vocational curriculums and qualifications. Whether you are building new IT systems, supporting our customers or developing one of our new qualifications, every person at Cambridge University Press & Assessment is making a difference. Being part of the education of eight million candidates, in over 170 countries every year, means we are opening doors to a better future every day. We aim for these values to be at the heart of everything we do And we believe actions speak louder than words when it comes to demonstrating this. We think we’re great people to work with, but then maybe we’re biased! What we are certain about though is that if you join Cambridge University Press & Assessment you’ll be surrounded by talented people with diverse backgrounds and skills, working together in a friendly and supportive way. Real development opportunities We have ambitious plans to become the leading world authority on assessment. It matters to us that people rise to bigger challenges and reach their potential. As your ambitions and interests grow there will be opportunities to move around the business and gain new skills.
We’ll expect you to take responsibility for fulfilling your own potential, and we will provide you with the training and development opportunities to manage this. LOCATIONS Did you know that we are not only based in Cambridge? We also have a site in Coventry, as well as a number of other smaller offices around the UK and Overseas BENEFITS

• Staff discounts at many retailers both online and in-store.
• Cambridge University Card - providing access to a number of university facilities such as the University Library and discounts at the Cambridge University Press bookshop.
• Season Ticket Loan - for travelling by rail or bus.
• Discounted access to the University of Cambridge Sport Centre, along with various other local gyms.
• Family friendly enhanced benefits when you might need them such as maternity and paternity and childcare vouchers.
• Limited access to nursery and play scheme places (waiting list in operation).

In addition to…

• Generous pension scheme.
• Performance related pay.
• Subsidised staff restaurants.
• At least 36 days holiday (including bank holidays).

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