Advanced Specialist, Product Management

Job-:
Product

Location:

United Kingdom Workplace:
Hybrid

Schedule:

Full time Posted:
Closes:
Role:
Advanced Specialist, Product Management Division:
Assessment & Qualifications Delivery

Location:

London, Manchester or Rotherham - Hybrid This role aligns with positions typically advertised in the external market as Senior Product Owner, Digital Product Owner or Technical Product Owner.

About Pearson At Pearson we ‘add life to a lifetime of learning’ so everyone can realise the life they imagine. We do this by creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. Pearson was founded in 1844 and has been built on our ability to grow with and adapt to a constantly evolving market. Our employees are dedicated to creating high-quality, digital-first, accessible and sustainable resources for lifelong learning.

About UK Assessment & Qualifications We are the UK's largest awarding body and we are regulated by Ofqual (England), CCEA Accreditation (Northern Ireland) and Qualifications Wales (Wales). We offer academic and vocational qualifications that are globally recognised and benchmarked, with educational excellence rooted in names like Edexcel and BTEC. In 2025, we issued 6.5 million grades to candidates worldwide.

About the jobThe Product Owner role operates at IC25 level as an Advanced Specialist in Product Management, owning complex initiatives and high-impact product work streams. The role focuses on translating external client, customer, operational and business needs into clear product direction, detailed requirements and a prioritised backlog across assessment products and services, with a strong emphasis on customer value, quality, adoption and predictable delivery.

Working across multidisciplinary teams including Engineers, Service Owners, Business Analysts, Testers, UX Designers, Scrum Masters and the PMO, the Product Owner shapes product priorities and converts user and business needs into clear, executable product requirements. The role independently manages priorities, scope and product decisions, proactively resolves requirement gaps and cross-functional obstacles, and works closely with stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle.

The Product Owner is accountable for backlog quality, product requirement accuracy, acceptance of delivered outcomes and ensuring products and services create measurable customer and business value, without holding people-management responsibilities.

About youYou can demonstrate successful ownership and delivery of complex, business-critical digital products or platform capabilities in a Product Owner, Product Manager or equivalent role. You are comfortable working hands-on with delivery teams, developing detailed requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria, and making clear decisions on product priorities, scope and trade-offs. You bring strong customer focus, analytical judgement and a practical approach to agile product delivery.

You are confident engaging with technical leads, architects and business partners, using customer insight and delivery evidence to shape product decisions. You maintain high standards of documentation, identify issues early and share product management best practice with colleagues.

Key Responsibilities Own and prioritise product backlogs, ensuring work is aligned with agreed product outcomes, customer needs and delivery commitments.

Translate customer, operational and business needs into clear product requirements, epics, features, user stories and acceptance criteria.

Author and maintain accurate, complete and detailed market and product requirement documents, product proposals and supporting decision records.

Define and communicate product goals, priorities and roadmap intent, including…