Product Manager

Product Manager - Life Competencies AI Role Profile Purpose of Role

The Product Manager for Life Competencies AI is responsible for the end-to-end success of a single product area within the group’s AI portfolio. Working closely with the Principal Product Manager, this role translates the portfolio strategy into a focused, well‑executed product, balancing discovery, delivery, and continuous improvement.

Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding and Health & Safety issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.

Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well‑being of self and others.

Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.

Are financially responsible. We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools.

Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.

• Own the product vision and roadmap for AI Life Competencies and the AI Buddy, aligned to the group AI and learning strategy.
• Translate portfolio priorities into clear product goals, outcomes, and milestones.
• Prioritise features and improvements to maximise learning impact, adoption, and usability.
• Manage trade‑offs within the product scope, escalating where cross‑product decisions are required.

• Develop a deep understanding of learner needs, teacher workflows, and school contexts related to life competencies and tutoring.
• Ensure product decisions are grounded in learning intent, progression, and impact, not just technical possibility.
• Work with learning and design colleagues to ensure content, interactions, and scaffolding are age‑appropriate, inclusive, and effective.
• Champion accessibility, safety, and responsible AI use within the product.

• Lead continuous discovery for the product using user research, pilots, feedback, and data.
• Test assumptions early through prototypes, trials, and school engagement.
• Use insight to inform roadmap decisions and post‑launch improvements.
• Contribute learning and insight back into the wider product portfolio.

• Work closely with engineering and design to turn product priorities into high‑quality shipped outcomes.
• Write clear product requirements, success criteria, and acceptance standards.
• Support delivery planning, sequencing, and dependency management within the product area.
• Ensure releases are well‑prepared, clearly communicated, and supported.

• Define and track success measures for the product, including adoption, engagement, and learning outcomes.
• Monitor real‑world usage and identify opportunities to improve effectiveness and clarity.
• Support rollout, onboarding, and school adoption in partnership with transformation and learning teams.
• Contribute to benefit realisation and evidence of impact.

• Work within the product standards and ways of working set by the Principal Product Manager.
• Collaborate effectively with other Product Managers to ensure coherence across the AI portfolio.
• Share learning, patterns, and reusable approaches across products.
• Contribute to a strong, learning‑oriented product culture.

• Experience as a Product Manager owning a digital product end‑to‑end.
• Experience working closely with engineering and design teams.
• Experience with EdTech, learning platforms, or AI‑enabled products.
• Familiarity with learning design, competencies frameworks, or learner progression models.
• Experience working with conversational or personalised digital experiences.