We’re excited to be adding a Product Manager to our growing Product team here at Renaissance.

In this role, you’ll take ownership of a key area of our product roadmap and lead a full cross‑functional team to deliver high‑impact, user‑centred outcomes. You’ll shape and execute product strategy, carry out meaningful user research, and help us create products that deliver real value for schools and learners—while also driving commercial success.

Working closely with Design, Engineering and wider teams, you’ll champion user needs through inclusive, data‑informed decision‑making and help ensure we deliver high‑quality solutions on time.

Product Manager Job Responsibilities includes:

Insight & Discovery

• Combine qualitative and quantitative research methods to identify opportunities that drive impact
• Develop rich understanding of main user flows, confidently framing user problems using Jobs to Be Done (JTBD)
• Know when user input is critical to decisions versus when existing data is sufficient

Strategy & Roadmapping

• Create and regularly update a product strategy that gains buy-in from your team and adjacent teams
• Define team priorities for the next 6 months with a documented high-level plan outlining main areas of opportunity
• Set goals and prioritise initiatives to maximise team impact
• Understand how product metrics drive business results; follow up on releases and quantify impact in business terms
• Build basic models of initiatives' impact on product performance; continually re-evaluate backlog based on release performance

Delivery & Execution

• Run solid team rituals (stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint planning)
• Ensure quality is upheld; ship right-sized solutions to realise immediate value, learn, and iterate
• Hold full responsibility for what the team delivers; joint responsibility (with Tech Lead) for how they deliver
• Adapt Agile frameworks as appropriate; proactively challenge team members to work lean and maximise impact
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support to communicate upcoming changes

Design & Experimentation

• Define key user flows, journeys, and high-level wireframes for your product area
• Independently assess product designs and make specific recommendations for improvement
• Define and create business cases (with some support); use hypothesis-based reasoning
• Regularly evaluate early ideas with customers; break down problems into right-sized chunks

Skills and experience we’d love to see includes:

• Previous experience as a Product Manager, ideally in a tech‑focused environment
• Experience working with cross‑functional teams using Agile methods (Scrum, Kanban, XP)
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to balance strategic decisions with practical delivery
• Understanding of large‑scale software systems, including build, testing and deployment.
• Familiarity with go‑to‑market approaches and product performance metrics
• An understanding of how roles across Product, Design, Engineering, QA, DevOps and Marketing work together
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to bring people together around shared goals
• Experience using qualitative and quantitative research to guide decisions
• A collaborative, inclusive approach to working with colleagues across different teams
• Confidence working autonomously and taking ownership of a product area
• Strong problem‑solving skills and ability to adapt in a fast‑moving environment
• A passion for improving education and supporting meaningful outcomes for schools
• Ability to communicate data trends clearly to educators and school leaders.

Bonus points for any of the following:

• Previous work experience as a teacher or school leader in a school following the UK curriculum
• Experience using the Pragmatic Marketing Framework or similar market-driven methodology
• Experience working on zero-to-one (0→1) product development — concept through to market launch
• Experience facilitating Design Sprints with strong front-end discovery and ideation skills

We know great candidates come from a range of backgrounds. You don’t need to meet every requirement to apply.

Additional information:

We are happy to consider applications from across the UK with the expectation that there will be travel 5-10% of the time for customer engagement and team collaboration.

Benefits include:

• 25 Days a year plus Bank Holidays
• A day off for your birthday and 5 volunteering days a year
• Access to a benefits and discount platform with access to 1000’s of discounts at retailers, leisure attractions and restaurants (provided by Reward Gateway)
• BUPA Healthcare, Life assurance, Permanent health insurance
• Pension scheme with enhanced employer contribution to 8%

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