Product Management Specialist bei International Baccalaureate
International Baccalaureate · Cardiff, Vereinigtes Königreich · Hybrid
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Product Management Specialist
Job Type: Full-time Permanent
Salary Range: £36,307 - 45,383 per annum, depending on experience
Location: IB (International Baccalaureate®) Global Centre, Cardiff or the Hague, Netherlands
Hybrid working opportunity - 1 day in office
About the IB
If you're looking to work for a global organisation with a meaningful mission, and with colleagues all over the world, then the International Baccalaureate® (IB) may have the ideal opportunity for you! The International Baccalaureate provides world-class educational services to over 5,800 schools across 162 countries. A career at IB is not just a job; it’s an opportunity to work with an innovative world leader in education services and contribute to our 50-year mission of creating a better and more peaceful world. Apply now to join our global organisation where we empower our employees to thrive and make a difference.
About the position
The International Baccalaureate (IB) is undergoing a bold digital transformation - and this is your opportunity to be part of it. As a Product Management Specialist within our newly established Digital Office, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of IB’s digital product ecosystem. This isn’t just about managing products - it’s about reimagining how we serve schools, educators, and learners worldwide through digital innovation.
The Digital Office sits at the heart of our product strategy, with end-to-end responsibility for customer-facing products across our existing platforms and new ventures. You’ll join a multidisciplinary, impact-driven team responsible for delivering meaningful, measurable outcomes in a fast-evolving educational landscape.
As a Product Management Specialist, you’ll work on products in our Content and Educator Experiences domain. Design and optimize the platforms that support our educators—helping them deliver the best possible education for students and grow professionally with the IB. From curriculum delivery to professional learning, you’ll lead product experiences that empower teachers globally to engage with IB content and communities. Your work will ensure educators are supported through every stage of their journey—delivering real impact to learners every day.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Champion user needs and business goals by partnering with cross-functional stakeholders across the organization—aligning around shared priorities and delivering impactful outcomes.
Gather and synthesize insights from user feedback, research, market trends, technology capabilities, and internal expertise to inform product direction and innovation.
Define and drive product strategy and roadmaps for your portfolio—making smart trade-offs, setting clear priorities, and maximizing both product performance and return on investment.
Translate vision into action by developing clear, actionable product requirements and communicating them effectively across teams and leadership levels.
Collaborate closely with Engineering and UX Design to build and launch solutions that are technically sound, beautifully designed, and deeply valuable to users.
Embed a customer-centric mindset by driving early and continuous feedback loops, grounding decisions in data, and designing for end-to-end journeys that truly serve our global users.
Continuously monitor the education and edtech landscape, staying ahead of competitor moves, emerging technologies, and shifting user expectations to keep our products relevant and future-ready.
Mentor, coach, and inspire fellow product managers, helping to grow a high-performing product culture that values curiosity, experimentation, and impact.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
About You
You bring proven experience in product management, ideally in enterprise B2B or B2B2C environments where stakeholder complexity and scale are key considerations.
You’re fluent in agile, iterative delivery, with the flexibility to adapt process to context—balancing discovery with execution to deliver meaningful outcomes.
You thrive in collaborative, cross-functional teams, and have a track record of working seamlessly with software engineers, UX designers, and business leaders to ship high-impact products.
You’re data-informed and insight-driven—comfortable analyzing usage data, interpreting research, and applying market signals to shape your roadmap and measure success.
You care deeply about user experience and are grounded in UX design principles that put the needs of educators and learners first.
You lead with curiosity, humility, and integrity—fostering a culture where questions are welcomed, learning is constant, and people feel safe to speak up and take risks.
You believe the best teams are built on psychological safety, trust, and inclusion, and you actively contribute to environments where people feel valued, heard, and empowered to do their best work.
You are a generous collaborator and mentor, sharing knowledge, uplifting others, and helping to grow a strong product culture grounded in purpose and shared success.
Knowledge of trends, technologies and emerging innovations in educational technology is a distinct advantage.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English language.
In addition to your salary, we offer an attractive range of benefits including:
- 10% employer pension contribution from first day of employment (minimum contribution required from yourself is 3%)
- 25 Days annual leave, plus public holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 days additional annual leave
- Flexi Hours with our core hours as 10am-12pm and 2pm-3pm. You can flex your 37.5 hours per week around this
- Enhanced family friendly benefits
- Life assurance 4x annual salary
- Paid volunteering leave
- Flexible benefits allowance at 1.5% of your annual salary
- Excellent continuous professional development
- Health and wellness schemes
- Disability Confident Employer
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Discounts on a range of products, including days out and Gym Memberships
- Cash back opportunities available from a wide range of retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free on-site car parking
*Please note that in September 2025 our Cardiff Office will relocate to Fusion Point One, Dumballs Road, Cardiff, CF10 5BF. The building is a 5-minute walk from Cardiff Central Station and a 10-minute walk to the city centre. Our new offices will have 60 parking spaces available which will be reservable online.
Applications are being received until 08 September 2025 at 11:59pm BST
We are committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. The International Baccalaureate is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants.
