- Define and execute the integral strategy and roadmap for institutional courseware- Manage portfolio investments, prioritisation, localisation, innovation, and product lifecycle decisions- Act as the senior product authority and provide strategic recommendations to the ELL Leadership Team- Build understanding of learners, educators, institutions, ministries, and partners across priority markets- Use customer insight, market trends, learning evidence, and performance data to drive product and investment decisions- Support strategic customer and ministry engagements alongside Sales teams- Translate strategy into value propositions, product roadmaps, and requirements- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver learning solutions balancing customer value, learning effectiveness, quality, speed, and commercial outcomes- Validate opportunities through customer research, pilots, and data-driven decision-making- Drive the evolution from print-first products to digital, blended, and AI-enabled learning experiences- Identify and scale responsible AI opportunities- Ensure AI-enabled products meet standards for transparency, safety, privacy, accessibility, and intellectual property compliance- Develop business cases, pricing strategies, and investment recommendations- Partner with Sales, Finance, and Revenue Operations to achieve customer, learning, revenue, profitability, and ROI objectives- Optimise, reposition, or retire underperforming products- Establish and monitor learning, adoption, engagement, satisfaction, retention, revenue,



and profitability metrics- Lead and develop a global team of approximately 15 product professionals- Foster excellence in product management, customer discovery, strategy, commercial thinking, and AI-enabled product development- Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and customer focusRequirements- Relevant experience in product management, portfolio leadership, general management, or a related field- Experience leading multiple teams or managing managers- Proven success setting strategy and making investment choices across complex product, market, or customer portfolios- Track record of turning customer insight into differentiated products and successful commercial outcomes- Experience owning business cases and managing performance against revenue, profitability, customer, and return expectations- Strong judgement in investment, prioritisation, pricing, packaging, and portfolio rationalisation- Experience leading cross-functional product development in a global, matrixed organisation- Experience building product teams and developing product leaders- Education, publishing, courseware, EdTech, or learning-products experience strongly preferred- Experience applying AI, data,



or emerging technology to products preferred- No specific degree is required; relevant experience anddemonstrated outcomes are valued- Strong commercial and strategic acumen- Expertise in product strategy, portfolio management, customer discovery, roadmap development, and stakeholder engagement- Data- and evidence-led decision-making using customer insight, learning science, analytics, and sound judgement- Experience leading global teams and influencing senior stakeholders- Practical understanding of AI and machine learning concepts, including prompt engineering and applying AI to products, workflows, and decision-making- Hands-on model development expertise is not requiredCore CompetenciesDemonstrates expertise in product management, portfolio leadership, and strategic decision-making, with a focus on AI-enabled learning solutions and customer-centric product development. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive commercial outcomes through data-driven insights and market understanding.Highest-signal resume keywords- Product Management- Portfolio Leadership- AI-Enabled Product Development- Data-Driven Decision-Making- Cross-Functional Team LeadershipATS Optimization KeywordsHard Skills- Product Strategy- Portfolio Management- Roadmap Development- Customer Discovery- Investment Decision-Making- Pricing Strategy- Performance Management- Market Analysis- AI Application- Learning ScienceSoft Skills- Strategic Acumen- Judgement- Collaboration- Innovation- AccountabilityIndustry Keywords- EdTech- Courseware- Education- Publishing- Learning Products#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Lead, Product Management (Madrid)
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📍 Madrid