.Description of the roleReporting to the Manager of Product Management, the Product Owner focuses on understanding market needs and challenges in key HA and other Latin American countries.
The goal is to develop high-value digital products and services within a given portfolio.
They are accountable for providing overall product management leadership by establishing a strategic vision for their portfolio, contracting and managing subject matter experts, setting budgets, seeking market feedback, and ensuring efficacy.
The Product Owner works closely with marketing, sales, production, and digital groups.
You will drive the growth and ongoing development of your portfolio to support the sales and marketing teams across the region in identifying, assessing, and prioritizing market opportunities and customer pain points, as well as responding to competitor activity.
Working closely with sales, marketing, and customer insights colleagues, you are also responsible for contributing to go-to-market plans for our courseware products.About the teamThis is an exciting opportunity to be part of our International Higher Education Product Management team.
We are an incredibly supportive, diverse and collaborative group.
We partner with customers in the higher education sector to provide world-class products and services that meet their needs and those of their learners, both today and tomorrow.Key responsibilitiesList managementBuild discipline and market expertise for your portfolioMaintain and build a profitable, well-balanced, and up-to-date portfolioManage author and subject matter relationships and communicationsCollaborate with colleagues from Product, Sales & Marketing, Efficacy & Learning Research teams to innovate and create products that improve learner outcomesDevelop and maintain excellent understanding across Pearson's digital courseware product models and feature sets.Market research and customer insightsScope, lead, and manage research activity to maintain understanding of educator and learner needsIdentify, understand, and represent subject, educator, and learner needs in your portfolioIdentify customer/learner problems-to-be-solved and opportunity size, identify possible solutions and test problem-solution and product-market fitIdentify competitors to new and existing products and complete analyses to inform business cases and product plansStrategyBuild and maintain an understanding of educator and learner challenges and needs in HA.Scan for, and respond to, market trends, challenges, and opportunities as well as share customer insights and feedback on new and existing productsUse data as an integral part of the product development processWorking in partnership with sales colleagues, provide support and information around your portfolio to help colleagues secure new business