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Commissioning Editor/Publisher
Pearson
Oxford, , United Kingdom
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Description
Commissioning Editor/Publisher (6 month fixed term contract)
Location: Oxford or Central London
Purpose
To develop a good and coherent understanding of teaching, learning and assessment within Pearson’s Progression Services through market and other stakeholder research. Alongside the other Progression Product Managers, be the voice of Pearson Progression Services within Pearson UK.
To develop business strategy and manage propositions for designated projects and services through the entire lifecycle based on subject and market evidence.
This role is particularly focused on developing propositions relating Pearson Progression Services. These products help both primary and secondary schools adjust to life after levels, and measure pupil progress between high stake national tests. The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying opportunities for new propositions, working with authors to ensure assessments meet customer requirements and working with sales and marketing to ensure that revenue targets are met.
Proposition development and delivery
• With support, create and deliver market winning propositions that anticipate customer needs
• Work with teams to ensure timely delivery of products and services to budget and quality
• Work with sales and marketing colleagues to ensure customer segmentation and messaging is clear, sales and marketing tactics are agreed, collateral is produced and that revenue targets are met for allocated projects
• Identify areas for improvement, leading on improving author management and content development processes as required.
Commissioning: author management
• Identify, evaluate, select, commission and retain key authors, consultants and other key stakeholders who will contribute to Pearson's success.
• Brief authors and other suppliers and negotiate terms that are to mutual benefit and align with Pearson's contract standards, communicate and agree schedules and expectations
• Ensure feedback to authors/consultants and other suppliers is timely and clear and that content delivered meets the brief and delivers identified learner outcomes
Market knowledge and insight
• Create and maintain a deep understanding of customer and learner current and future needs through a continuous programme of market and academic research and close tracking of educational policy
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in area of responsibility
• Develop and maintain an insight into approaches that help improve learner outcomes in area of responsibility
• Represent Pearson in area of responsibility as appropriate with external stakeholders and through relevant events, forums and associations
• Champion a ‘Customer First’ culture internally, ensuring decisions are made based on the impact on the customer
• Track, analyse and, with support, create responses to competitor activity
Financial planning and management
• With support, contribute to the financial planning processes for Progression Services
• Be accountable and responsible for project p&ls, working with internal stakeholders to establish sales forecasts and targets and to deliver according to project budgets
• With support, contribute to the development of the three year publishing and digital product plan for area of responsibility
Service Management
• With support, manage allocated learning services through their lifecycles, making well timed decisions about developments and initiatives at all stages
• As appropriate, monitor customer experience and learner data at regular points through an allocated project's lifecycle (from customer satisfaction tracking to regular, in depth qualitative insight) to make recommendations for continual improvement
• Understand and anticipate the overall customer experience of our services and identify areas for improvement
• Take the lead on efficacy framework activities for area of responsibility: contribute to efficacy team reviews, build a strong understanding of learner outcomes and scope them for own proposition and gather feedback and evidence on impact in the market
Leadership and Management
• Focus on winning, and on reflection, learning and improvement to drive Growth
• Build and lead delivery teams to ensure a positive working culture, in support of Pearson UK Schools strategy
• Build and facilitate strong relationships with other parts of Pearson UK (e.g. Sales, Marketing, Technology, GQ, VQ, Customer Services, Data, etc)
• Represent Pearson in area of responsibility as appropriate with internal stakeholders across Pearson
Qualifications
REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
• Prior experience in a publishing role.
• Understanding of the education market.
• Experience of working with sales and marketing teams to meet revenue targets.
• Commercial and financial skills, including forecasting delivery costs and reporting of project delivery against these targets (with support).
• Project management and planning skills.
DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
• Experience of working with educational assessments.
• Understanding of how schools measure student progress.
• Any experience of working with education data or knowledge of how schools use assessment data would be an advantage.
Closing date for applications: Fri 17th March
Interviews to take place 22/23 March