The Ascentis Group
Location
Lancaster, Lancashire | United Kingdom
Job description
Salary: £62,900
Working Pattern: Full-time Monday to Friday 35 hours per week (flexible working patterns considered)
Contract Types: Permanent
Location: Hybrid working with 2 days at Head Office in Lancaster preferable
Are you ready to lead a team that is passionate about revolutionising education through cutting-edge product innovation? As the Head of Product Innovation and Development at Ascentis, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our qualification portfolio, ensuring we stay at the forefront of industry advancements. Join us in enriching the overall centre and learner experience, leveraging AI/digital technologies to drive the evolution of education.
The Job Description
As the Head of Product Innovation and Development, you will lead the Product Development team, fostering a culture of innovation. You will also play a key role in creating a product innovation model that not only meets our current needs but also establishes a robust foundation for future growth.
In this role, your primary task is to lead the way in how we innovate our educational products. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring our offerings align with market trends and emerging technologies. Your strategic insights and operational expertise will be instrumental in shaping the future of Ascentis.
We are searching for an individual with a solid understanding of strategic and operational objectives, especially within the education sector. Your experience in implementing innovative learning strategies will be highly valued. As a key player in our growth journey, your role will be instrumental in setting the pace for ongoing development and excellence within our educational services.
As the Head of Product Innovation and Development, you have the chance to truly influence our organisation and empower our team to thrive in the ever-evolving educational landscape. If you have a genuine passion for driving innovation in education, coupled with the skills and experience we seek, we'd be delighted to receive your application. Take the next step to become our Head of Product Innovation and Development and contribute to our ongoing growth and success.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our team, and in return, we can provide you with flexible working, personalised development plans and the ‘feel good factor’, knowing that what you do makes a difference.
We’re the type of company that you’d want to tell your friends about. To find out what our employees have to say about working at Ascentis you can watch this video or read some testimonials on our careers page
The full Job Description can be found by clicking here .
Further Information
If you have any questions or would like to discuss this opportunity you can contact a member of the People and Culture team [email protected]
Closing date: 1st March 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate be appointed.
A little more about who we are
In this role, you’ll be partly based in our state of the art office on Lancaster Business Park. We have some amazing facilities which have been designed around bringing all of our team together. This includes loads of fun, creative spaces for collaboration including a Harry Potter themed room, Alice in Wonderland inspired room, Xbox, pool table, and outdoor seating. What’s more, we offer an excellent range of benefits (detailed below) and offer flexible working patterns. We are passionate about delivering a consistently positive day to day experience and environment for our employees.
Ascentis is a charity and leading awarding body, working across the UK and internationally to provide life-changing opportunities through our range of qualifications. We work closely with colleges, schools, independent training organisations and universities to design cutting-edge qualifications to enable people to progress to further study, higher education, and employment.
As an employer, we invest in developing our people and are extremely proud of the internal progression of many of our talented people.
The Ascentis Group is made up of brilliant people, unique in terms of background, personality, characteristics, experience and skill. We value our people for the differences they bring to the table and believe this diversity is powerful. We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
Benefits
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