Senior Product Manager

About Us

Up Learn has built the world’s most effective learning experience. We’ve done this by combining cognitive science, instructional theory and artificial intelligence.

Our mission is to create the most effective learning experiences in the world, and distribute access to as many students as possible 🙌

Up Learn started with A Levels and developed courses that are:

1. 🧠 Effective: 97% of students that complete Up Learn courses achieve an A*/A, starting from grades as low as Ds and Es
2. 🎉 Engaging: 23.5 million hours of learning thanks to Up Learn, and rising
3. 📈 Scaling: tens of thousands of students use Up Learn today, either independently, or through one of our 400 schools, university or charity partners

💰 Up Learn has been growing fast, and is backed by investors that share our vision, including leading venture capital firm Forward Partners and the Branson family (Virgin).  We now generate cash flows sufficient to grow without additional investment, and so aren't reliant on external investors to continue operating.  We've only taken funding from investors who are aligned with our long-term vision for education.

🌍 Social impact is critical to Up Learn’s mission - for every student that pays, Up Learn gives a full scholarship to a student who can’t. We are growing our incredible, 70+ strong team, and our internal mission is to make Up Learn one of the best places to work in the world. Becoming certified by Flexa was one step towards this mission, which you can find out more about here.

The Role

Over the first twelve months, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our B2B strategy and execution.

Key responsibilities include:

Discover Problems and Opportunities

Interview students, teachers, school leaders and the leaders of Multi-Academy Trusts to understand schools’ biggest challenges in implementing Up Learn.  What is preventing them from using Up Learn to assure success for their pupils?  What will help teachers make Up Learn the centre of their plan for their pupils’ success?  Synthesise market research and analyses to spot the biggest business opportunities.

Set Vision and Strategy

Articulate a clear vision and strategy for the success of the B2B side to our business, and how its success will contribute to our mission.  Sell your vision and strategy to the company's executive team.

Detail the Roadmap

Validate the solutions that will execute your strategy.  Balance competing demands between long-term vision and the short-term needs of customers and the business.

Deliver the Roadmap

Work with cross-functional teams of Learning Executives, Engineers, Data scientists, and Designers to build the right things, then to build them well.  Balance quality with speed, and clearly articulate reasons for nudging in one direction over the other.

Communicate With the Company

Communicate the right level of detail, at the right time, to multiple groups of stakeholders in the company.  Make sure they know what you’re doing, when, and that they have everything they need to do their jobs well.  Help the whole team understand your vision and strategy.

New Market Expansion

Play a pivotal role in Up Learn’s growth story by successfully expanding our products into new markets.  Collaborate with commercial teams in Marketing and Sales to deliver go to market success.

Change Lives

The promise of tech companies to ‘change the world’ is a bit overdone now.  It's rare for a product to come along where you can see directly the link from output to a better future.  Our mission is not to solve schools’ homework administration burden, for example.  Our mission is to solve education.  We believe virtually every child can be successful at the highest level, and we are building the system to make good on that belief.  Below are just a couple of recent examples of feedback from students:

I LOVE UPLEARN!

AMAZING! So useful and helpful, honestly was so scared for the jump between a level and GCSE but Uplearn put all the knowledge into a format I could understand. The tutors are always there to help you and reply so so quickly! Everything you ever need from videos, questions, quizzes, exam questions is on Uplearn!!

Date of experience: 23 February 2024

A* - Economics Exam

I was getting C's & D's in Economics before UpLearn and didn't understand too well the PED, YED, XED & PES for unit 3. I went through the lessons on UpLearn and got in the test with exam questions under exam conditions 61/66 getting an A* (A* was 52 marks). I also got a B in a Macroeconomics test that I did NO revision for whatsoever and at the time didn't even start that part on the UpLearn course. I will update my review after I get my results for my mock exams.

Thank you for your reply UpLearn, just a little update...

I recently got 42/50 in a Microeconomics exam that I didn't actually revise much for which is a high A or the exact mark for an A*.

I also got 49/60 in a Macroeconomics exam which was an A.

Date of experience: 21 February 2024

Hear directly from more of our students, here, and here.

After your first year you will have achieved meaningful expansion of our products in the B2B market, with high levels of user and customer joy.  As our Product Team continues to expand, you will be expected to help mentor and develop more junior product managers.