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Typically, employees are expected to work 2 days in the office per week.\n\nAs a Product Manager this is what you'll be doing:\n\nQS is seeking a Product Manager, Digital Experience, to help shape how students discover, engage with and navigate the TopUniversities ecosystem.\n\nReporting to the Senior Product Manager, Digital Experience, you will own and deliver product initiatives that improve discovery, engagement, identity and career intelligence experiences across the student journey. Working closely with Engineering, UX, Data, Marketing and Commercial teams, you will identify customer problems, validate opportunities and deliver solutions that increase engagement, profile growth, personalisation and progression.\n\nThe Digital Product Team is leading the evolution of the QS TopUniversities ecosystem, transforming how students discover, evaluate and pursue higher education opportunities around the world.\n\nHistorically, our platforms have helped millions of students access trusted rankings, university information and guidance. Today, we are building a more connected ecosystem that combines discovery, identity, personalisation, career intelligence and decision support to help students make more informed choices about their future.\n\nAs part of this transformation, we are evolving from a collection of digital experiences into an integrated product ecosystem that creates value for students throughout their decision-making journey while delivering stronger engagement, higher-quality demand and improved outcomes for university partners.\n\nYou will contribute to the evolution of QS TopUniversities, helping students move seamlessly from exploration and discovery through to informed decision-making. Success is measured through engagement, known-user growth, profile completion, journey progression and contribution to business outcomes.\n\nResponsibilities:\nDeliver product initiatives that improve student discovery, engagement and progression across the TopUniversities ecosystem.\nUse experimentation, customer insight and data to identify opportunities and drive measurable improvements.\nContribute to personalisation, recommendation and career intelligence experiences that improve decision confidence.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver connected experiences that create value for students and university partners.\n\nRole responsibilities:\n\nProduct strategy and delivery:\nDeliver product initiatives aligned to the Digital Experience roadmap and strategic objectives.\nTranslate roadmap priorities into clear backlog items, user stories and delivery plans.\nDesign and optimise experiences that help students discover relevant universities, programmes, content and opportunities.\nImprove registration, onboarding and profile completion journeys to increase engagement and known-user growth.\nSupport the development of connected experiences across the QS TopUniversities ecosystem.\n\nDiscovery, engagement and career intelligence:\nTreat discovery, relevance and student guidance as core product capabilities.\nImprove how students explore education pathways, university choices and future career opportunities.\nContribute to personalisation, recommendation and career intelligence experiences that connect student interests, aspirations and behaviours with relevant opportunities.\nUse behavioural, profile and intent signals to improve relevance, engagement and decision confidence.\nSupport initiatives that help students better understand the relationship between education choices and career outcomes.\n\nExperimentation and analytics:\nDefine and run experiments across anonymous and logged-in experiences.\nUse behavioural, cohort and funnel data to identify opportunities and measure impact.\nDefine success metrics and track performance against agreed objectives.\nPartner with Data and Engineering teams to ensure key journeys are correctly instrumented and measurable.\nApply insights and learnings to continuously improve engagement and progression outcomes.\n\nCross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management:\nPartner closely with Product, UX, Engineering, Data, CRM/Lifecycle, Content, SEO and Marketing teams.\nBuild strong relationships with stakeholders across global and regional teams.\nCommunicate priorities, progress and outcomes clearly and effectively.\nContribute to roadmap planning and product strategy discussions within the Digital Product Team.\n\nOther:\nSupport broader product initiatives across the TopUniversities ecosystem.\nContribute to the continuous improvement of product management practices.\nAny other duties that fall within the purpose and scope of the role.\n\nSuccess milestones:\n3 months: Build a 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