Product Lead

Product Lead - Test Security
Location: Cambridge, UK - Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Deliver security‑focused product innovation that protects the integrity and global impact of the world's most trusted English test.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world‑leading academic publisher and assessment organisation, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
We're looking for a strategic and impact‑driven Product Lead – Test Security to join our team. This is a rare opportunity to shape how we safeguard fairness and trust for millions of learners worldwide—while working at the forefront of emerging technologies, human behaviour, and global security threats.
About the role
As our Product Lead for Test Security, you will be accountable for setting and delivering the product strategy for how we detect, deter and prevent test malpractice within our assessment products.
You will build the roadmap for critical security capabilities—ranging from AI‑enabled fraud detection and enhancements to response analytics—ensuring solutions are scalable, ethical, and aligned with the organisation's mission to protect the integrity of our tests.
You'll work closely with colleagues across test security, engineering, data science, research, psychometrics, operations, legal and compliance to deliver high‑impact features that balance robust protection with excellent user experience.
Additional responsibilities and accountabilities include:

• Translating emerging threats and business needs into clear, prioritised product requirements.
  
• Leading product discovery to validate the impact and feasibility of solutions.
  
• Partnering with technical teams to deliver secure, resilient and high‑performing features such as anomaly detection models and identity verification workflows.
  
• Defining and tracking product success metrics, including security efficacy, false‑positive rates and user impact.
  
• Staying ahead of industry trends, fraud behaviours and evolving risks in the assessment and broader trust & safety landscape.
  
• Ensuring solutions comply with regulatory expectations and uphold fairness, transparency and responsible innovation principles.
  This position is hybrid, requiring 40–60% of your time on-site in Cambridge for collaboration and face‑to‑face connection. Flexible working requests will be considered from day one, including adjustments for candidates with disabilities or long‑term health conditions.
  About You
  You will bring strong experience in product management or an adjacent field (e.g., trust & safety, risk technology, security platforms) and can demonstrate:
  
• Proven success delivering complex, cross‑functional products or systems.
  
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, make informed trade-offs and drive strategic clarity.
  
• Confidence engaging with data, analytics, and emerging technologies such as machine learning or behavioural analytics.
  
• Strong communication skills, capable of influencing senior stakeholders and translating complexity into clear direction.
  
• Experience working in high‑integrity or compliance‑sensitive environments (e.g., assessments, fintech, security, identity, edtech) is highly advantageous.
  If you meet the above minimum criteria, we encourage you to apply.
  Your application will be even stronger if you can also demonstrate:
  
• Experience working in global or culturally diverse environments.
  
• A background in test security, fraud detection, identity verification or misuse prevention.
  
• Familiarity with psychometrics or assessment processes.
  
• Understanding of ethical AI, risk frameworks or responsible innovation principles.
  Rewards and benefits
  We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
  
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
  
• Discretionary annual bonus
  
• Group personal pension scheme
  
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
  
• Green travel schemes
  Application closing date 05/02/2026. Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now