Digital Product Management and Innovation Instructor

About Decoded

We are Decoded, the pioneers of transformative technology education. We democratise cutting-edge skills. We help transform traditional businesses into tech companies. We give our learners the skills and confidence to embrace the future of work.

Our products and methodologies have been shaped through our collaboration with some of the largest and most technologically progressive organisations in the world. We use the intelligent, ethical and creative application of technology to lay the foundations for a more productive and promising world – one with unlimited possibilities.

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Digital Product Management and Innovation Instructor to deliver exceptional workshops across our commercial and apprenticeship programmes.

This role is dedicated to the delivery of workshops, delivered between 09:00 - 17:00 GMT. The majority of workshops will be 4.5 or 7 hours long (including set-up and wrap-up time) with 8 hour hackathon workshops delivered less frequently throughout the programmes. There will be in-person delivery required for select UK-based clients. Infrequently you may be asked to work outside core UK working hours due to the global nature of Decoded's client base.

Accountabilities

As a Digital Product Management and Innovation Instructor at Decoded, you will be responsible for:

• Teaching our learning content to groups of apprenticeship learners via virtual and in-person workshops

• Honing your skills as an educator and building your knowledge of andragogy and teaching theory

• Working with the Learner Success Coaches (LSCs) to ensure apprentices progress through the programme. Each Learner will have the support of an LSC to support them with practical and pastoral guidance.Contributing to product improvement and content development

Specific roles & responsibilities

Your specific responsibilities are:

Workshop preparation and knowledge of content:

• Comprehensively understand the commercial and apprenticeship curriculums and learning objectives of our programmes

• Reviewing exercises and other learning materials before a workshop

• Learning about your learners and the businesses they work for

• Familiarising yourself with the course structure and content, proactively filling gaps in your knowledge

• Maintaining a continual learning mindset and strive to advance your knowledge in your specialist domains

Facilitation skills:

• Timekeeping

• Classroom management

• Atmosphere: both professional and energetic, with good energy and engagement level with learners

• In person delivery standards to ensure an effective classroom environment

• Technical issues using Zoom/Teams, Mural, Menti and other key tools

Quality of teaching:

• Decode and communicate complex concepts and principles with energy, focus and patience

• Engaging and captivating the attention of a virtual room of busy professionals

• Facilitating the learning journey for your audience, and leaving no-one behind whilst also providing stimulation for advanced learners

• Enabling an inclusive, collaborative, and respectful learning environment

Product Development:

• Support content development of SME content across Product Management and Digital Innovation programmes

• Contributor to the creation and refactoring of new/existing products by providing SME input and peer review of content

• Producing materials to support learners with stretch needs, and instructions for technical content to support learning

Team reporting & structure

You will report into the Portfolio Director of Digital Innovation, in the Product Department.