Product Leadership Internship (September 2027)

This isn't an internship where you watch from the sidelines. Over 12 months, you will work on real problems affecting millions of learners, build practical product skills and contribute to live work from the start.

Product will be your home throughout the year, while you build a deep understanding of how the rest of Sparx works. You will start broad, go deep, then bring what you've learned back into Product. You will begin by seeing how teams across Sparx work, from education and content to AI, engineering, design and the teams working directly with schools, then spend longer periods embedded in selected teams, taking ownership of live work. Finally, you will work with our Discovery team on new innovations before returning to Product to take ownership of a meaningful piece of work.

For people who thrive during the programme, there may be an opportunity to continue into a permanent role at Sparx.

The Product team at Sparx is responsible for understanding which problems matter most, deciding what we should build and why, and bringing different teams together to make it happen. Our Product people work closely with Engineering, Design, Education, Data and other teams to understand users, make decisions, set priorities and turn ideas into products that improve learning.

At Sparx, product leadership isn't about arriving with a senior title or managing a large team; it's about judgement: understanding important problems, making good decisions, taking ownership and bringing people together to solve them.

Your year will look like this:

Autumn Term - Immersion: You will spend a week with each of Engineering, Design, Insights, AI & Prototyping, Modelling, Content Design, Comms, School Success and Discovery, learning how each team works and how Product connects with them.

Spring Term - Rotations: You will spend six weeks in each of School Success, Content Design and AI & Prototyping, taking ownership of real work on live projects.

Summer Term - Application: You will spend six weeks in Discovery before returning to Product for your final two months, bringing together what you've learned and taking greater ownership of meaningful product problems.

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for graduates and people graduating in 2027 who love learning, work at pace and feel a pull to solve problems that matter. You don't need a particular degree, previous Product experience or coding experience. We care much more about how you think, learn and approach problems.

Curiosity & initiative: You show energy and interest in learning new things and exploring ideas.

High ownership, high pace: You take responsibility, move work forward and care deeply about quality.

Action-orientated problem solver: You notice what's broken and feel a pull to fix it, not just talk about it.

Comfort with ambiguity: You can act without perfect information and adapt quickly as new data emerges.

Low ego, highly collaborative: You are reflective, respond well to feedback and draw on others' expertise when needed.

Thoughtful communicator: You ask great questions, listen well and create clarity from complexity.

Multi-skilled: You bring a broad skillset shaped by interests, projects or experience beyond your core studies or role.

Strong judgement: You make clear calls, prioritise well and challenge respectfully after understanding other perspectives.

What makes this different:

This is not nice-to-have work. You will contribute to products used by millions of learners and be trusted with meaningful responsibility from the start. You will learn directly from senior leaders, including our CEO and founder, with regular access to feedback, challenge and support. You will work extensively with AI and emerging technology, using top-quality hardware and software to build better products. You will join a deliberately small cohort with enough peers to share the experience with, without getting lost in a large graduate scheme.

About Sparx Learning:

Sparx Learning is a B Corp with a big mission: to improve lives and the world through learning. We build education technology that reimagines how children learn at home and in school, helping students, teachers and school leaders improve educational outcomes. We support more than 2.2 million students and 75,000 teachers across 2,600 schools.

Benefits include:
- 25 days' annual leave, rising to 30 with service, with the option to buy five more days
- A generous personal development budget
- Private medical and dental insurance, life assurance, a virtual GP and employee assistance programme
- Company pension and enhanced family leave and pay
- Free, locally sourced organic meals when working from our Exeter office
- Sustainable travel benefits, including green travel incentives, an electric car lease scheme and Cycle to Work

Note: Sparx does not currently hold a sponsor licence, so applications requiring visa sponsorship cannot be progressed.