Advanced Specialist, Product Management

Pearson•United States,

1d•$100,000 - $140,000

About The Position

Pearson is seeking an individual-contributor Product Manager to shape product direction for assigned areas within Pearson Professional Assessments, particularly exam authoring, item banking, test assembly, and publishing. The role translates customer, stakeholder, market, regulatory, and business needs into product vision, roadmap priorities, and actionable backlog decisions for agile delivery teams. The Product Manager leads discovery across author, reviewer, approver, psychometrician, and exam-builder workflows. They balance customer value, business outcomes, operational realities, technical feasibility, compliance expectations, and product viability while driving enhancements and new capabilities. The role also identifies opportunities to use generative AI and other emerging technologies responsibly, maintaining human review, governance, security, assessment integrity, and the quality and defensibility required for high-stakes assessment. The position calls for deep understanding of users, customers, engagement data, business constraints, industry trends, and the competitive landscape. The Product Manager works closely with design, engineering, data, and relevant stakeholders, using evidence and clear communication to influence colleagues and executives. Teams are empowered to determine solutions and are accountable for results, including measurable user outcomes.

Requirements

Proven track record as an individual-contributor Product Manager leading critical, technically complex initiatives from strategy through release with measurable outcomes.
Strong discovery skills, including conducting interviews and usability sessions and validating problems before committing to solutions.
Hands-on familiarity with AI-assisted workflows or emerging technologies in product work, particularly where governance, human review, quality controls, and responsible design are important.
Experience working closely with engineering and design in an iterative delivery model, with an outcome-driven approach.
Demonstrated success driving cross-functional alignment and marshaling resources across teams to deliver impactful outcomes.
Ability to navigate ambiguity, make informed trade-offs, and escalate critical risks when appropriate.
Highly analytical and data-informed, with experience defining metrics, planning measurement, and using usage and performance signals to guide product direction and prioritization.
Ability to solve complex problems with multiple constraints and translate customer and business needs into documented requirements and functional solutions.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts in clear, non-technical language to diverse audiences.
Track record of shipping features that meet original requirements with minimal post-release corrections or escalations.

Nice To Haves

Background in computer-based testing, certification, licensure, education technology, or another regulated or high-stakes environment, especially involving authoring, item banking, test development, publishing, or related content lifecycle workflows.
Experience in education technology, media, or content-intensive industries.
Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards and internationalization, especially for global or diverse test-taker populations.
Familiarity with structured content, content atomization, or modular content architectures.

Responsibilities

Help define a clear value proposition and outcome-driven goals tied to users’ needs.
Plan measurement in advance, including leading and lagging indicators.
Make trade-offs within the product scope, balancing strategic opportunities, near-term commitments, and operational needs.
Build direct understanding of users through interviews, usability sessions, and observation of real workflows.
Use generative and evaluative discovery to validate problems and identify actionable opportunities.
Work with engineering and design as a collaborative team, sharing problem framing and design responsibility.
Create product artefacts such as vision documents, PRDs, specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Own quality from concept through delivery, ensuring work ships well and meets established standards.
Apply current AI tools in product work and identify opportunities for AI to improve user outcomes.
Partner with senior Product Managers and engineering to evaluate technology options pragmatically.
Monitor relevant technology shifts that may affect how learners experience the product.
Build working relationships with engineering, design, data, customers, and other relevant stakeholders.
Communicate progress, trade-offs, and risks clearly and raise issues early.
Explain the product problem, intended users, importance, and success measures in a clear product story.
Drive product strategy and delivery for assigned product areas, achieving measurable customer, operational, and business outcomes.