Lead, Product Management

Pearson • Hoboken, NJ

5h • $155,000 - $185,000

About The Position

We embrace the SVPG Product Operating Model by empowering our product teams to
solve hard problems – customer problems and business problems – in ways that our
customers love yet work for our business. Our product teams are
cross-functional, durable and generally comprised of a product manager, product
design, tech lead and a program manager (4-in-a-box model).

We staff our product teams with the skills necessary to come up with effective
solutions that are valuable (our customers choose to buy or use), viable (the
solution works within the many constraints of the business), usable (the user
can figure out how to use) and feasible (our engineers have the skills and
technology to implement).

While the product designer is accountable for ensuring the solution is usable,
and the engineers are accountable for ensuring the solution is feasible, the
product manager is accountable for ensuring the solution is both valuable and
viable.

This means that the product manager must contribute to their product team a
solid knowledge of the various constraints of the business such as from
marketing, sales, support, finance, legal and privacy. The product manager must
also contribute a deep knowledge of our users and customers, and data about how
our customers engage with our products. Finally, the product manager is expected
to track industry trends and the competitive landscape as they pertain to their
product.

While each member of the product team may be accountable for a specific risk, we
look for product managers that understand that consistent innovation is the
result of each member of the product team contributing their passion and their
ideas. The product manager must collaborate closely with their product designer
and engineers to discover effective solutions and then work together to deliver
those solutions to market.

While we empower our product teams to figure out the best solutions to the
problems that need to be solved, we also hold those teams accountable to the
results. Shipping is necessary, but not sufficient. We look for product
managers that are not afraid of signing up for results, even when this means
they have to work through others to achieve the necessary results.

This job, as with the other roles on the product team, is an individual
contributor role. You will need to be able to influence your teammates, as well
as colleagues, stakeholders, and key executives, through your use of data and
logic.

You will own one or more critical end-to-end student experiences within our
higher education courseware product, with accountability for defining the
strategy, outcomes, and roadmap that guide how those experiences evolve over
time. This includes shaping how students engage with assignments, studying and
practice, and other core learning workflows - ensuring those journeys are
intuitive, reliable, and meaningfully support learning.

You’ll lead discovery and delivery in close partnership with product design and
engineering, translating student needs, usage data, and business goals into
clear product direction and prioritized investments. Success in this role means
turning ambiguity into clarity, aligning cross-functional partners around shared
outcomes, and delivering experiences that improve student engagement,
confidence, and results at scale.

You will be responsible for balancing customer value with real business and
technical constraints, making thoughtful tradeoffs, and signing up for outcomes
- not just shipping features. Your impact will be measured by the quality,
coherence, and effectiveness of the student experiences you own, and by your
ability to influence teams and stakeholders toward durable, customer-centered
solutions.

Requirements

• Proven track record over multiple years as an individual contributor product manager responsible for value and viability of solutions
• Proven ability to go deep and quickly learn new domains, as well as solid understanding of all major parts of the business
• Demonstrated understanding of the techniques and methods of modern product discovery and product delivery
• Demonstrated ability to learn multiple functional areas of business – engineering, design, finance, sales, or marketing
• Demonstrated ability to figure out solutions to hard problems with many constraints, using sound judgement to assess risks, and to lay out your argument in a well-structured, data-informed, written narrative
• Proven ability to engage with both individual contributors and leaders of all levels in constructive and collaborative relationships
• Responsible for assisting with quarterly strategic planning, defining OKRs and developing a roadmap

Nice To Haves

• A proven track record as a principal-level product manager delivering high-impact products or experiences with measurable results.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through discovery, prioritization, and delivery.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort using data to inform decisions and tell clear product stories.
• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to explain complex ideas simply to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• defining the strategy, outcomes, and roadmap that guide how those experiences evolve over time
• shaping how students engage with assignments, studying and practice, and other core learning workflows
• translating student needs, usage data, and business goals into clear product direction and prioritized investments
• balancing customer value with real business and technical constraints
• making thoughtful tradeoffs
• signing up for outcomes
• assisting with quarterly strategic planning
• defining OKRs
• developing a roadmap

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed