Advanced Specialist, Agile Business Analyst (Business Change Expert)

Pearson; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking an Advanced Specialist, Agile Business Analyst (Business Change Expert) to own the people side of change for a major transformation programme. This role collaborates with Portfolio Leads and Product Managers to turn activity into a practical, integrated change plan.

You will drive readiness, training, engagement and evidence-based adjustments. The position emphasizes matrix working, influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority, and applying governance and risk

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a change practitioner delivering complex, cross-functional transformation programmes.
• Ownership of change plans from impact assessment through readiness, engagement and adoption.
• Experience operating in a matrix and influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Governance, risk and dependency management with examples of removing barriers.
• Analytical and data literacy; use evidence to shape decisions and reporting.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills across varied audiences.
• Adaptability, resilience and prioritisation in a fast-moving programme environment.
• Experience with product-led or technology-enabled change is highly relevant.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; PMP or Agile certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver the integrated change plan for an assigned transformation portfolio.
• Partner closely with Portfolio Leads, Product Managers and cross-functional contributors.
• Assess change impacts, readiness, training needs, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Create practical mitigation plans and remove barriers that could affect delivery or adoption.
• Coordinate training and engagement so impacted teams understand what is changing and why.
• Monitor adoption, usage and feedback, then adjust the strategy where evidence shows a need.
• Apply consistent change frameworks, tools and governance while adapting them to context.
• Contribute fresh thinking, coaching and best practice to the wider change community.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder influence

Analytical skills

Communication

Facilitation

Data literacy

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

PMP

Agile certification

Job description

Advanced Specialist, Agile Business Analyst (Business Change Expert)

About the Role

Pearson is seeking an experienced Business Change Expert to join the Pearson Qualifications Transformation Programme. You will own the people side of change for one principal portfolio, working in lockstep with its Portfolio Lead and Product Manager to turn programme activity into a clear, practical and integrated change plan.

You will coordinate readiness, training and engagement, identify risks and barriers, monitor adoption and bring evidence back to the portfolio so the approach can be adjusted. Alongside delivery, you will help strengthen a thriving community of change practice by sharing best practice, challenging established approaches and supporting colleagues to improve.

This is an individual-contributor expert role. It does not include line management, but it requires credibility, influence and the ability to work through a complex matrix at pace.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and deliver the integrated change plan for an assigned transformation portfolio.
• Partner closely with Portfolio Leads, Product Managers and cross-functional contributors.
• Assess change impacts, readiness, training needs, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Create practical mitigation plans and remove barriers that could affect delivery or adoption.
• Coordinate training and engagement so impacted teams understand what is changing and why.
• Monitor adoption, usage and feedback, then adjust the strategy where evidence shows a need.
• Apply consistent change frameworks, tools and governance while adapting them to context.
• Contribute fresh thinking, coaching and best practice to the wider change community.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience as a change practitioner delivering complex, cross-functional transformation programmes.
• Evidence of personally owning change plans from impact assessment through readiness, engagement and adoption.
• Experience operating in a matrix and influencing senior and cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.
• Practical governance, risk and dependency management, with clear examples of removing barriers.
• Strong analytical and data literacy, using evidence to shape decisions and reporting.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and influencing skills across varied audiences.
• Adaptability, resilience and sound prioritisation in a fast-moving programme environment.
• Experience with product-led or technology-enabled change is highly relevant.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; relevant change, project, PMP or Agile certification is preferred.

Location & Working Pattern

United Kingdom. Remote-first working with occasional travel to a Pearson office for collaboration, department days and workshops, typically around once per month. Proximity to London, Manchester or Oxford is preferred. Additional office time may be helpful during induction.

Your Rewards & Benefits

We know you’ll do great work, so we give a lot back with some of the best benefits in the business. We know one size doesn’t fit all, so our workplace programs meet the different needs of our diverse teams, and their families, too.

Please see our attractive UK benefits here: Home - Pearson Benefits

Who we are:

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

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Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Remote