Advanced Specialist, Technology Solutions

Pearson; Topeka (KS); Remote; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking an Advanced Technology Solutions Specialist to drive complex, cross-system analysis for PPA programs, translating business needs into scalable technology solutions. You will collaborate across product, engineering, data, security, and operations to shape requirements, reduce redundancy, and enable data-driven decisions.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted analysis, disciplined requirement practices, and strong mentoring.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Technology, Data Analytics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5-8+ years of business analysis, systems analysis, data analysis, or technology delivery experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in Agile, hybrid, or enterprise delivery environments.
• Experience with systems integration, APIs, data flows, reporting, and operational workflows.
• IIBA or Agile certification, Pearson partner certifications, IT badges or test assessments are preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end analysis for complex initiatives spanning multiple Pearson systems, data domains, and stakeholder groups.
• Apply AI-assisted analysis for requirement synthesis, gap detection, and alignment.
• Facilitate discovery workshops, design sessions, and cross-functional requirement reviews.
• Translate business objectives into product/system capabilities, data requirements, and delivery-ready backlog artifacts.
• Own requirements strategy, traceability, impact assessments, and risk identification for complex work.
• Drive alignment between Product, Engineering, Architecture, CX, Data, Security, QA, and Operations.
• Promote maintainable, reusable solutions and minimize technical debt.
• Develop templates, checklists, and quality expectations for requirements and process maps.
• Create AI prompts and templates to improve analyst productivity.
• Provide advanced data analysis to support decisions, prioritization, and reporting.
• Mentor peers through artifact reviews and domain coaching.
• Support release readiness with complete decisions, signoffs, and handoffs.

Skills

Requirements leadership

Facilitation

Systems thinking

Ambiguity resolution

Written communication

Data analysis

Mentoring

Agile & SDLC

Backlog management

Release readiness

AI fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

APIs

Job description

The Technology Solutions Advanced Specialist leads complex, cross-system analysis for Pearson Professional Assessment (PPA) product, platform, operational, integration, and data initiatives. This role serves as a senior business analyst and domain expert, helping shape solution direction, resolve ambiguity, align stakeholders, mentor peers, and improve analysis standards across teams.

The Advanced Specialist works across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Data, Security, Operations, Client Services, and leadership stakeholders to ensure PPA business needs are translated into scalable, maintainable, reusable, and operationally sound technology solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end analysis for complex initiatives involving multiple Pearson systems, workflows, data domains, integrations, teams, or stakeholder groups.
• Use AI-assisted analysis for complex requirement synthesis, gap detection, stakeholder alignment, process comparison, dependency identification, and data insight generation.
• Facilitate discovery workshops, decision forums, design alignment sessions, and cross-functional requirement reviews.
• Translate strategic business objectives into product/system capabilities, process models, integration requirements, data requirements, operational impacts, and delivery-ready backlog artifacts.
• Own requirements strategy, traceability, dependency analysis, impact assessments, and risk identification for complex or ambiguous work.
• Drive alignment between Product, Engineering, Architecture, CX, Data, Security, QA, Operations, and business stakeholders.
• Promote maintainable, reusable, and holistic solutions that reduce unnecessary customization, minimize technical debt, and support company standards.
• Define and improve templates, practices, examples, and quality expectations for requirements, user stories, process flows, data mapping, and stakeholder documentation.
• Develop reusable AI prompts, checklists, and templates that improve BSA productivity and consistency.
• Provide advanced data analysis and insight generation to support business decisions, prioritization, operational improvements, and reporting requirements.
• Mentor peers through artifact review, facilitation support, domain coaching, and feedback.
• Support release and operational readiness by ensuring requirements decisions, dependencies, signoffs, documentation, and handoffs are complete; testing execution remains owned by QA/business partners.
• Identify AI-enabled process improvement and automation opportunities across Pearson VUE workflows, documentation practices, routing, analysis, and reporting.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Advanced requirements leadership, facilitation, and stakeholder influence.
• Strong systems thinking across business processes, applications, data, integrations, security, operations, and support models.
• Ability to resolve ambiguity, synthesize complex information, and recommend practical options.
• Strong written communication, executive-ready summarization, and decision documentation.
• Advanced data analysis and ability to define actionable reporting, metrics, and dashboard requirements.
• Ability to mentor, coach, and raise the quality of analysis across teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile, SDLC, product delivery, backlog management, and release readiness.
• Ability to balance customer needs, operational constraints, scalability, maintainability, risk, and delivery feasibility.
• AI fluency and ability to identify practical, governed AI use cases for work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Technology, Data Analytics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5-8+ years of business analysis, business systems analysis, systems/product analysis, data analysis, or technology delivery experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in Agile, hybrid, or enterprise delivery environments.
• Experience with systems integration, APIs, data flows, reporting, operational workflows, and platform/process modernization.
• IIBA certification, Agile certification, Certification/licensure from a Pearson Professional Assessment partner, IT-related badges, and/or test assessments experience strongly preferred but not required.

Location & Working Pattern

United States. Remote within the United States. Any state restrictions or travel expectations will be shared during the recruitment process.

Compensation

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by factors including skill set, experience, and location. The full-time salary range for this role is $110,000 - $120,000.

This position is eligible to participate in Pearson's sales incentive plan. Information on benefits can be found here. Applications will be accepted through November 9, 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

Why Join Pearson?

This is an opportunity to develop engineering talent, strengthen delivery and quality practices, and help teams adopt emerging AI-assisted ways of working across technology that supports assessment experiences at scale.

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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