AI-Driven Engineering Manager, Data Foundations Platform

Pearson; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Data Foundations program, overseeing roadmap execution, platform readiness, migration sequencing, and collaboration across data sources, downstream consumers, and partner teams.

You will drive data contracts, quality gates, observability, and release governance while partnering with Security, Compliance, DevOps, and vendors to ensure continuity and scale of AI-enabled capabilities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading AI-enabled product delivery.
• Experience with data foundations and platform modernization.
• Ability to review technical decisions with engineers at a high level.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering delivery for Data Foundations including roadmap execution and migration sequencing.
• Set data contracts, quality gates, lineage, and observability.
• Partner with Product, Security, DevOps, Compliance and vendors to align priorities and protect continuity during modernization.
• Coach capability and run performance and development conversations.
• Build reusable tooling and evaluation suites adopted across teams.

Skills

AI Fluency

Problem Solving

Technical Acumen

Learning to Learn

Information Security

Cloud Computing

DevOps

Software Design

API Management

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Pearson is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Data Foundations program, overseeing roadmap execution, platform readiness, migration sequencing, and collaboration across data sources, downstream consumers, and partner teams.

You will drive data contracts, quality gates, observability, and release governance while partnering with Security, Compliance, DevOps, and vendors to ensure continuity and scale of AI-enabled capabilities.