Curriculum Product Program Manager

Pearson; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Job summary

Pearson seeks a Curriculum Product Program Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of complex curriculum and content-development initiatives across Product, Curriculum, Content, Operations, Technology, QA and external partners.

You will own project planning from initiation to launch, manage risks and changes, and ensure governance and timely delivery with strong communication across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• 3+ years of project or program management experience in curriculum, education technology, digital products, publishing, or related field.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead curriculum and content-development projects from initiation through launch and closeout.
• Define scope, outcomes, deliverables, milestones, schedules, dependencies, roles, and success measures.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans across content creation, reviews, QA, and release readiness.
• Drive work toward committed dates and negotiate priorities as needed.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, and change impacts; propose actionable remedies.
• Maintain governance, communication rhythms, and concise status reporting for leadership.
• Coordinate deliverables, reviews, approvals, and dependencies across internal teams and external partners.
• Manage partner performance against scope, schedule, and quality, and drive recovery plans when needed.
• Ensure compliance with content, accessibility, and quality assurance processes.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Adaptability

Learning to learn

AI-assisted planning

Organizational skills

Delivery governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

PM tools

Job description

Pearson seeks a Curriculum Product Program Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of complex curriculum and content-development initiatives across Product, Curriculum, Content, Operations, Technology, QA and external partners.

You will own project planning from initiation to launch, manage risks and changes, and ensure governance and timely delivery with strong communication across distributed teams.