Engineering Team Lead: AI-Driven Delivery & Leadership

Pearson

Phoenix (AZ)

On-site

USD 165,000 - 175,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Pearson is seeking three Software Engineering Team Managers in the United States to lead engineering teams across Vue Testing Services, OnVue Exam Developer and Test Delivery. You will translate priorities into achievable plans, strengthen engineering and delivery practices, and develop people while managing risk.

This role emphasizes coaching, accountability, and responsible AI adoption with minimal hands-on coding.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field.
Proven experience leading technical professionals and building effective teams.
Experience delivering software products, platforms or technology services in Agile environments.
Knowledge of modern software delivery, cloud, DevOps, CI/CD, automation, security, reliability and observability.
Experience making people, capacity, priority and delivery decisions across functions.
Experience working across distributed teams/time zones.
Practical experience with AI-assisted engineering tools and risk-aware usage.

Responsibilities

Hire, onboard, coach, develop and retain engineers and technical professionals.
Set clear goals, feedback rhythms, development plans and team operating practices.
Translate priorities into achievable team plans, capacity choices and ownership.
Track sprint and release progress, dependencies, blockers, defects, quality and delivery risks.
Partner with Product, Architecture, Quality Engineering, DevOps, Security, Operations and business stakeholders.
Maintain standards for design, testing, automation, security, observability and documentation.
Use signals to identify patterns and drive improvement.
Guide AI-assisted development, testing, review and documentation while protecting quality and security.