Portfolio Manager, Enterprise Learning & AI Strategy

Pearson; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 115,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a skilled Team Manager, Portfolio Management for Enterprise Content & Training to lead scalable learning solutions that advance AI literacy, leadership, and workforce transformation for enterprise customers. You will translate market signals into portfolio roadmaps, guide content strategies, and drive revenue growth while ensuring measurable customer outcomes across learning programs.

Leading a mid-sized team, you’ll collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product, Technology, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing teams in portfolio strategy, content development, curriculum strategy, learning products, enterprise learning, or related fields; experience in high-growth B2B learning environments preferred.
• Strong experience translating customer needs, workforce capability gaps, and market opportunities into scalable learning solutions, portfolio roadmaps, and content strategies.
• Experience evaluating portfolio performance, customer outcomes, market opportunities, and investment priorities to guide growth and portfolio decisions.
• Strong experience developing or managing learning portfolios for workforce transformation, AI skilling, professional skills, leadership development, and/or business transformation needs.
• Proven ability to translate market insights, customer needs, competitive signals, and commercial priorities into scalable content strategies, portfolio roadmaps, and investment recommendations.
• 5+ years of people management experience, including managing mid-sized teams, developing talent, setting OKRs, and driving cross-functional execution across content, product, sales, marketing, technology, and delivery.
• Demonstrated success using data, portfolio performance metrics, customer insights, and revenue analysis to inform prioritization, investment decisions, and continuous improvement.
• Ownership of portfolio performance, including setting growth priorities, evaluating investment trade-offs, identifying market opportunities, and ensuring high-quality content outcomes across the portfolio.
• Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, and decision-making skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership and cross-functional audiences without requiring direct authority.
• Genuine excitement for building new solutions and addressing market demands to help skill the world of work on AI.
• Preferred: Experience with enterprise learning providers, leadership-development organizations, workforce-transformation consultancies, professional-services firms, corporate learning organizations, or other B2B learning and talent-development businesses.
• Preferred: Experience designing, developing, or managing enterprise learning programs, workforce-development solutions, leadership-development offerings, or professional-skills programs for enterprise clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage annual and quarterly portfolio roadmaps for AI literacy, AI-enabled work, leadership development, creative skills, professional skills, and workforce transformation programs for enterprise customers.
• Translate customer business challenges, workforce capability needs, market research, competitive insights, and revenue priorities into portfolio strategy, learning-program investments, and content roadmaps.
• Plan for scalable enterprise learning programs and learning journeys that combine digital learning, live training, assessments, credentials, and other learning experiences to achieve customer outcomes.
• Ensure the team delivers products and learning solutions to market on schedule while meeting quality standards and portfolio performance goals.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of portfolio and content professionals, establishing priorities, operating rhythms, performance expectations, and development plans.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Product, Technology, Operations, Delivery, and external partners to shape customer solutions, accelerate execution, and support revenue growth.
• Lead research and analysis on emerging workforce, leadership, professional-skills, and AI adoption trends, translating insights into new portfolio opportunities and market-focused solutions.

Skills

Portfolio management

Content development

Curriculum strategy

Learning products

Enterprise learning

Team leadership

OKRs

Cross-functional execution

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Pearson is seeking a skilled Team Manager, Portfolio Management for Enterprise Content & Training to lead scalable learning solutions that advance AI literacy, leadership, and workforce transformation for enterprise customers. You will translate market signals into portfolio roadmaps, guide content strategies, and drive revenue growth while ensuring measurable customer outcomes across learning programs.

Leading a mid-sized team, you’ll collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product, Technology, and