Portfolio Strategy Lead - Enterprise Learning & AI

Pearson; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 115,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson, a world-leading education company, seeks a Team Manager, Portfolio Management for Enterprise Content & Training in Denver. You will own portfolio strategy, guide a team of content professionals, and translate market needs into scalable learning solutions to drive revenue and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities include building annual/quarterly roadmaps for AI literacy, leadership development, and workforce transformation, coordinating across sales, product, and partners, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing teams in portfolio strategy, content development, curriculum strategy, learning products, enterprise learning, or related fields.
• 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.

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

Team leadership

Portfolio strategy

Content development

Enterprise learning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Pearson, a world-leading education company, seeks a Team Manager, Portfolio Management for Enterprise Content & Training in Denver. You will own portfolio strategy, guide a team of content professionals, and translate market needs into scalable learning solutions to drive revenue and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities include building annual/quarterly roadmaps for AI literacy, leadership development, and workforce transformation, coordinating across sales, product, and partners, and