Remote Partnership & Projects Lead

Pearson; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist, Partnership Management to support School Assessment in delivering programs. You will coordinate with customers, vendors, and cross-functional teams, manage scope, and help ensure on-time, quality results across projects.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience, 2-3 years PM experience, PMI principles familiarity, and strong communication. This remote role may involve travel and offers a $65,000–$75,000 annual salary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience.
• 2-3 years of experience in a project management role.
• PMP certification or understanding PMI principles (Preferred).
• Flexibility in the workplace.
• Ability to make decisions based upon limited information.
• Demonstrate ability to manage multiple, conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Significant experience with customer service and project management.
• Understand team dynamics and foster a positive team environment.
• High sense of urgency and attention to detail.
• Effective verbal/written communication, listening, negotiation and facilitation skills; ability to present.
• MS Office applications: Word, Outlook, Excel, MS Project, Visio, PowerPoint.
• Some travel required.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain positive relationships with internal resources and external customers.
• Provide outstanding customer service; be responsive and timely to questions and requests.
• Serve as a point-of-contact to customers and cross-functional teams for day-to-day execution.
• Interpret and meet customer expectations to ensure satisfaction.
• Manage project lifecycle from initiation to close.
• Maintain project management plan, requirements, schedule, and other documentation.
• Network with stakeholders to meet project goals.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards and review deliverables.
• Support implementation of SOWs and contracts; manage changes to scope, schedule, and costs.
• Mitigate project risk events and implement approved actions.
• Identify process improvements to reduce costs while maintaining quality; monitor effectiveness.
• Measure project performance and communicate results to stakeholders.
• Assist in change control processes and scope documentation.
• Identify and track risks; develop workarounds as needed.
• Execute tasks per project plan to meet deliverables.
• Prepare and present internal/external program status reports.

Skills

Project management

PMP certification

Flexibility

Decision making

Priorities management

Customer service

Team dynamics

Urgency/detail orientation

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Microsoft Office

Travel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

MS Project

Visio

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Outlook

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Specialist, Partnership Management to support School Assessment in delivering programs. You will coordinate with customers, vendors, and cross-functional teams, manage scope, and help ensure on-time, quality results across projects.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience, 2-3 years PM experience, PMI principles familiarity, and strong communication. This remote role may involve travel and offers a $65,000–$75,000 annual salary.