Remote Program Management Lead — Delivery & Alignment

Pearson; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking an Advanced Specialist, Project Management to drive planning, execution, and delivery of strategic initiatives across multiple squads in the United States. The role bridges Product Management, Architecture, Engineering, QA, Operations, and exec stakeholders, ensuring alignment to priorities, obligations, and platform investments.

The candidate will lead delivery planning, dependency and risk management, and executive reporting across a globally distributed onshore/offshore

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of project, program, or delivery management experience.
• Experience leading enterprise software delivery and scaled / Agile delivery environments.
• PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or equivalent certification strongly preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery for a medium-to-large program or multiple squads.
• Own cross-squad dependency management, critical-path management, and risk mitigation.
• Coordinate release planning and execution across squads and platforms.
• Provide executive-ready delivery transparency — status, risks, and decisions needed.
• Align squads to business priorities, contractual obligations, and platform investments.
• Facilitate program ceremonies, planning, and cross-team alignment.
• Drive delivery process improvements and predictability across squads.
• Use AI and PM tooling for planning, reporting, and risk intelligence.

Skills

Advanced program / delivery management

Technical fluency

Executive communication

Global delivery across distributed >

Mentoring without authority

Ambiguity resolution

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/IS/Engineering/CS

Job description

Pearson is seeking an Advanced Specialist, Project Management to drive planning, execution, and delivery of strategic initiatives across multiple squads in the United States. The role bridges Product Management, Architecture, Engineering, QA, Operations, and exec stakeholders, ensuring alignment to priorities, obligations, and platform investments.

The candidate will lead delivery planning, dependency and risk management, and executive reporting across a globally distributed onshore/offshore