Remote Strategic Program Manager — Global Delivery

Pearson; Honolulu (HI); 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 a remote United States setting. The role bridges Product, Architecture, Engineering, QE, and Operations, ensuring alignment with priorities and contractual obligations.

With 5+ years in project or delivery management and enterprise software delivery experience, you will lead dependencies, risk mitigation, and executive communications while

Qualifications

• Advanced program/delivery management: planning, dependencies, risks, release coordination, exec reporting.
• Technical fluency (cloud, microservices, APIs, CI/CD) to facilitate decisions.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder facilitation.
• Ability to lead delivery across globally distributed onshore/offshore teams.
• Leadership and mentoring without formal authority.
• Ability to resolve ambiguity and balance priorities.

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.
• 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

Delivery management

Technical fluency

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Influence without authority

Ambiguity resolution

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, IS, Eng, CS

Job description

Pearson is seeking an Advanced Specialist, Project Management to drive planning, execution, and delivery of strategic initiatives across multiple squads in a remote United States setting. The role bridges Product, Architecture, Engineering, QE, and Operations, ensuring alignment with priorities and contractual obligations.

With 5+ years in project or delivery management and enterprise software delivery experience, you will lead dependencies, risk mitigation, and executive communications while