Senior Partnership Management Specialist (Hybrid)

Pearson; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive program

Benefits package

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Pearson seeks an Advanced Specialist, Partnership Management to lead and shape large-scale assessment programs in collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will guide development, administration, and client-facing activities, ensuring alignment with contracts, schedules, and budgets.

In this hybrid role, you will serve clients such as state education agencies, drive program success, and contribute to product and service development while managing expectations and ensuring high-quality

Qualifications

• Advanced graduate degree with a concentration in policy, assessment, or measurement (in education or a related field)
• Experience in management in an area related to large-scale testing, preferably in certification and licensing
• Professional experience managing and supporting project & program contracts
• 3 years of experience in the educational testing and assessment industry preferred
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, organizational skills, analytical and problem-solving abilities, and facilitation skills
• Experience directing the activities of staff in planning, organizing, scheduling, monitoring, and evaluating work
• Experience in client relationship management and project management
• Experience organizing and prioritizing workloads and successfully handling complex situations independently
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, assume ownership of responsibilities, and drive projects and deliverables to successful completion with minimal supervision
• Demonstration of a strong analytic capability and knowledge of education policies, issues, and programs
• Travel as needed up to 25%

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in support of the Lead, Partnership Management
• Provides the Lead, Partnership Management regular program status updates
• Meets with Lead, Partnership Management and other colleagues on a regular basis to review program status and planning
• Represents both the client perspective and the corporate perspective in decision-making
• May participate in the development of proposals, contract amendments, subcontracts, and statements of work to ensure that they are accurate and completed in a timely manner
• Brings knowledge of testing and measurement to the process of designing and implementing tests so that they meet professional standards and the needs of the client
• Brings knowledge of client needs to inform product and service development.

Skills

Excellent written and oral communi…

Education

Advanced graduate degree in policy/assessment/measurement

Experience in large-scale testing management

Management of project & program contracts

3 years in educational testing/assessment

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Staff leadership in planning/organizing/scheduling

Client relationship management & project management

Ability to prioritize workloads independently

Initiative ownership to drive projects

Analytic capability; knowledge of education policies

Travel up to 25%

Job description

Pearson seeks an Advanced Specialist, Partnership Management to lead and shape large-scale assessment programs in collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will guide development, administration, and client-facing activities, ensuring alignment with contracts, schedules, and budgets.

In this hybrid role, you will serve clients such as state education agencies, drive program success, and contribute to product and service development while managing expectations and ensuring high-quality