Senior Product Manager, Assessment Platforms

Pearson; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson in Baton Rouge, LA seeks an Advanced Specialist in Product Management to own direction for assessment products, including authoring, item banking, test assembly, and publishing. You will translate customer and regulatory needs into a clear product vision, roadmap, and backlog for agile teams.

You will lead discovery with researchers, psychometricians, and engineers, balance value with feasibility, and explore AI-enabled approaches while guarding governance, security, and assessment

Qualifications

• Proven track record as an individual contributor product manager.
• Strong discovery skills: interviews, usability sessions, and problem framing.
• Hands-on familiarity with AI-assisted workflows and generative AI in product work.
• Experience collaborating with engineering and design in iterative delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional alignment and measure outcomes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to simplify complex concepts.

Responsibilities

• Define strategy and outcomes with an outcome-driven product roadmap.
• Lead discovery with users and stakeholders to uncover opportunities.
• Collaborate with engineering and design as a single team with clear artefacts.
• Own quality from concept to delivery, ensuring successful shipping and governance.
• Apply AI capabilities pragmatically to improve outcomes while ensuring security and integrity.
• Communicate progress, trade-offs, and risks to stakeholders clearly.

Skills

Product management

Discovery skills

AI in product

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven

Communication

Ambiguity handling

Requirements writing

Job description

Pearson in Baton Rouge, LA seeks an Advanced Specialist in Product Management to own direction for assessment products, including authoring, item banking, test assembly, and publishing. You will translate customer and regulatory needs into a clear product vision, roadmap, and backlog for agile teams.

You will lead discovery with researchers, psychometricians, and engineers, balance value with feasibility, and explore AI-enabled approaches while guarding governance, security, and assessment