Senior Product Manager, Content Standards & AI Workflows

Pearson; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a senior product manager/strategist to standardize content planning, building, and measurement across units. You’ll guide taxonomy and metadata work, redesign workflows, and partner with content leaders to deliver high-quality, AI-enabled content solutions.

You will mentor PMs and influence senior stakeholders while operating hands-on near Pearson’s toughest edges. The role emphasizes driving measurable improvements in quality, using editorial workflow, and building a

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of product management experience in content/publishing domains.
• Hands-on ownership of content standards work: taxonomy and metadata design.
• Experience with authoring, production, and delivery platforms (CMS/DAM/LCMS).
• Built and shipped substantive content systems in the last 12–18 months with AI tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead embedded content build and standards within business units.
• Redesign production workflows to reduce handoffs and rework.
• Partner with content leaders to align strategy and craft.
• Design training anchored in real content problems at Pearson.
• Champion AI fluency and measure quality improvements.

Skills

Product management

Content strategy

Taxonomies

Metadata design

AI tooling

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Storytelling with data

Education

Advanced degree

Tools

CMS

DAM

LCMS

XML content systems

Job description

Pearson is seeking a senior product manager/strategist to standardize content planning, building, and measurement across units. You’ll guide taxonomy and metadata work, redesign workflows, and partner with content leaders to deliver high-quality, AI-enabled content solutions.

You will mentor PMs and influence senior stakeholders while operating hands-on near Pearson’s toughest edges. The role emphasizes driving measurable improvements in quality, using editorial workflow, and building a