Senior Product Program Lead

Pearson

Columbia (SC)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 150,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Lead Specialist for Higher Education Product Program Management to own a complete program lifecycle, from roadmaps to risk management and delivery across Product, Engineering, UX, Content, and Go-to-Market. You will collaborate with senior stakeholders to align priorities, manage dependencies, and ensure on-time outcomes that support Pearson's Higher Education strategy globally.

This senior IC role emphasizes hands-on delivery, clear decision-making, and impact measurement

Qualifications

10+ years of program or technical program management experience in a technology, product, or software organization.
Technical understanding and strong engineering collaboration.
Experience owning program roadmaps, delivery schedules, and cross-team dependencies across multiple product and engineering teams, including distributed teams in different time zones.
Ability to influence senior leaders without direct authority, manage escalations, and hold a recommendation under pressure.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end program plan across product, engineering, UX, content, and go-to-market, and the OKRs it delivers each quarter.
Drive delivery schedules and launch readiness across multiple teams, including globally-distributed teams.
Build strong working relationships with Engineering, Product, UX, Content, Finance, and go-to-market partners across US and international teams.