Senior Product Program Lead

Pearson; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Lead Specialist in Higher Education Product Program Management to own a program end to end, including roadmap, dependencies, risks, and realistic timelines. You will lead across Product, Engineering, UX, Content, and Go-to-Market, balancing priorities with your partners to shape the program plan.

This senior individual contributor role requires hands-on delivery focus, an ability to navigate ambiguity, and a track record of delivering measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in program or technical program management.
• Experience leading multi-team programs from planning through launch.
• Strong engineering collaboration and ability to influence leaders.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program plan across product, engineering, UX, content, and go-to-market.
• Drive prioritization tradeoffs with Product and Engineering.
• Manage delivery schedules and launch readiness across teams.
• Surface and mitigate dependency risks.

Skills

Program management

Technical collaboration

Roadmap ownership

Cross-team leadership

Ambiguity handling

Influence leaders

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Jira Product Discovery

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Lead Specialist in Higher Education Product Program Management to own a program end to end, including roadmap, dependencies, risks, and realistic timelines. You will lead across Product, Engineering, UX, Content, and Go-to-Market, balancing priorities with your partners to shape the program plan.

This senior individual contributor role requires hands-on delivery focus, an ability to navigate ambiguity, and a track record of delivering measurable outcomes.