Senior Product Program Lead

Pearson; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a senior Lead Specialist in Higher Education Product Program Management to drive end-to-end programs across product, engineering, UX, content, and go-to-market. You will align dependencies, risks, and delivery with global teams and executive stakeholders, ensuring on-time outcomes and sustained program health.

This senior individual contributor role sits within Pearson's Higher Education portfolio, emphasizing hands-on delivery, charter governance, and cross-functional

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program or technical program management experience in a technology, product, or software organization.
• Technical understanding and strong engineering collaboration with scope, sequencing and risk insight.
• Experience owning program roadmaps, delivery schedules, and cross-team dependencies.
• Ability to influence senior leaders without direct authority and manage escalations.
• Strong written communication and facilitation with decisions driven in meetings.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end program plan across product, engineering, UX, content, and go-to-market.
• Drive delivery schedules and launch readiness across multiple teams.
• Surface and manage dependencies and risks across global teams.
• Write and maintain the program charter and key planning documents.

Skills

Program management

Technical program management

Cross-team leadership

Ambiguity handling

Influence without authority

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Jira Product Discovery

Job description

Pearson is seeking a senior Lead Specialist in Higher Education Product Program Management to drive end-to-end programs across product, engineering, UX, content, and go-to-market. You will align dependencies, risks, and delivery with global teams and executive stakeholders, ensuring on-time outcomes and sustained program health.

This senior individual contributor role sits within Pearson's Higher Education portfolio, emphasizing hands-on delivery, charter governance, and cross-functional