Senior Product Program Lead, Cross-Functional Delivery

Pearson; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a senior Program Manager to own and drive complex, multi-team product programs in Higher Education. You will manage roadmaps, dependencies, risks, and outcomes across Product, Engineering, UX, Content, and Go-to-Market, aligning with quarterly OKRs.

You’ll lead cross-functional delivery, influence senior stakeholders, and ensure on-time outcomes while collaborating with global teams and leveraging AI-assisted tooling for efficiency.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program or technical program management experience in a technology, product, or software organization, including 5+ years leading complex, multi-team programs from planning through launch.
• 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.
• Own prioritization tradeoffs with Product and Engineering leads.
• Drive delivery schedules and launch readiness across multiple teams, including globally-distributed teams, and anticipate bottlenecks before they reach the critical path.
• Build strong working relationships with Engineering, Product, UX, Content, Finance, and go-to-market partners across US and international teams.

Skills

Program management

Technical collaboration

Cross-team coordination

Influence leadership

Delivery data

Written communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Jira Product Discovery

Job description

Pearson is seeking a senior Program Manager to own and drive complex, multi-team product programs in Higher Education. You will manage roadmaps, dependencies, risks, and outcomes across Product, Engineering, UX, Content, and Go-to-Market, aligning with quarterly OKRs.

You’ll lead cross-functional delivery, influence senior stakeholders, and ensure on-time outcomes while collaborating with global teams and leveraging AI-assisted tooling for efficiency.