Senior Product Program Lead — Cross-Functional Velocity

Pearson

Baton Rouge (LA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 150,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Pearson Higher Education seeks an experienced Product Program Manager to lead cross-functional programs, coordinating product, engineering, UX, and content delivery with clear OKRs each quarter. You will manage dependencies, risk, and stakeholder alignment across US and international teams.

You will drive planning cadence, governance, and transparency using Jira/JPD, Confluence, and AI-assisted tooling to optimize delivery and outcomes.

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.
Surface dependency risk early, before it blocks another team, and escalate with a recommendation attached.
Build strong working relationships with Engineering, Product, UX, Content, Finance, and go-to-market partners across US and international teams.