Senior Program Delivery Lead – Remote (US)

Pearson; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Pearson is seeking an Advanced Specialist, Project Management to drive planning, execution, and delivery of strategic initiatives across multiple squads. You will bridge Product Management, Business Analysis, Architecture, Engineering, QE, Operations and executives, ensuring alignment to priorities and contracts.

This role oversees delivery planning, dependency and risk management, stakeholder communication, and release coordination across a globally distributed team in the US.

Qualifications

• Advanced program / delivery management: planning, dependency and risk management, release coordination, and executive reporting.
• Technical fluency (cloud, microservices, APIs, CI/CD) to facilitate decisions — not a hands-on developer.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution.
• Ability to drive delivery across globally distributed onshore and offshore teams.
• Leadership and influence without formal authority; mentoring and coaching capability.
• Ability to resolve ambiguity and balance competing priorities and constraints.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery for a medium-to-large program or multiple squads.
• Own cross-squad dependency management, critical-path management, and risk mitigation.
• Coordinate release planning and execution across squads and platforms.
• Provide executive-ready delivery transparency — status, risks, and decisions needed — as a single reliable view of what is in flight and at risk.
• Align squads to business priorities, contractual obligations, and platform investments.
• Facilitate program ceremonies, planning, and cross-team alignment.
• Drive delivery process improvements and predictability across squads.
• Use AI and PM tooling for planning, reporting, and risk intelligence.
• Carries meaningful people-influence responsibilities without direct reports: mentors and coaches project managers, leads cross-team without formal authority.

Skills

Delivery management

Technical fluency

Executive communication

Global collaboration

Mentoring & coaching

Ambiguity handling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

PMP / PgMP / SAFe certification

Job description

Pearson is seeking an Advanced Specialist, Project Management to drive planning, execution, and delivery of strategic initiatives across multiple squads. You will bridge Product Management, Business Analysis, Architecture, Engineering, QE, Operations and executives, ensuring alignment to priorities and contracts.

This role oversees delivery planning, dependency and risk management, stakeholder communication, and release coordination across a globally distributed team in the US.