Senior Program Manager, AI-Driven Transformation

Pearson; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Business Transformation & AI Enablement to lead cross-functional initiatives from discovery through delivery and transition to operations. The role blends project management, business analysis, process improvement, and AI enablement to modernize financial and operations work.

You will build integrated plans across waterfall, Agile, and hybrid delivery, provide concise reporting, and partner with Finance and technology teams to realize measurable

Qualifications

• Demonstrated success leading complex projects or programs with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, dependencies, stakeholder alignment, and measurable outcomes.
• Experience in business analysis, process improvement, operational transformation, or comparable discipline.
• Practical experience using AI, automation, analytics, or digital tools to improve business work. Candidates should be able to describe what they built or implemented, how they evaluated it, and what business outcome it supported.
• Strong financial and data literacy, with the ability to reconcile information, identify patterns or anomalies, build clear analyses, and communicate implications.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365. Strong Excel skills are required; experience with tools such as Power BI, Power Automate, Copilot, Visio, SharePoint, PjM software, Azure DevOps, as well as LLMs, prototyping tools, etc. or comparable platforms is needed.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and executive-communication skills, including the ability to make complex work understandable and actionable.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, operate independently, exercise sound judgment, and bring structure to ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional product-development and business-transformation initiatives from discovery through delivery and transition to operations.
• Build integrated plans across waterfall, Agile, and hybrid delivery environments; adapt the approach to the work rather than applying methodology mechanically.
• Provide concise, evidence-based reporting for project teams, sponsors, governance forums, Finance, and senior leaders.
• Develop/improve the tools, reports, dashboards to ensure information is accessible and actionable.
• Partner with Finance to provide business stakeholders with day to day support re: financial reporting, project and capacity reporting, project coding, visibility and troubleshooting.
• Identify and prioritize automation and AI opportunities; pilot, measure, and scale measurable business value.

Skills

Program management

AI enablement

Financial literacy

Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder management

Change management

Tools

Power BI

Power Automate

Copilot

Visio

SharePoint

PjM software

Azure DevOps

Job description

Pearson is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Business Transformation & AI Enablement to lead cross-functional initiatives from discovery through delivery and transition to operations. The role blends project management, business analysis, process improvement, and AI enablement to modernize financial and operations work.

You will build integrated plans across waterfall, Agile, and hybrid delivery, provide concise reporting, and partner with Finance and technology teams to realize measurable