Senior Program Manager - Global Delivery (Remote US)

Pearson; Charleston (WV); Remote; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

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, Architecture, Engineering, QE, Operations, and executive stakeholders to keep work aligned with business priorities and contracts.

You will lead delivery planning, risk mitigation, and release coordination across globally distributed teams, using program-management expertise and influencing without formal

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of project, program, or delivery management experience.
• Experience leading enterprise software delivery and scaled / Agile delivery environments.
• Demonstrated success managing complex, cross-functional programs and globally distributed teams.
• PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or equivalent certification strongly preferred but not required.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

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.

Skills

Program delivery

Technical fluency

Executive comms

Stakeholder mgmt

Facilitation

Negotiation

Global teams

Leadership without authority

Mentoring

Ambiguity resolution

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, CS

Tools

PM tooling

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, Architecture, Engineering, QE, Operations, and executive stakeholders to keep work aligned with business priorities and contracts.

You will lead delivery planning, risk mitigation, and release coordination across globally distributed teams, using program-management expertise and influencing without formal