Senior Program Manager, Strategic Delivery - Remote

Pearson; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sales incentive plan

Job summary

Pearson seeks an Advanced Specialist, Project Management to drive planning, execution, and delivery of strategic initiatives across multiple squads. They bridge Product Management, Engineering, and executive stakeholders to keep squads aligned to priorities and platform investments.

The role leads delivery planning, risk mitigation, and release coordination across a globally distributed onshore and offshore workforce, using program-management expertise and influence without formal authority.

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.

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 management

Delivery management

Executive communication

Cross-team collaboration

Leadership without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Cloud

APIs

CI/CD

Microservices

Job description

Pearson seeks an Advanced Specialist, Project Management to drive planning, execution, and delivery of strategic initiatives across multiple squads. They bridge Product Management, Engineering, and executive stakeholders to keep squads aligned to priorities and platform investments.

The role leads delivery planning, risk mitigation, and release coordination across a globally distributed onshore and offshore workforce, using program-management expertise and influence without formal authority.