Specialist, Content Developer (Physical Sciences)

Pearson; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearson is seeking a Specialist – Science (Physical Sciences) to develop K-12 assessments in a Content Development team. The role combines content expertise with AI-powered item creation and collaboration with state/district partners across the United States.

You will work to ensure accessible, standards-based content, while coordinating with educators, psychometricians, and Pearson groups. Some travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, or equivalent experience.
• Five years’ experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in content areas preferred.
• Professional knowledge of content area and educational trends.
• Some experience in large-scale educational measurement preferred.
• Excellence or potential in AI-supported content development for education.
• Experience with prompting, refining, and evaluating AI-generated content.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to address challenges for diverse audiences.
• Excellent planning, organization and problem-solving; handle multiple activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review content-specific test items for large-scale assessments across grades.
• Create item specs, test blueprints, and related documents.
• Use AI tools to enhance assessment content while ensuring quality and accessibility.
• Integrate AI assets in workflows and provide expert feedback.
• Select, train, and manage item writers based on standards and cognitive complexity.
• Support customer meetings with content assessment expertise.
• Oversee test construction and review of test forms.
• Consult with customers during planning and reviews.
• Collaborate with test development managers, other content developers, psychometricians, and Pearson groups.
• Stay updated on AI technologies in educational content creation.
• Other duties as assigned; some travel required.

Skills

AI-powered content development

Prompting AI

Oral and written communication

Adaptability to AI technologies

Collaborative teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, or equivalent experience

Five years’ elementary/secondary teaching experience (preferred)

Professional knowledge of content area and educational trends

Experience with large-scale educational measurement (preferred)

Excellence or potential in AI-supported content development

Experience with prompting, refining AI-generated content

Strong planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills

Job description

As a Specialist – Science (Physical Sciences) within Content Development team, you will work as both a content and assessment expert to develop K-12 assessments for our state and district clients. Our team develops standards-based assessments for students across the United States. We collaborate with education departments, committees of educators, and business partners to develop assessments of learning that are accessible to all students. We are looking for flexible and creative content experts to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and review content-specific test items, including multiple choice, technology enhanced, extended response, cluster sets, performance-based tasks, and simulations across multiple grade levels for large-scale assessments

• Help develop item, passage, and test specifications, item development plans, test blueprints, and other ancillary documents

• Leverage AI-powered tools to support the development, review, and enhancement of assessment content, ensuring outputs meet quality and accessibility standards

• Collaborate with team members to integrate AI-generated assets in assessment workflows, providing feedback using content and educational expertise

• Help select, assign, manage, and train item/passage writers and educators to develop items based on standards, cognitive complexity, and item development best practices

• Facilitate and support customer meetings and provide content assessment expertise

• Facilitate activities related to test construction and review of composed test forms

• Consult with the customer as required, including participation in planning, status, review meetings, etc.

• Work closely with test development managers, other content developers, psychometricians, and other Pearson groups

• Stay current with emerging technologies relevant to educational content creation and assessment, including AI

• Perform other duties as assigned

• Some travel required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in physics, chemistry, or equivalent experience required

• Five years’ experience as an elementary or secondary teacher in the field of content-specific area preferred

• Professional knowledge of content-specific area and educational trends required

• Some experience in large-scale, educational measurement preferred

• General knowledge of all phases of the development, processing, scoring, and reporting of large-scale assessments preferred

• Demonstrated excellence in AI-supported content development, or clear evidence of strong potential and readiness to leverage AI effectively in content creation

• Experience or familiarity with prompting, refining, and evaluating AI-generated content for education purposes

• Skill in basic software tools and technology and the confidence necessary to work with unfamiliar programs

• Demonstrated interest in learning about and adapting to new AI technologies as they evolve

• Outstanding oral and written communication skills

• Ability to creatively and flexibly address challenges with a variety of audiences

• Excellent planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills and the ability to work on multiple activities and adapt to unexpected event

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $70,000 - $80,000.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

Applications will be accepted through Friday, Oct 30th, 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

Who we are:

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Job: Learning Subject Matter Experts

Job Family: LEARNING_&_CONTENT_DEVELOPMENT

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Remote

Req ID: 26404