Senior Lead, Product Program Manager

Pearson is a global education company that is seeking a Senior Lead, Product Program Manager to oversee strategic software development program management for their data products and services. This leadership role involves managing software product programs, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage all software product programs and initiatives, ensuring they are scoped, designed, and delivered
• Support the development and execution of strategic product roadmaps, initiatives and plans. Work closely with senior leadership to develop and align programs with organizational goals
• Develop and maintain the product roadmap with product, design and engineering for Higher Education products
• Develop, test, train, and deploy the data products to deliver the product experience including ML, Domain graph, and LLM approaches
• Define, design, and deliver the end-to-end data approach to ensure embedded data traceability, experimentation, and analysis to support the product and user experience
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority, ensuring strategic alignment of outcomes. Notably this is a platform role and will require strong xfunctional relationship development cross sr stakeholders in all Pearson BUs as Authoring is a critical capability for most of Pearson
• Monitor, identify and implement product and process improvements to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness of PSG overall

Requirements:

• Proven experience in software program management, with a track record of successfully delivering complex software programs and initiatives
• Strong strategic thinking and planning skills, with the ability to align programs with organizational goals
• Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams, driving collaboration and alignment across the organization with high influence management and domain understanding pan Pearson for authoring and content creation
• Strong understanding of data management, data analytics, and data governance principles
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use data to inform decisions
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience providing strategic support to senior leadership, including preparing reports and presentations
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, or a related field
• Advanced degree preferred