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Job Title: Lead Specialist, Product Management
Company Name: Pearson
Location: Hoboken, NJ USA
Position Type: Full Time
Post Date: 05/16/2026
Expire Date: 06/15/2026
Job Categories: Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations, Engineering, Sports and Recreation, Research & Development
Job Description
Lead Specialist, Product Management

Join our Team today! Pearson is evolving into a strategic partner, empowering enterprise organizations to navigate market shifts, future-proof talent, and drive measurable impact through AI assessments, workforce analytics, and accredited learning.



The Role



Help shape how millions of learners and professionals carry, share, and use verified learning and education records. As Lead Specialsit, Product Manager Pearson's working with our learning credential wallet product roadmap and our existing Credly Workforce product model, youll lead delivery at the intersection of verifiable credentials, workforce mobility, and learner identity. Youll turn bold ideas into real, shipped experiencesworking side-by-side with engineering and designand help define what credentialing in a wallet-first world looks like.



What You'll Own




  • Own end-to-end delivery of prioritized features across Pearson Wallet and Credly Workforcekeeping work tightly aligned to business goals and real learner outcomes


  • Translate business needs into crisp, actionable requirements and documentation so teams can build with clarity and confidence


  • Partner day-to-day with engineering, UX, and cross-functional stakeholders to unblock work, sharpen scope, and ship on a predictable cadence


  • Coach and mentor teammates on product craft, process, and technical fluencyraising the bar for how we build


  • Surface risks, dependencies, and gaps earlyand drive them to resolution before they slow delivery



About You




  • Adaptability: Navigate change, re-prioritize fast, and keep teams moving


  • Artificial Intelligence: Use AI concepts/tools to streamline work and unlock new ideas


  • Business Acumen: Tie product choices to strategy, metrics, and outcomes


  • Customer Discovery: Find customer truths and turn insights into product bets


  • Data Analysis: Use data (and judgment) to decide and validate impact


  • Design Thinking: Apply a human-centered approach from discovery to launch


  • Product Development: Drive delivery from idea to launch to iteration


  • Product Requirements Documents: Create and maintain PRDs that align teams and enable execution


  • Stakeholder Engagement: Build alignment fast and communicate tradeoffs


  • Strategic Thinking: Set direction, connect dots, and make smart bets in ambiguity


  • Storytelling: Make complex ideas simple so people align and act


  • Technology Roadmap: Align teams on now/next/laterand why


  • Value Proposition: Clearly state value and deliver experiences customers choose



Qualifications (Education & Experience):




  • Proven product management experience, ideally shipping digital products at scale


  • Strong track record delivering complex, cross-functional features and projects end-to-end


  • Experience partnering closely with UX and engineering in a collaborative, iterative environment


  • Comfort with agile methodologies and fast-paced delivery cycles


  • Experience with digital wallets, verifiable credentials, or open credentialing standards (e.g., Open Badges, W3C Verifiable Credentials, CLR) is a plusbut not required; well help you ramp up quickly



Ready to make an Impact?



This is a full-time and remote working role position with occasional travel in our Hoboken, New Jersey office



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 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 $160,000 to $180,000.



This position is eligible to participate in a sales incentive plan, and information on benefits offered is here.



Applications will be accepted through May 22, 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs



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Who we are:



At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.



Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.



If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.



Job: Product Management



Job Family: PRODUCT



Organization: Enterprise Learning & Skills



Schedule: FULL\_TIME



Workplace Type:



Req ID: 23954



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