Job Title - Advanced Specialist, Product Manager

Description

Youll own the vision and evolution of Q-interactive, Pearsons market-leading iOS assessment platform, shaping how clinicians deliver digital assessments through data-driven, user-centred product decisions.

Overview

We are Pearson, the worlds learning company. We combine world-class educational content and assessment, powered by services and technology, to enable more effective teaching and personalized learning at scale. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better.

As the Advanced Specialist, Product Manager you will serve as a key leader within Clinical Assessments Technology Strategy group. Q-interactive is an innovative and market-leading iOS-based assessment platform for psychologists, speech language pathologists, and other clinical professionals. Its transforming the field of assessment, and we are seeking a passionate and experienced Product Manager to join our high-performing team with end-to-end accountability for shaping and delivering the future of this platform. You will partner with other Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to drive the vision, strategy, and execution of Q-interactive. You will collaborate closely with these cross-functional teams to deliver a user-friendly, highly functional, and scalable product that meets the evolving needs of our users.

This position reports to the Lead, Product Manager Q Platforms.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Product Vision & Strategy : Own and evolve the product vision, strategy, and outcome-based roadmap for the iOS assessment application, aligning it with business goals and customer needs.



• Customer Discovery : Lead continuous product discovery alongside design and engineering, regularly engaging with customers and stakeholders to identify, validate, and prioritize the most valuable problems to solve.



• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Collaborate within the 4-in-the-box model (with Product Design, Engineering, and Scrum Master) to ensure shared ownership of outcomes, strong team alignment, and fast, high-quality decision-making across the product lifecycle.



• Feature Development : Translate strategy and customer insights into clearly articulated problems, desired outcomes, and success metrics, working with the team to shape solutions and maintain a prioritized backlog aligned to outcomes.



• Metrics-Driven Decisions : Define success metrics, ensure proper instrumentation is in place, track KPIs, and make data-driven decisions to inform trade-offs, and iteratively improve product outcomes.



• Stakeholder Management : Communicate product updates, vision, and progress to internal and external stakeholders. Drive alignment through clear prioritization decisions and transparent trade-offs aligned to business objectives.



• Competitive Analysis : Stay informed on industry trends, competitor activities, and market demands, leveraging insights to keep the product ahead of the competition.

We are looking for the following strengths and qualifications:

• 3-5+ years of product management experience, preferably with iOS applications, educational technologies, or assessment platforms.



• Strong understanding of iOS design principles, development processes, and Apples App Store guidelines.



• Strong understanding of modern product development practices including continuous discovery, outcome-based roadmaps, and empowered, cross-functional teams



• Demonstrated ability to identify and deeply understand customer problems and translate them into impactful product solutions.



• Experience using product analytics, experimentation, and metrics to inform decisions. Familiarity with tools like Pendo, Mixpanel, Looker, SQL (or equivalents) is a plus.



• Demonstrated experience owning product outcomes rather than delivery outputs.



• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to accelerate product work, including rapid prototyping, hypothesis testing, experiment design, and synthesis of customer and data insights, resulting in improved decision quality and team efficiency.



• Solid understanding of technical constraints and trade-offs related to mobile development, APIs, and third-party integrations.



• Experience working with remote or globally distributed teams.

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: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL\_TIME

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Req ID: 22466