Job Description
About the position
Pearson Virtual Schools is seeking an experienced Principal Product Manager to
pioneer new product offerings in emerging and adjacent markets, applying strong
product judgment to turn opportunities into measurable business outcomes.
Within Pearson Virtual Schools, Pearson's fastest growing line of business, you
will incubate new AI-powered digital products in the K-12 market by uncovering
unmet customer needs, validating opportunities through experimentation, and
informing investment priorities with supporting evidence. This role requires
strong product leadership, a bias toward action, and the ability to continually
evaluate when to persevere or pivot based on supporting evidence and a strong
sense of product strategy.
You will be expected to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams across
the enterprise, driving alignment by inspiring trust, clarity, and confidence in
an evolving product vision.
The ideal candidate thrives in evolving environments continuously adapting to
new information through analytics and customer feedback to inform
decision-making with a bias toward action.
This is a primarily remote role, with occasional travel for in-person
collaboration with colleagues and customers.
- Responsibilities
- Define and lead a discovery-led product roadmap for new offerings, guiding investment decisions through rapid experimentation and evidence-basedvalidation of customer, technical, and business assumptions.
- Shape the product incubator operating model and stage-gating process, calibrating investment levels based on evidence, confidence, and validateddata.
- Explore mergers, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships to accelerate product strategy as an alternative to internal development.
- Lead the adoption of AI-powered tools and automation to enhance product discovery, decision-making, and efficiency across the product lifecycle.
- Thoughtfully apply AI/ML to solve meaningful customer problems, creating differentiated products that deliver sustained outcomes.
- Partner with Design, Engineering, Research, Data Science and customer-facing teams to discover, define, and launch new products and features.
- Collaborate with Product Marketing and support teams to create and execute go-to-market strategies that drive adoption.
- Define, track, and analyze product KPIs that drive financial outcomes.
- Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify opportunities for innovation, differentiation, and growth.
- Establish clarity and alignment across teams by shaping and evolving product narratives, requirements, and decision frameworks (e.g., PRDs, opportunitysolution trees, AI Evals, etc.).
- Develop and present large-scale enterprise business cases that clearly articulate customer value, market opportunity, investment requirements, andexpected business outcomes to guide executive decision-making.
- Ensure regulatory, compliance, and privacy considerations are factored into product decision-making.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, shared ownership, and continuous improvement across teams.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Requirements
- 8+ years of Product Management experience, with at least 3 years in a senior role.
- Repeated success leading 0 to 1 product initiatives, from early discovery and validation through initial launch and adoption.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams across a large organization without direct authority.
- Comfort operating in ambiguous environments, with the ability to bring clarity to executive stakeholders through strong communication andstorytelling skills.
- Cross-disciplinary proficiency across UX Design, Engineering, Finance, and Product Marketing functions.
- Deep expertise in modern Product Management and product development methodologies (Agile, Lean, JTBD, Continuous Discovery, Multivariate Testing,Opportunity Mapping, etc.).
- Strong strategic thinking skills, capable of connecting market trends, customer needs, and business goals.
- Hands‑on experience using AI tools for prototyping, automation, and content creation to accelerate design, development, decision-making, and delivery.
- Experience defining AI evaluation criteria and metrics to validate model performance.
- Bachelor's degree (Education, Engineering, Product Management, or business background preferred).
- Nice-to-haves
- Prior experience in teaching, education, or EdTech
- Experience with Jira, Jira Product Discovery, Confluence, AWS, and Figma
- Experience with eCommerce and related analytics tools and platforms (Mixpanel, Google Analytics, Statsig, Grafana, etc.)
- Advanced degree or certifications (MBA or equivalent).
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