Associate Product Manager

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:

About the role: 

As an Associate Product Manager, you will support the Institutional Courseware team to develop innovative, high-quality English Language Learning products across print and digital formats. Working closely with Product Managers, you will contribute to the creation of solutions that meet the evolving needs of teachers and learners worldwide. This role offers a progression path to Product Manager, with opportunities to lead larger initiatives and contribute to strategic planning.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Develops and implements the strategy for the assigned products (with support) to address the entire user journey addressing each end users' needs and anticipating future needs.
• Develops plans for all products with a digital-first simplified view of global solutions.
• Working with customer research and sales teams to understand and articulate customer needs and collate problems into jobs to be done. Keep an eye on emerging trends and new technologies integrating them into the product models as appropriate.
• Define product direction, with support, to meet customer needs with an integrated view of the institutional consumer spanning learning, assessment, tutoring and other services.
• Define overall product direction, using product lifecycle methodology and agile best practices aligning it with the overarching ELL strategy and portfolio level plans. Collaborate with platform, assessment, and content development teams to set clear requirements around capabilities and content required for the product.
• Execute delivery plans within timeline and budget. Ensure strong governance practices are in place for project to highlight success and manage risk to delivery. Responsible for communication of development progress to internal and external stakeholders.
• Build business cases, with support, and collaborate on the creation of the commercialization plans working closely with finance, marketing, and others to develop the plans. Deeply understand customer behavior and revenue/cost drivers as it relates to the overall profitability.
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and solution development to develop strategies and execute tactics to drive product adoption and success.
• Monitor ongoing performance of products. Evaluate product performance and customer feedback and provide insight to product/content/platform development teams to refine future product releases and roadmap decisions.
• Partner with the sales and support teams to drive fidelity of implementation, including product training, customer support and customer implementation resources.
• Understand the competitive landscape for the institutional segment and emerging market trends.

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent level of education.
• Solid experience in education and learning.
• Experience in managing educational products.
• Knowledge of educational technology.
• Experience with agile product management methodologies.
• Experience collaborating with internal teams, freelance writers, and editors.
• Proven success in promoting product adoption through B2B and B2C strategies.
• Knowledge of digital learning design practices.
• Ability to build cross-functional relationships to lead, engage, and motivate teams to achieve the best results.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and meet deadlines.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines while remaining pragmatic and results-focused.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with strong interpersonal skills.
• Fluent English – daily interaction in a global environment.
• Availability to attend in-person meetings at the office, as previously agreed with the area leadership.

Check out our benefits:

• Home Office
• Home Office Allowance
• Medical Assistance
• Dental Assistance
• Employee Well-being Support
• Life Insurance
• Meal Voucher
• Pharmacy Discount Program
• Discount on Our Language School Franchises
• Discount on Language Learning Books
• Pearson University
• Childcare Assistance
• Birthday Off
• AIP (Annual Incentive Plan)
• Extended Maternity and Paternity Leave – 6 months for mothers and 1 month for fathers.

#LI-DD1