Pearson · 13 hours ago
Advanced Specialist, Product Manager
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expPearson is the world’s learning company, combining educational content and assessment with technology to enhance teaching and personalized learning. The Advanced Specialist, Product Manager will lead the vision and evolution of Q-interactive, an iOS assessment platform, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver a user-friendly and scalable product that meets user needs.
BooksDigital MediaEdTechEducationHigher Education
Responsibilities
Own and evolve the product vision, strategy, and outcome-based roadmap for the iOS assessment application, aligning it with business goals and customer needs
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
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
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
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
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
Stay informed on industry trends, competitor activities, and market demands, leveraging insights to keep the product ahead of the competition
Qualification
Required
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 Apple's 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
Company
Pearson
Pearson operates as a media and education company that offers a wide range of services to its customers.
10001+ employees
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Leadership Team
Liav Even-Chen
Chief Financial Officer (Pearson Israel)
Kim England
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