Principal, Product Management, New Products

Pearson is a leading education company dedicated to helping people realize their potential through learning. They are seeking a Principal Product Manager to develop new AI-powered digital products for the K-12 market by identifying customer needs and driving product strategy through collaboration and experimentation.

Responsibilities:

• Define and lead a discovery-led product roadmap for new offerings, guiding investment decisions through rapid experimentation and evidence-based validation of customer, technical, and business assumptions
• Shape the product incubator operating model and stage-gating process, calibrating investment levels based on evidence, confidence, and validated data
• 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, opportunity solution trees, AI Evals, etc.)
• Develop and present large-scale enterprise business cases that clearly articulate customer value, market opportunity, investment requirements, and expected 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 and storytelling 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)
• 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)