Job Description

Advanced Specialist, Product Management – Art & Design and Creative Media

Product | Vocational Qualifications, Enterprise Learning and Skills (ELS)

In this role, you will shape and deliver market-leading product and service propositions across Art & Design and Creative Media. You’ll use market insight, stakeholder collaboration, and commercial expertise to grow revenue, strengthen market position, and deliver impactful learning solutions.

This role aligns with industry titles such as Product Manager (Education), Portfolio Manager, or Product Lead (Creative Education)

The Role

At Pearson, we help people make measurable progress through learning. In this role, you’ll sit at the heart of product strategy—connecting market insight, customer needs, and commercial performance to create products that truly make a difference.

You’ll wake up motivated to translate insights into innovative qualifications, assessments, and learning solutions that support learners and educators in the creative sector.

In Your First 6 Months

You’ll make impact by:

• Building a strong understanding of your product portfolio and market landscape
• Establishing relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external)
• Identifying growth opportunities and strengthening product propositions
• Contributing to product lifecycle decisions and ongoing improvements

What Makes This Role Different

This role blends strategy, creativity, and commercial ownership
You won’t just manage products—you’ll shape them. From market insight to product development and lifecycle decisions, you’ll play a key role in ensuring Pearson remains competitive and relevant in a fast-evolving creative education space.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and manage market-leading product and service propositions aligned to customer, learner, and sector needs
• Use market research, policy insight, and competitor analysis to identify opportunities for growth and differentiation
• Own product performance, including P&L, forecasting, and budget management
• Lead product lifecycle decisions (launch, enhancement, withdrawal, and growth strategies)
• Define product specifications and contribute to qualification and service design
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver products on time, within budget, and to quality standards
• Engage with stakeholders including employers, educators, regulators, and industry bodies
• Support sales, marketing, and onboarding strategies to drive adoption and customer success
• Monitor customer experience and learner outcomes to continuously improve products
• Represent Pearson externally at events, panels, and industry engagements

What We’re Looking For

Essential

• Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject area
• Experience within vocational and/or technical education (UK or international)
• Experience developing or delivering qualifications, assessments, or learning products
• Proven ability to build customer-focused, market-driven product propositions
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Commercial awareness, including experience with performance metrics or budgets
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional or virtual teams

Desirable

• Product management or portfolio management experience
• Experience within the creative sector (Art, Design, Media)
• Experience managing forecasts, budgets, or financial planning
• Project management experience
• Experience working on tenders or customised solutions

Skills & Behaviours

• Strategic thinking and commercial acumen
• Customer and learner focus
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Data-driven decision making
• Creativity and problem-solving mindset
• Ability to influence and drive decisions
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced environment

Working Model

• Hybrid/remote depending on business needs
• Collaboration across global and virtual teams
• Occasional travel for stakeholder engagement and events

About Pearson

At Pearson, we’re committed to helping people realise the life they imagine through learning. We combine world-class content with digital innovation to create meaningful learning experiences that improve lives.

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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.

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