Pearson

Lead Specialist, Service Management

Pearson  •  Chennai, IN (Hybrid)  •  23 days ago
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Job Description

We are seeking a handson ITSM Change Success and Compliance Analyst to support cloudbased change governance and modern release pipelines This role is designed for an individual contributor who partners closely with engineering, platform, and release teams to embed riskaware change controls directly into CI/CD workflows—balancing speed, reliability, and audit readiness across cloud and hybrid environments.

What You’ll Do:

  • Govern technical production changes across cloud and onprem environments, ensuring changes are compliant, welldocumented, and auditready.
  • Embed change approvals, risk scoring, and evidence capture into CI/CD pipelines using gated workflows and preauthorized standard changes.
  • Support and refine standard, normal, and emergency change models, with a focus on repeatable, lowrisk automation.
  • Partner with platform and release teams to align cloud deployment patterns (IaC, pipelinedriven releases) with ITSM change requirements.
  • Ensure accurate CMDB relationships to support impact analysis and change traceability.
  • Participate in postimplementation reviews (PIRs) and drive incremental improvements based on release outcomes and failure patterns.
  • Develop and review successful metrics with business and technology stakeholders
  • Provide coaching on change management best practices
  • Support audit scoping, walkthroughs, evidence preparation, sampling, and remediation tracking
  • Evaluate changes for change policy compliance and develop dashboards for viewing status.

Technical Focus Areas:

  • Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, and GCP
  • CI/CD & Release: Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins
  • Automation: Standard changes, approvalsascode, evidencebydesign
  • ITSM Tooling: ServiceNow Change and CMDB (or equivalent)
  • Developer Tooling Atlassian Jira and Confluence.

Required Qualifications:

  • 12+ years of experience in ITSM, Release Engineering, Platform, or SREadjacent roles
  • Strong handson experience with ServiceNow Change Management or similar ITSM platforms
  • Practical understanding of CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployment patterns, and automated releases
  • Experience supporting auditaligned change processes (SOX, ISO, SOC 2, or similar)
  • Ability to translate governance requirements into engineerfriendly workflows
  • Mandatory to support global operations by working diverse shifts, including North America, EMEA, and APAC time zones, and participating in on-call rotations.

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About 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. That’s why our c. 20,000 Pearson employees are committed to creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. We are the world’s leading learning company, serving customers in nearly 200 countries with digital content, assessments, qualifications, and data. For us, learning isn’t just what we do. It's who we are.

Industry
Education & Training
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
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