Position Summary
The Curriculum Product Program Manager leads end-to-end delivery of complex curriculum and content-development initiatives. Working across Product, Curriculum, Content, Operations, Technology, Quality Assurance, and external partners, the PM translates goals into executable plans and drives high-quality delivery aligned with business, learner, and customer needs.
The PM owns project planning and execution from initiation through launch and closeout, including scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, changes, stakeholder accountability, and project-health visibility. Success requires strong judgment, communication, relationship management, and problem-solving in a dynamic, distributed environment.
Key Responsibilities
Lead multiple curriculum and content-development projects from initiation through launch and closeout.
Define scope, outcomes, deliverables, milestones, schedules, dependencies, roles, and measures of success with stakeholders.
Build and maintain integrated project plans across content creation, reviews, approvals, QA, remediation, and release readiness.
Drive work toward committed dates, negotiating realistic priorities and timelines as conditions change.
Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, scope, and change impacts.
Lead mitigation and problem-solving; escalate with clear context, impact, options, and a recommended path forward.
Maintain decision and change records and ensure stakeholders understand approved changes and downstream effects.
Establish effective governance, communication, and meeting rhythms for the project and audience.
Provide concise status reporting on progress, milestones, risks, dependencies, decisions, and leadership needs.
Create clear accountability for decisions and actions while building trusted relationships across teams and partners.
Maintain accessible, current documentation and a consistent source of truth.
Coordinate curriculum deliverables, reviews, feedback, approvals, and dependencies across internal teams and external partners.
Manage partner performance against scope, schedule, quality expectations, and delivery projections; drive recovery plans when needed.
Ensure work follows applicable content, accessibility, academic integrity, review, and quality-assurance processes.
Drive QA findings and remediation through closure and verify delivery completeness and readiness.
Lead retrospectives and convert lessons learned into practical improvements.
Identify recurring delivery or process issues and recommend scalable solutions.
Use effective PM practices, dashboards, workflow automation, collaboration tools, and responsible AI to improve visibility and efficiency.
Core Competencies
Competency
What It Looks Like
Product Planning
Understands product priorities and roadmaps and translates them into actionable project plans, timelines, and dependencies.
Stakeholder Engagement
Builds alignment and shared understanding across internal teams and partners.
Data Analysis
Uses delivery data and stakeholder feedback to flag risks and inform decisions.
Adaptability
Adjusts priorities and approaches as scope, timelines, and conditions change.
Learning to Learn
Seeks out new knowledge and applies lessons learned to improve delivery.
Artificial Intelligence
Uses AI tools to streamline planning, reporting, and documentation.
Organizational Skills
Manages multiple deliverables, timelines, and documentation at once.
Program Process Monitoring
Assesses program processes and recommends practical improvements.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
3+ years of project or program management experience in a business environment; experience in curriculum, education technology, digital products, publishing, or a related field is preferred.
Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
Strong planning, risk and change management, facilitation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities, establish accountability, and drive teams toward committed milestones.
Experience working with distributed teams and modern project-management and collaboration tools.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with curriculum, educational content, digital learning products, or comparable content-development programs.
Experience managing external partners, vendors, or distributed production teams.
Knowledge of curriculum-development lifecycles, QA, accessibility, academic standards, state approvals, or digital publishing workflows.
Experience with Agile, hybrid, or iterative delivery and with dashboards, workflow automation, or AI-enabled tools.
PMP, CAPM, Scrum, Agile, or comparable project/program management certification.
Compensation at Pearson is influenced by factors including skill set, experience, and location.
The full-time salary range for this role is $85,000 – $95,000.
This position is eligible for Pearson’s annual incentive program. Information on benefits can be found here.
Applications will be accepted through November 30, 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.
Pearson Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
50 NW Point Blvd, Chicago, United States, 60007
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