This role aligns to industry-level titles such as Acquisitions Editor, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Content Manager, Technical Content Manager, Editorial Portfolio Manager, or Technical Training Content Manager.

Join Pearson and help shape learning solutions that support todays workforce and tomorrows skills. We are looking for a strategic, enterprise minded Portfolio Manager to grow our technical content portfolio across certification, cybersecurity, cloud, AI, networking, and related technology areas.

Your Opportunity

As Portfolio Manager, you will help guide the strategy, growth, and performance of Pearsons technical content portfolio. You will manage key publishing and platform partnerships, identify high-value content opportunities, and support content decisions that meet market, customer, and business needs.

This role is highly cross-functional. You will partner with authors, strategic partners, vendors, sales, finance, royalties, product teams, and leadership to bring the right content to market at the right time.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and grow strategic publishing and professional partnerships across books, video, live training, and other learning products.
• Shape title strategy, content priorities, and portfolio roadmaps for assigned partner relationships.
• Identify, negotiate, and sign high-value titles for enterprise and channel distribution, with a focus on certification, cybersecurity, AI, cloud, and networking.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with authors, technical experts, publishing partners, and vendors.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution with Product, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Royalties, and operational teams.
• Use market analysis, customer insights, competitive intelligence, and sales signals to identify new content and growth opportunities.
• Track portfolio performance and recommend adjustments to improve reach, revenue, and customer impact.
• Use AI tools responsibly to support research, competitive analysis, business case development, and portfolio planning.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Portfolio strategy: Ability to define title strategies, priorities, and investment recommendations that support commercial growth.
• Market and customer insight: Strong understanding of technical learning trends, certification changes, customer needs, and competitive activity.
• Commercial judgment: Ability to connect content decisions to revenue opportunities, partner economics, and business outcomes.
• Partnership management: Experience building trust and alignment with authors, partners, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Communication and influence: Ability to communicate clearly, summarize complex situations, and align cross-functional teams.
• Operational discipline: Strong organization, transparent reporting, proactive follow-through, and comfort managing multiple priorities.
• Analytical thinking: Ability to use sales data, market signals, customer insights, and operational metrics to support sound recommendations.
• Adaptability: Comfort navigating changing market conditions, shifting priorities, and technology disruption.
• AI fluency: Ability to use AI tools responsibly to improve research, analysis, planning, and productivity.

Qualifications (Education & Experience):

• Experience in content portfolio management, technical publishing, publishing partnerships, training content, or related roles.
• Track record signing, developing, launching, or managing high-value content in technology areas such as certification, cybersecurity, cloud, AI, networking, or technical upskilling.
• Experience working with authors, technical experts, vendors, strategic partners, or platform providers.
• Experience managing complex partner or vendor relationships, including contracts, reporting, royalties, platform transitions, or stakeholder coordination.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, communication, organization, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, enterprise-focused environment where timing, market awareness, and execution discipline matter.
• Experience using AI tools for research, market analysis, planning, content strategy, or operational productivity is strongly preferred.

Location & Work Set Up

This is a full-time remote role based in the United States, with occasional travel as business needs require.

Your Rewards & Benefits

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $90,000 to $110,000.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive plan, and information on benefits offered is here.

Applications will be accepted through September 27, 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs

Who we are:

At 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. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

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.

If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.

Job: Portfolio Management

Job Family: GO\TO\MARKET

Organization: Enterprise Learning & Skills

Schedule: FULL\_TIME

Workplace Type: Remote

Req ID: 25911

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Company Name: Pearson
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