Advanced Specialist, Product Management

Location: Onsite (Haifa Israel)

Level: IC25 (Advanced Specialist individual contributor)

Team: Study Prep Higher Education Pearson

At Pearson we help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We are the worlds lifelong learning company serving millions of learners and educators around the globe and we build the digital products that make that learning possible.

Study Prep sits at the heart of Pearsons Higher Education division. We help college students succeed in their toughest courses from general chemistry to calculus to anatomy and physiology with expert-taught video lessons exam-style practice and AI-powered study tools. You will join a focused product and engineering team spanning the United States and Haifa Israel shipping experiences that students rely on every week of the semester.

As Product Manager for Study Prep core features you will own the experiences students use every day: practice video learning search and navigation and the study tools that carry them from first lecture to final exam. You will define the vision and roadmap for your area decide what we build and why and work side by side with engineering design content and data to ship it. You will take on complex problems independently play a strategic role in shaping product direction and mentor junior product colleagues. You will lead through expertise and influence rather than formal people management.

• Own the vision strategy and roadmap for core Study Prep features and connect every initiative to clear learner and business outcomes
• Drive the full product lifecycle: discovery requirements prioritization delivery launch and iteration
• Work daily with engineers and designers to make smart scope and architecture tradeoffs keeping quality high while moving quickly
• Analyze product data to understand how students actually study then run experiments that improve engagement retention and learning outcomes
• Pair quantitative analysis with student interviews and usability research so decisions rest on evidence not opinion
• Track market trends and the competitive landscape including how AI is changing the way students study and turn those insights into product opportunities
• Communicate plans progress tradeoffs and results clearly to stakeholders and leadership
• Mentor junior product managers and help raise the standard of product practice across the team

• 4 years of product management experience with consumer software including features you have led from concept to launch on web or mobile
• A track record of leading initiatives end to end and making sound decisions without close direction
• Strong analytical skills: fluency with large-scale product analytics and structured qualitative research and good judgment about which to use when
• Technical fluency: you can hold your own in architecture discussions with engineers and get up to speed on a new stack quickly
• Clear direct written and verbal communication in English
• Comfort with shifting priorities and the pace of a growing consumer business
• Hands-on experience with standard product tools (for example Jira Confluence and Figma) and modern product analytics (for example Mixpanel Amplitude or Adobe Analytics)
• Bachelors degree or equivalent practical experience
• Nice to have
• Experience in education learning science or another domain where user success is measured in real outcomes
• Experience shipping AI-powered or personalized product features
• Experience with consumer subscription products or growth experimentation

Study Prep is a rare combination: consumer-scale product work with a mission you can stand behind. If you want your product decisions to show up in a students grade we would like to meet you.

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