Principal, Product Management

Overview

In this role you will lead Nebula, Pearson’s enterprise design system and platform, shaping its strategy, adoption, and business impact. You’ll align closely with Design Systems leadership to invest in capabilities, solve high-value problems, and drive measurable value across Pearson. You’ll operate at the intersection of platform strategy, product management, and enterprise transformation to scale reusable components and governance. This is a hands-on leadership role that influences cross-functional teams and enterprise-wide delivery. You’ll have a clear impact on adoption, efficiency, and product quality through data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for Nebula as an enterprise platform
• Co-own adoption-focused roadmap and investment priorities for Nebula
• Drive measurable business outcomes by linking investments to adoption and efficiency
• Lead continuous discovery with product, design, and engineering to align customer needs with platform capabilities
• Establish product operations, governance, and backlog management for Nebula to ensure delivery and traceability

Key requirements

• Significant experience in Product Management at principal/lead level
• Proven success leading platform, enterprise, or internal products
• Strong product strategy, roadmapping, and prioritisation skills
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders across Product, Design, Engineering, and Exec leadership
• Track record of driving adoption and measurable business outcomes
• Deep customer discovery and data-driven decision making skills

• Stakeholder influence
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Analytical mindset
• Design Systems
• Developer Platforms
• Enterprise Platforms

…