Curriculum Product Owner

Position Summary

Seeking a Curriculum Product Owner who will serve as a liaison between the product team and other functional teams to facilitate curriculum development. This role directly interfaces with Curriculum Product Management, Curriculum Development, Editorial, and Quality Assurance to represent the voice of the customer and is responsible for defining, documenting, and clearly articulating requirements via user stories to the Delivery team.

Reporting to the Director of Curriculum Product Management, the Curriculum Product Owner will use curriculum/product knowledge as well as critical thinking to create and plan user stories for team execution. Also imperative is the ability to ensure successful communication and implementation of all prioritized initiatives, inclusive of their outcomes. It is ideal if the Curriculum Product Owner is experienced in Agile Software Development practices.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with Product Management in the creation of features; lead the creation of user stories (including Non-functional Requirements and Acceptance Criteria) to seed the team backlog, enable the grooming process, and inform curriculum development by functional groups
  • Develop expertise in the role of Product Owner and the role PVS courses play in the education of students and the facilitation of learning by teachers
  • Communicate in an effective, timely, and efficient manner
  • Establish rapport and trust with Curriculum Product Management, Project Management, Agile teams and other cross-functional teams
  • Demonstrate work at the end of each iteration to key stakeholders, confirm business acceptance of work, and assist in authoring supporting documentation for delivered features
  • Requirements:

    • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
    • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail required
    • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of executives, managers, and subject matter experts throughout the entire life cycle of the product
    • Excellent time management skills including the prioritization of tasks and controlling scope
    • Ability to reconcile key stakeholder interests, conflicting priorities, and business strategy as well as influence without formal management authority
    • Passion for education and experience working as an educator

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Experience working in K-12 online education industry
    • 2 – 5 years of experience in an Agile Development environment with working knowledge of the Agile principles

    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 the Colorado, California, Washington State, New York State and New York City laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

    The minimum full-time salary range is between $75,000 – $85,000.

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

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    What to expect from Pearson

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    Job: PRODUCT MANAGEMENT

    Organization: Virtual Learning

    Schedule: FULL_TIME

    Req ID: 12413

    Job Category
    Product Management
    Job Type
    Full Time/Permanent
    Salary
    USD 75,000.00 - 85,000.00 per year
    Country
    United States
    City
    Baltimore
    Career Level
    unspecified
    Company
    Pearson
    JOB SOURCE
    https://pearson.jobs/baltimore-md/curriculum-product-owner/50D5005F2EEB431A9DE15676F86E1B72/job/