Lead Specialist, Learning Scientist (Clinical)

The successful candidate will be expected to provide leadership beyond their individual area of expertise and demonstrate behaviors that strengthen both the business and the broader team.

Think strategically: Connect research and scientific priorities to portfolio and business strategy, anticipate future needs, and identify opportunities to evolve assessment solutions.

Lead through influence: Build credibility as a trusted scientific and clinical expert, bring clarity to complex issues, and influence decisions across functions and levels.

Collaborate and build trust: Foster an inclusive, respectful, and accountable environment, seek diverse perspectives, communicate openly, and build strong cross-functional partnerships.

Drive results and accountability: Take ownership of outcomes, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage competing priorities, and help teams move complex work forward.

Champion innovation and continuous improvement: Challenge established approaches when appropriate and explore new research methods, digital capabilities, AI, and emerging technologies that can improve products and ways of working.

Ph.D. in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Early Childhood Development, School or Clinical Psychology, or a related field from an accredited institution.

5+ years professional experience in speech and language, literacy, academic achievement, school or clinical psychology, and/or early childhood.

Clinical experience administering, interpreting, or working directly with standardized assessments, with a strong understanding of their use in real-world clinical or educational settings.

Strong knowledge of test development, measurement principles, research methodology, data analysis, and psychometric principles, with the ability to apply these concepts to research and product decisions.

Demonstrated ability to translate scientific and clinical evidence into strategic recommendations that balance scientific rigor, clinical relevance, customer needs, product priorities, and business objectives.

Strong digital fluency and curiosity, including the ability to evaluate and appropriately apply AI and emerging technologies to research, assessment development, and evolving ways of working.

A record of professional or scholarly contribution through activities such as conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications, technical papers, professional training, or related work.

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.

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Job: Research, Efficacy, and Psychometrics

Job Family: LEARNING_&_CONTENT_DEVELOPMENT

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications