Software Engineering, Team Manager
Role Overview
Pearson is hiring three Software Engineering Team Managers in United States through one recruitment campaign.
The roles share a common leadership profile but support different product areas: Vue Testing Services (VTS) and Test Delivery (TD) and OnVue - Exam Deleloper.
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What You’ll Do
- Hire, onboard, coach, develop and retain engineers and technical professionals.
- Set clear goals, feedback rhythms, development plans and team operating practices.
- Translate product and department priorities into achievable team plans, capacity choices and ownership.
- Track sprint and release progress, dependencies, blockers, defects, quality and immediate delivery risks.
- Partner with Product, Architecture, Quality Engineering, DevOps, Security, Operations and business stakeholders.
- Maintain strong standards for design, testing, automation, security, observability, documentation and operational readiness.
- Use engineering, delivery, quality and team signals to identify patterns and drive improvement.
- Guide deliberate adoption of AI-assisted development, testing, review and documentation while protecting quality and security.
- What We’re Looking For
- A hands-on technical foundation in software engineering, quality engineering, architecture, technology solutions or a closely related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience leading, coaching or managing technical professionals and building effective teams.
- Experience delivering software products, platforms or technology services in Agile or similarly iterative environments.
- Evidence of leading meaningful change, making sound decisions and improving delivery or team effectiveness.
- Working knowledge of modern software delivery, cloud, DevOps, CI/CD, automation, security, reliability, observability and operational readiness.
- Experience making people, capacity, priority and delivery decisions in a cross-functional environment.
- Experience working across distributed teams, functions or time zones.
- Practical experience using or introducing AI-assisted engineering tools, with sound judgement about quality and risk.
- Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving and stakeholder-influence skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
Qualifications
- A hands-on technical foundation in software engineering, quality engineering, architecture, technology solutions or a closely related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience leading, coaching or managing technical professionals and building effective teams.
- Experience delivering software products, platforms or technology services in Agile or similarly iterative environments.
- Evidence of leading meaningful change, making sound decisions and improving delivery or team effectiveness.
- Working knowledge of modern software delivery, cloud, DevOps, CI/CD, automation, security, reliability, observability and operational readiness.
- Experience making people, capacity, priority and delivery decisions in a cross-functional environment.
- Experience working across distributed teams, functions or time zones.
- Practical experience using or introducing AI-assisted engineering tools, with sound judgement about quality and risk.
- Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving and stakeholder-influence skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
- Compensation
- Compensation at Pearson is influenced by factors including skill set, experience, and location.
- The full-time salary range for this role is $165,000 – $175,000. This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.
- Applications will be accepted through November 9th, 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.
- Why Join Pearson?
- This is an opportunity to develop engineering talent, strengthen delivery and quality practices, and help teams adopt emerging AI-assisted ways of working across technology that supports assessment experiences at scale.
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