At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to add life to a lifetime of learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. That’s why our c.20,000 Pearson employees are committed to creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. We are the world’s leading learning company, serving customers in nearly 200 countries with digital content, assessments, qualifications, and data. For us, learning isn’t just what we do. It’s who we are.

The Product Owner/Specialist Business Analyst (dual role) has experience understanding systems, applying system knowledge to meet customer needs and has leadership skills to help the team grow. He/she will display a deeper understanding of the role and business analysis tasks and techniques as well as demonstrate effective team leadership behaviors.

In addition, the Product Owner/Specialist Business Analyst will have successfully demonstrated experience which include:

• Acting as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of the organization and to recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its objectives, goals and corporate vision.
• Working closely with business personnel to evaluate business drivers and technology requirements, and defines systems strategies and specifications tailored to meet business requirements.
• Acting as a primary point of contact with the business on behalf of the technology organization for new business opportunities. In this capacity, the Business Analyst is also a leader for change and process improvement.
• Using industry standard analysis techniques and best practices, the Business Analyst reviews new business opportunities, identifies requirements and coordinates with development teams within technology to determine best possible solutions.

Location: Remote within the United States

Job Responsibilities

• Strengthen and maintain relationships with customer, stakeholders and team members; may include limited travel to customer
• Obtain and maintain in-depth knowledge of Packaging and Distribution
• Critically analyze requirements elicited from customer, stakeholders and team members
• Provide guidance to customers and stakeholders in order to determine how best the Core Packaging and Distribution system can meet requirements
• Facilitate cross-team requirement and design discussions
• Collaborate with portfolio business analysts, data analysts, cross-team leads on new gap requirements
• Create, maintain and use standards, guidelines and tools for the team
• Create, maintain and implement scope documentation
• Support quality assurance activities and cross-team discussions
• Participate in daily standup meetings, and other meetings as needed
• Participate in coordination of setup and development activities
• Communicate / Present progress of setup and development activities
• Support scheduling and work management to meet customer, stakeholder and team milestone dates

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration, or related is required.
• 10+ years of related experience, systems development experience and design and development of department-wide or enterprise-wide applications.
• Experience with Jira, Smartsheet, Microsoft 365
• Technical experience with SQL, Databases, UI Design

Desired Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Competencies in facilitation and negotiation, interviewing, business writing, active listening, presentation skills, problem solving, team building, systems thinking, leadership and influencing.
• Ability to successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously with overlapping deadlines.
• Experience working and contributing to a positive team environment.
• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail required.
• Creative self-starter, ability to apply knowledge and skills to new business opportunities.