Principal, Product Management

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Product

Location:

United Kingdom Workplace:
Hybrid

Schedule:

Full time Posted:
Principal, Product Management

Location:

London (Hybrid)
This role aligns to external market titles such as Principal Product Manager.

Help Shape the Future of Product Development at Pearson At Pearson, we're transforming how digital products are built  the centre of this transformation is Nebula - Pearson's enterprise design system and platform for creating consistent, accessible, AI-ready experiences across our global product portfolio.

Nebula brings together reusable components, design standards, tooling, governance, and shared capabilities that enable product teams to build faster, reduce duplication, and deliver higher-quality experiences.

We're looking for a Principal Product Manager to lead Nebula's product strategy, adoption, and business impact. Partnering closely with the Director of Design Systems, you'll ensure we invest in the right capabilities, solve the right problems, and drive measurable value across Pearson.

This is a highly influential role for a product leader who thrives at the intersection of platform strategy, product management, design systems, and enterprise transformation.

What You'll Be Responsible For Product Strategy & Roadmap You'll define and evolve the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Nebula as a strategic enterprise platform.

You will:

Co-own Nebula's multi-year roadmap and investment strategy

Identify and prioritise the highest-value opportunities across Pearson Balance enterprise standardisation with product team needs

Define success measures, business outcomes, and investment priorities

Connect platform investments to adoption, efficiency, and business value

Driving Adoption at Scale You will treat adoption as a product challenge, creating experiences that make Nebula the platform of choice for Pearson teams.

You will:

Develop enterprise adoption and onboarding strategies

Partner with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders across business units

Identify and remove barriers to adoption and migration

Define scalable onboarding and migration approaches

Turn customer feedback into roadmap priorities

Measuring Business ImpactA key part of your role will be proving and increasing the value Nebula delivers.

You will:

Establish adoption, usage, and value metrics

Define telemetry and success measures across products and teams

Build dashboards and executive reporting

Measure outcomes such as reuse, accessibility improvements, migration velocity, and development efficiency

Use data to inform investment decisions and prioritisation

Customer Discovery & Insight You'll build deep understanding of the teams that consume Nebula, ensuring decisions are driven by evidence and user needs.

You will:

Lead continuous discovery with product, design, and engineering teams

Identify opportunities for shared enterprise solutions

Validate new platform capabilities before significant investment

Balance standardisation with flexibility where required

Translate customer insights into product decisions

Product Operations & Governance You'll establish the product management discipline required to run Nebula as a world-class enterprise platform.

You will:

Own prioritisation and outcome-based backlog management

Create clear frameworks for platform investments, migrations, contributions, and exceptions

Partner with Design, Engineering, and Programme leaders on planning and delivery

Ensure investments align to capacity, strategy, and measurable outcomes

Maintain clear traceability from customer need to delivered value

What You'll Bring Essential Experience Significant experience in Product Management, operating at Principal, Lead, Group, or equivalent level

Proven success leading platform, enterprise, or internal products

Strong product strategy, roadmap, and prioritisation expertise

Experience influencing senior stakeholders across Product, Design, Engineering, and Executive leadershipA track record of driving adoption and measurable business outcomes

Deep customer discovery and data-driven decision-making skills

Nice to Have

Experience with Design Systems, Developer Platforms, or Enterprise Platforms Knowledge of accessibility and inclusive design practices

Experience working with AI-enabled products and workflows

Exposure to large-scale change or transformation programmes

Experience operating within complex, matrixed organisations

Why Join Pearson?

This is a unique opportunity to shape how teams across Pearson design and build products. You'll play a critical role in scaling a…