Senior Director, Strategy

OverviewReporting to the Head of Corporate Strategy, the Senior Director of Group Strategy and Business Development is a key role that will drive, facilitate and enable Pearson’s Corporate strategy as well as strategic business partnerships. The role will support the business strategy leads, SMEs, PEM members and Board to deliver that strategy. This role will align our people, enabling functions, businesses and change transformation agenda and market priorities to enable a balance between current state forward and future state back plans and initiatives. This role will be accountable for ensuring that Pearson orients and continues to move towards its 5-year strategic vision. This role will connect the various business teams, functions, and investment plans to connect a new strategy advisory council with representations from across the business and key functions to ensure a joined-up pathway towards the future state. This role will be part of the expanded Corporate Development & Strategy team, and work closely with senior business leaders and their key team members, Finance and other key enabling functions such as the Transformation Office to ensure the strategic opportunities are aligned to our long-term appetite and business vision.Location: This is a remote role and will allow for home working, travel may be required on occasion.Key ResponsibilitiesOwn the development and execution of key strategic initiatives – identify, develop and execute key strategies across the organization using a project-based approach. Develop a baseline, a vision, goals and a strategic plan to solve a business imperative and execute the plan with key stakeholders.Develop and align our strategic plan and priorities – build and articulate our business and group plans with key strategy owners and ensure investment plans and strategic planning are interlocked and connected.Build capacity and accountability for execution – translate plans into action, connect strategy and planning leaders, and drive integrated execution across Pearson, including formation of a Strategic Advisory Council with the CEO and PEM members to align future state with priorities.Drive agile portfolio planning – collaborate with Finance to maximize shareholder value and allocate capital across businesses and opportunities; coordinate with Corporate Development, Finance and Transformation to align today’s needs with tomorrow’s aspirations.Identify, enable and execute on strategic business partnerships – own end-to-end partnerships, develop relationships, and transition partnerships to the appropriate business owner after execution.Qualifications And ExperienceSignificant experience in strategy, commercial, consulting or operational management. Ideally 5–6 years post-graduate experience at a top-tier firm.Ability to think strategically and decompose complex problems.Strong commercial acumen with financial analysis, business case development and experience managing strategic projects.Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.Highly analytical with execution experience and diligent tracking.Experience delivering large-scale strategic and investment plans and business opportunities.Degree-level education or equivalent preferred.You Will Also HaveExperience in developing and supervising team members.Ability to work under pressure with time-critical deadlines and changing priorities.Strong senior-level stakeholder management and influencing skills; able to engage with executive leaders.High intellectual capacity with the ability to synthesize complex information into actionable items.Strong leadership skills and credibility across stakeholders.Collaborative work style; able to operate in a matrixed management structure.Self-starter with strong time management, prioritization and organizational pensation and Equal OpportunityCompensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including skill set, level of experience, and location. The pay range for this position is between $200,000 and $220,000 plus eligibility for an annual incentive program. Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected status. Applicants may request reasonable accommodations by emailing DetailsJob: StrategyJob Family: ENTERPRISEOrganization: Corporate Strategy & TechnologySchedule: FULL_TIMEWorkplace Type: RemoteReq ID: 21155 #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-21