UX Design Team Leader

Role Title: UX Design Team Leader Description: This role aligns to UX Design Manager. Location: Hoboken (Hybrid) The Role Join us as a visionary UX Design Team Leader, where you will have a crucial impact on shaping agentic learning experiences in higher education. We seek an inspiring leader who combines strategic vision with hands-on execution. You will guide a talented team of UX designers to create innovative solutions that enhance the learning experience for students and educators alike. In this pivotal position, you will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Research teams to turn bold ideas into dynamic, personalized learning solutions. You will lead multiple workstreams within a complex product area, mentor designers through coaching and feedback, and ensure that the team's focus aligns with high-impact work. What You'll Own As the UX Design Team Leader, you will be accountable for strategic leadership and successful delivery across several workstreams. You will cultivate a team of designers while ensuring that UX work is well-prioritized, of high quality, and tightly aligned with product strategy. By closely partnering with Product and Engineering leadership, you'll effectively translate vision into action, eliminate obstacles, and create an environment where designers can thrive. Lead and nurture a team of UX designers through coaching, feedback, and career development. Oversee UX delivery in a product area, ensuring quality, consistency, and predictability. Prioritize and sequence work to achieve both short-term execution and long-term experience goals. Collaborate closely with product and engineering to align roadmaps, priorities, and success metrics. Facilitate design planning, critique, and review rituals that foster clarity and progress. Remove barriers by resolving ambiguity, clarifying scope, and managing trade-offs. Promote design standards, accessibility, and adoption of the design system. About You You are an experienced UX leader, passionate about mentoring others while delivering outstanding products. You approach complex challenges with sound judgment and calm clarity, and you find energy in helping teams excel in their work. You bring: 7-10+ years of professional experience in UX design, including over 3 years in leadership roles. Experience designing products that integrate agentic AI and using AI prototyping tools to enhance workflows. Strong expertise in end-to-end UX design across multifaceted, multi-surface products. Demonstrated ability to manage priorities across multiple workstreams and stakeholders. Confidence in decision-making amid uncertainty and clear communication of trade-offs. A collaborative leadership style that builds trust among product, engineering, and design teams. Flexibility to switch between hands-on design guidance and strategic planning as necessary. What You'll Get Pearson is committed to building lifelong relationships with millions of learners globally. As the leading learning company, with over 18,000 employees in 70 countries, we reach learners at pivotal moments of growth through content, assessment, and digital experiences that shape education and careers. Higher Education is entering a transformative phase. We are deeply engaged in digital and AI transformation, reimagining learning to be agentic, adaptive, and human-centered. Our teams design intelligent learning products that do much more than present information—they actively coach and partner with learners, grounded in pedagogical rigor. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of learning. Designers at Pearson are pivotal in determining how AI enhances education, emphasizing intention, ethics, and craftsmanship. We are developing experiences that evolve alongside future students, instructors, and institutions, creating tools that amplify curiosity, agency, and impact on a global scale. If you believe that exceptional design can unlock human potential and that AI should enrich learning, this is the place to make a significant difference in your career. When learning flourishes, so do people. Ready to make an Impact? Apply now and help redefine the future of learning. Compensation at Pearson is influenced by various factors, including skills, experience, and location. As mandated by laws in several states, the pay range for this position is between $150,000 and $175,000. This position is eligible for an annual incentive program, and benefits information is available. Applications will be accepted until March 5, with extensions possible based on business needs. Who we are: At Pearson, our mission is straightforward: to help people realize their dreams through learning. We believe every learning opportunity can lead to personal breakthroughs. For us, learning is not just an activity; it defines who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson. Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business need. We welcome qualified candidates who are veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under applicable law. If you require assistance due to a disability in accessing our career site, please request reasonable accommodations by contacting . Job: UX Design Job Family: PRODUCT Organization: Higher Education Schedule: FULL_TIME Workplace Type: Req ID: 22650

Created: 2026-03-10