Strategy

At Pearson, we help people realise the life they imagine through learning. As we shift from scattered experiments to everyday use of AI across our products and operations, we need to ensure our investments are focused, coordinated, and delivered responsibly. The Strategy & Governance function provides the clarity and direction that keeps our efforts aligned.

Requirements

• Lead the AI demand management process for technology-enabled use cases
• Coordinate and drive foundational AI capability development and standardization
• Maintain a unified AI product portfolio—tracking use cases, assessing impact, and managing risk
• Analyze and triage new and existing AI initiatives, ensuring alignment and prioritization with business goals
• Define and implement criteria for scaling, pausing, or stopping AI investments
• Partner with Group Strategy to evaluate and recommend AI partnerships and inorganic investment opportunities
• Report on AI-driven innovation, investment effectiveness, and value realization to senior leadership
• Design and pilot tools for portfolio insights, such as use-case status and maturity tracking
• Facilitate the AI Strategy Council, driving agenda, actions, and continuous improvement
• Support the creation of the annual enterprise AI strategy and decision framework