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Pearson is hiring a Senior Business Analyst for its Early Career Pathways group. The role involves aggregating and analyzing data across business units to uncover growth opportunities, designing dashboards for leadership, and supporting strategic initiatives focused on co-selling, pricing, and bundling to accelerate market growth.

Highlights

Aggregate, analyze, and interpret data from multiple business units to extract actionable insights.
Develop dashboards and data visualization tools to communicate performance to executives.
Identify cross-selling, bundling, and pricing opportunities across customer segments.
Collaborate with product, sales, and finance teams to model business scenarios and quantify impacts.
Prepare executive-level presentations and reports on insights and recommendations.
Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, data analytics, or related field required.
3–5 years of experience in consulting, business analysis, financial analysis, or related data-driven roles.
Proficiency in Excel and data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker.
Preferred skills include familiarity with SQL, Python, R, and experience in education or learning technology sectors.
Salary range from $90,000 to $95,000 with eligibility for an annual incentive program.

Business Analyst - Early Careers Pathways Full Description

Business Analyst - Early Careers Pathways

USA

Workplace Type: Remote

Job: Operations
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Req ID: 20890

About Pearson

Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, committed to helping learners make measurable progress in their lives through education. Within our Early Career Pathways group, we are building innovative solutions that connect learning to employability—spanning K-12, Higher Ed, and Workforce. This role will play a critical part in identifying and accelerating opportunities across Pearson’s diverse portfolio, including certification, learning content, courseware, and workforce solutions.

Role Summary

We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join our Early Career team. This role is ideal for someone a few years out of undergrad (pre-MBA), with consulting, financial analyst, or data analytics experience, who is excited to work at the intersection of data, strategy, and execution.

The Senior Business Analyst will bring together disparate sets of data across business units, extract insights, and translate them into actionable opportunities. They will help design dashboards and data visualizations to track progress and communicate findings to senior leadership. A core focus will be uncovering cross-business synergies—such as co-selling opportunities, pricing strategies, and bundling approaches—that accelerate Pearson’s growth in the early career market.

Key Responsibilities

Aggregate, analyze, and interpret data from multiple Pearson business units (e.g., certification, courseware, digital learning content) to surface actionable insights.
Develop dashboards, scorecards, and data visualization tools to monitor progress and communicate performance to executive-level stakeholders.
Support strategic initiatives by identifying cross-sell, bundling, and pricing opportunities across customer segments.
Partner with product, sales, and finance teams to model business scenarios and quantify potential impact.
Prepare executive-ready presentations and reports that clearly communicate insights, trends, and recommendations.
Track progress against key initiatives, ensuring accountability and transparency across the team.
Conduct ad hoc analysis to support new opportunities and priority strategic questions.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, data analytics, or related field.
3–5 years of professional experience in consulting, business analysis, financial analysis, or a related data-driven role.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in Excel and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or equivalent).
Experience gathering, synthesizing, and presenting complex data in clear and compelling ways.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill insights for senior leadership.
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally in a complex, matrixed organization.
Self-starter with intellectual curiosity and a strong sense of ownership.

Preferred Skills

Experience in the education, publishing, or learning technology sectors.
Familiarity with SQL, Python, or R for data analysis.
Exposure to pricing strategy, market research, or customer segmentation.
Prior experience identifying synergies or growth opportunities across business units.

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $90,000 - $95,000.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here .

Applications will be accepted through September 19, 2025. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

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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 group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing TalentExperienceGlobalTeam@grp.pearson.com.

Job: Operations

Job Family: ENTERPRISE

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Original Job Description

Business Analyst - Early Careers Pathways

USA

Workplace Type: Remote

Job: Operations
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Req ID: 20890

About Pearson

Role Summary

Key Responsibilities

Aggregate, analyze, and interpret data from multiple Pearson business units (e.g., certification, courseware, digital learning content) to surface actionable insights.
Develop dashboards, scorecards, and data visualization tools to monitor progress and communicate performance to executive-level stakeholders.
Support strategic initiatives by identifying cross-sell, bundling, and pricing opportunities across customer segments.
Partner with product, sales, and finance teams to model business scenarios and quantify potential impact.
Prepare executive-ready presentations and reports that clearly communicate insights, trends, and recommendations.
Track progress against key initiatives, ensuring accountability and transparency across the team.
Conduct ad hoc analysis to support new opportunities and priority strategic questions.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, data analytics, or related field.
3–5 years of professional experience in consulting, business analysis, financial analysis, or a related data-driven role.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in Excel and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker, or equivalent).
Experience gathering, synthesizing, and presenting complex data in clear and compelling ways.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill insights for senior leadership.
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally in a complex, matrixed organization.
Self-starter with intellectual curiosity and a strong sense of ownership.

Preferred Skills

Experience in the education, publishing, or learning technology sectors.
Familiarity with SQL, Python, or R for data analysis.
Exposure to pricing strategy, market research, or customer segmentation.
Prior experience identifying synergies or growth opportunities across business units.

The minimum full-time salary range is between $90,000 - $95,000.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here .

Applications will be accepted through September 19, 2025. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

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Job: Operations

Job Family: ENTERPRISE

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