**Advanced Specialist (Global Brand Manager)** **Description** This role operates as a subject-matter expert in global brand application, owning complex brand initiatives with a high degree of autonomy. The Advanced Specialist, Global Brand Manager works alongside the Brand Director to deliver significant brand outcomes — from embedding a new global identity and architecture to shaping our processes, ways of working and governance. Acting as a trusted advisor, this role influences creative direction and delivery, ensures brand consistency at scale, and supports teams across the business with expertise, mentorship, and clear brand leadership. Comparable market titles include **Global Brand Manager** , **Brand** **Manager** **or** **Brand Strategy Manager** . **The Role** At Pearson, we’ve just launched a bold new global brand — and this role sits at the center of bringing it to life. As Advanced Specialist (Global Brand Manager), you’ll help transition one of the world’s most recognized learning brands into its next chapter, ensuring our new identity shows up consistently, clearly, and powerfully across the globe. This role exists to protect, evolve, and embed our brand — partnering across business units, marketing, product, digital, customer experience, and agencies to ensure every touchpoint delivers on our promise. You’ll combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution, acting as both a brand guardian and a trusted advisor. **What You’ll Own** **Success in this role looks like:** + A globally consistent, high-quality brand experience across channels and markets + Business units empowered to execute the brand confidently and correctly + Clear, practical governance that balances creativity with consistency **Your biggest priorities will be:** + Embedding Pearson’s new brand strategy, identity, and architecture globally + Acting as the day-to-day brand partner and expert for business units + Strengthening brand governance through tools, training, and a best-in-class brand hub **You will lead, create, and influence:** + Global brand rollouts, migrations, and complex brand initiatives + Creative development and reviews with in-house and external agencies + Brand training, enablement, and best-practice sharing + Cross-functional alignment across marketing, digital, customer experience, and sales + Brand measurement, insights, and continuous improvement **About You** You bring deep experience in global brand management — and you’re someone who combines clarity, confidence, and collaboration. You bring strong brand strategy and execution skills, and you’re someone who raises standards, simplifies complexity, and moves teams to action. Whether collaborating across functions or navigating ambiguity, you thrive in fast-moving, global environments. You likely bring: + A Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or related field + 7+ years of experience in brand-focused roles, ideally global or multi-market + Expertise in brand identity, governance, architecture, and measurement + Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills + Experience working with agencies and creative partners + Excellent communication, storytelling, and influencing capabilities + Fluent English and comfort working in a global environment **What You’ll Get** Why people say yes to this role: + The opportunity to shape and embed a newly launched global brand + High visibility and influence across a complex, international organization + Purpose-driven work that supports learning at scale What you’ll grow: + Global brand leadership and governance expertise + Advanced stakeholder influence and change leadership skills + Exposure to enterprise-level brand transformation This role connects directly to Pearson’s mission — ensuring how we show up reflects who we are and what we stand for. _Region-specific benefits, pay transparency, and hybrid working arrangements apply._ **Ready to Make an Impact?** Apply now and help shape what’s next for Pearson’s global brand. Learn more about Pearson \#LI-DM1 **Who we are:** At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's 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. 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:** Marketing **Job Family:** GO\_TO\_MARKET **Organization:** Corporate Marketing & Communications **Schedule:** FULL\_TIME **Workplace Type:** **Req ID:** 21834 \#LI-REMOTE