Customer Success Specialist at Pearson managing complex customer accounts while leading customer initiatives and collaborating with internal teams for optimal outcomes.
Responsibilities
Primary relationship owner for complex, high impact accounts.
Ensure customers achieve their intended outcomes through proactive engagement, insight, and follow through.
Build and maintain strong, long-term client relationships grounded in credibility, insight, and results.
Lead major customer initiatives and cross-functional projects from planning through execution, ensuring alignment with customer goals and business priorities.
Navigate and resolve complex account challenges, balancing customer needs with scalable, sustainable solutions.
Partner closely with internal teams (Product, Engineering, Sales, Operations, Support) to deliver cohesive and high-quality customer experiences.
Anticipate risks, identify opportunities, and proactively drive actions that protect and grow long-term customer success.
Influence stakeholders at multiple levels—both internally and externally—to drive alignment, momentum, and outcomes.
Understand client contracts and ensure fulfillment of client expectations as well as service level agreements.
Requirements
Proven experience in Program Management, Customer Success, Account Management, or a related customer facing role supporting complex customers.
Strong track record of leading large initiatives or projects that span multiple teams or functions.
Comfort operating in ambiguous environments, with the ability to assess complex problems and translate them into actionable solutions.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence without authority.
Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to manage competing demands effectively.
Benefits
This position is eligible for Pearson’s annual incentive program
Information on benefits can be found here.
Job title
Advanced Specialist, Customer Success – Program Management
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