Advanced Specialist, Corporate Development

This role aligns to the industry title - Associate. 

Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, is hiring an Advanced Specialist, Pearson Ventures to serve as strategic contributor in our Innovation Architecture team within the Office of the CTO.  

Position Overview 

Pearson Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Pearson, dedicated to investing in innovative education technology and workforce companies that align with Pearson’s mission to empower lifelong learning and drive strategic growth and innovation. The team is responsible for (i) sourcing, executing and managing a portfolio of strategic investments, and (ii) developing and managing strategic partnerships with companies in that portfolio. We collaborate closely with Pearson’s five business divisions as well as the corporate M&A and Strategy teams, so your work will provide you with many learning and networking opportunities. We have significant exposure to Pearson’s CEO, CFO and the Pearson executive team.   

Key Responsibilities 

Strategic Investments are direct minority investments made to accelerate Pearson’s strategy. 

You will be: 

• Sourcing and evaluating potential investments:   

• Independently lead market analyses and proactively identify key opportunities and trends  

• Proactively reaching out to and engaging with early-stage companies that align with Pearson Ventures’ investment strategy   

• Networking with other investors, advisors, and Pearson executives to identify and evaluate attractive investment opportunities  

Transaction execution:  

• Supporting the due diligence process and creating valuation / returns analyses  

• Writing investment memos that are presented to our Investment Committee