Advanced Specialist, Learning Scientist

Advanced Specialist, Learning Scientist

Measurement & Learning | School Assessment

Role Overview 

We are seeking an Advanced Specialist, Learning Scientist (Assessment & Learning Experience Systems) to shape the design, guidance, and continuous improvement of student-centered assessment and learning experiences within intelligent assessment systems.

This role sits within the Measurement & Learning team and operates at the intersection of Learning Science, Measurement, Product, UX, Content Development, Technology, and AI Science. The role is responsible for helping ensure assessment and learning experiences within Pearson’s formative assessment system, Navvy, are instructionally meaningful, cognitively engaging, motivationally supportive, and aligned to evidence-based learning principles.

This role helps ensure AI-assisted assessment and learning systems promote thinking, reflection, productive struggle, and meaningful learning rather than replacing student cognition.

The role supports the design of student-facing engagement experiences, intelligent practice and review systems, AI-assisted academic guidance approaches, and learning support ecosystems connected to standards-based assessment evidence.

This role also contributes to the evolution of the Navvy Learning Library as a supplemental instructional and learning support ecosystem, helping guide strategic decisions around instructional experiences, standards-aligned learning supports, high-quality instructional materials, AI-assisted content expansion, and student-centered learning design.

Student-Centered Learning Experiences

• Lead learning science and student experience design considerations for student-facing assessment and learning features within the platform

• Help shape experiences related to goal setting, metacognitive reflection, growth mindset and motivation, achievement and growth recognition systems, student reporting and communication, and student agency and engagement

• Partner with UX, Product, Technology, Measurement, and Content teams to translate learning science principles into product requirements and student experiences

• Help ensure platform experiences promote healthy learning behaviors, reflection, persistence, and meaningful engagement

Intelligent Practice & Learning Pathways

• Provide learning science guidance for intelligent practice and review systems, including