[Hiring] Lead Specialist, Psychometrician @Pearson

Role Description

We are seeking a Lead Specialist, Psychometrician to support the design, validation, and continuous improvement of intelligent measurement systems and AI-assisted assessment and learning workflows. This role sits within the Measurement & Learning team and operates at the intersection of Measurement, Content Development, Learning Science, Technology, and AI Science, with responsibility for helping ensure AI-assisted systems consistently produce high-quality, valid, scalable, and instructionally meaningful outputs across assessment and learning use cases.

• Support AI-assisted assessment item development workflows.
• Contribute to adjacent applications including:
  • AI-generated practice items
  • Learning materials aligned to standards
  • AI-powered learning and feedback experiences
  • Instructional guidance systems
  • Emerging approaches to evidencing student skills and competencies
• Contribute to the advancement of next-generation assessment approaches, including:
  • Innovative item types
  • AI-assisted measurement opportunities
  • New ways of assessing reasoning, applied learning, and student competencies

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Educational Measurement, Psychometrics, Learning Sciences, Educational Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Educational Data Mining, Learning Analytics, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• Experience working with assessment item development, learning systems, or educational content workflows.
• Experience collaborating across cross-functional environments including content, measurement, technology, product, or AI-related teams.
• Strong understanding of assessment quality principles, including validity, alignment, fairness, accessibility, and instructional appropriateness.
• Ability to think systematically about AI-assisted workflows across content generation, scoring, feedback, instructional guidance, and learner-facing experiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to quality, defensibility, and continuous improvement.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex AI and measurement concepts for diverse audiences.

Requirements

• Lead and support the design and continuous improvement of AI-assisted assessment item development workflows.
• Translate SME and measurement intent into structured, reusable AI-assisted workflows.
• Use AI-assisted tools and rapid prototyping approaches to explore, test, and iterate on emerging assessment, content, learning, and instructional workflow innovations.
• Support assessment and learning content across various subjects and grade levels.
• Ensure AI-assisted outputs meet expectations for validity, accuracy, fairness, accessibility, and instructional appropriateness.
• Design and oversee validation studies evaluating the quality, appropriateness, effectiveness, interpretability, and educational defensibility of AI-assisted systems.
• Support research and validation frameworks grounded in human expertise, empirical evidence, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Minimum full-time salary range is between $130,000 - $170,000.
• This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program.

Company Description

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.