Advanced Specialist, Solutioning

Pearson Education

$115K — $160K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in solution consulting, pre-sales, or enterprise sales support roles.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, or related field; MBA preferred.
  • Experience with AI tools like Copilot for enhanced solution design.
  • Exposure to workforce planning and organizational transformation is advantageous.
  • Strong partnership and influence with sales teams in enterprise environments.
  • Excellent executive-level communication and presentation skills.
  • Analytical mindset connecting client needs to scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead customer discovery sessions to identify business goals and challenges.
  • Create and deliver tailored solution proposals highlighting value and differentiation.
  • Collaborate across teams to ensure readiness for solution implementation.
  • Monitor trends in AI and digital transformation to inform solutions.
  • Occasional travel to support client meetings and internal collaboration.

Benefits

  • Participation in a sales incentive plan.
  • Access to a range of benefits pertinent to employee needs.
Full Job Description
Job Description

As an Advanced Specialist, Solutioning, you shape and position high-impact solutions for enterprise customers-translating complex business challenges into clear solution narratives and proposals aligned to customer strategy.

This role requires strong consultative skills, AI fluency, executive presence, and the ability to navigate complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead strategic customer discovery (conversations and workshops) to understand business objectives, challenges, stakeholders, and success criteria.
  • Develop and present tailored solution proposals that articulate value, outcomes, and differentiation, while supporting revenue goals.
  • Collaborate with sales, product, delivery, legal, finance, and customer success to ensure implementation readiness and adoption.
  • Stay current on enterprise trends in AI, workforce strategy, digital transformation, and solution consulting best practices.
  • This role includes occasional travel to support customer engagements and internal collaboration.


Core Skills & Experience We're Looking For
  • 7+ years of experience in solution consulting, pre-sales, enterprise sales support, or a related customer-facing role.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred. An MBA or other relevant postgraduate qualification is highly desirable. Candidates with equivalent professional experience, demonstrated expertise, and a proven track record of delivering impactful business outcomes will also be strongly considered
  • Demonstrated ability to use AI tools (Copilot) to improve analysis, productivity, solution design, and customer outcomes.
  • Experience or exposure to workforce planning, talent strategy, learning, or organizational transformation is a strong advantage.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with sales teams and influence outcomes in complex enterprise buying environments.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with executive-level presentation capability (PowerPoint) for both technical and business audiences.
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to connect customer needs to practical, scalable solutions.
  • Solid understanding of enterprise technology landscapes, digital transformation, and solution architectures.


Your Rewards & Benefits

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, for this role, the posted range represents the On-Target Earnings (OTE), which includes both the annual base salary and target sales commission/bonus potential.

The OTE range for this position is $115,000-$160,000 annually

This position is eligible to participate in a sales incentive plan, and information on benefits offered is here.

Applications will be accepted through August 5th. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

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