Pearson VUE

Advanced Specialist, Implementation Specialist

Pearson VUE

part-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: District of Columbia • Washington • United States

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About the role

  • Manage the day-to-day operation of the formative assessment item bank, ensuring content is organized, accessible, and ready for use
  • Ensure consistent application of established metadata, tagging, and alignment structures across all formative assets
  • Support content teams in using the item bank effectively, including guidance on tagging, alignment, and asset structure
  • Maintain a clean, coherent, and high-quality item bank that supports instructional and diagnostic use
  • Partner closely with Measurement to ensure governance standards and metadata structures are consistently followed
  • Identify gaps, friction points, or inconsistencies in current structures and workflows
  • Lead updates and enhancements to item bank structures, metadata models, and processes as needs evolve
  • Help translate governance expectations into practical, usable workflows for content teams
  • Collaborate with other product and service item bank managers to support alignment and coherence across repositories
  • Partner with data governance teams to ensure formative item bank practices align with broader standards and frameworks
  • Contribute to shared approaches for metadata, alignment, and asset relationships across School Assessment
  • Help reduce duplication and fragmentation by promoting consistent practices across banks
  • Enable effective reuse of formative assets through accurate tagging, alignment, and discoverability
  • Support responsible use of assets across contexts while maintaining instructional and measurement integrity
  • Provide guidance to content teams on how assets can be used or adapted across different assessment contexts
  • Promote consistent practices that balance flexibility with system coherence
  • Support governance practices for AI-involved formative content, including provenance and asset relationships
  • Ensure connections between base items and derived assets are maintained and transparent
  • Partner with AI Content Systems and AI Science teams to ensure item bank structures support AI-enabled workflows
  • Contribute to responsible and scalable AI-assisted content practices
  • Monitor and uphold data quality standards for metadata, alignment, and asset relationships
  • Conduct regular audits to identify inconsistencies or risks within the formative item bank
  • Support processes for versioning, updates, and retirement of assets
  • Partner with technical teams to define requirements for data quality checks and monitoring systems
  • Collaborate closely with Content, Psychometrics, Accessibility, Publishing, Product, and Technology teams
  • Provide clear guidance, job aids, and support to enable strong adoption of item bank practices
  • Act as a key point of support for content teams navigating item bank workflows
  • Drive alignment and shared understanding across matrixed teams

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in education, instructional design, information science, data management, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of experience in K–12 assessment, item development, content development, item banking, or data governance
  • Demonstrated experience working within item banking platforms or structured content repositories
  • Experience applying metadata standards, schemas, or tagging systems in practice
  • Experience collaborating across Content, Psychometrics, Accessibility, Publishing, Product, and Technology teams
  • Master’s degree in education, information architecture, data science, or related field (preferred)
  • Experience managing or supporting an operational item bank (especially formative systems) (preferred)
  • Experience working within established governance frameworks rather than building from scratch (preferred)
  • Working knowledge of psychometric concepts (item statistics, field testing, scaling) (preferred)
  • Experience supporting accessibility, DEI, and fairness considerations in assessment content (preferred)
  • Experience contributing to system enhancements or workflow improvements for content platforms (preferred)
Benefits
  • 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.
  • We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
metadata standardstagging systemsdata governanceitem bankingcontent developmentitem developmentdata managementpsychometric conceptsaccessibilityworkflow improvements
Soft Skills
collaborationguidancesupportcommunicationproblem-solvingorganizationleadershipadaptabilityattention to detailcritical thinking
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in educationBachelor’s degree in instructional designBachelor’s degree in information scienceBachelor’s degree in data managementMaster’s degree in educationMaster’s degree in information architectureMaster’s degree in data science