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We are looking for a Product Manager to join our platform experiences product team. As a core member of the team, you will be a key contributor in supporting the evolution and execution of our strategy to deliver platform solutions that power our content and support the teaching and learning experience.
You will guide new product and feature development through all stages of the product life cycle, from identification of customer needs and product definition through design, development, launch, and sustainment. This role involves collaboration with key internal team members and customers and requires both strategic, long-term thinking and hands-on product management.
What you'll do here:
Market Analysis: Conduct market research and competitive analysis to understand market trends and find opportunities for innovation and growth
Product Strategy & Roadmap : Partner with Platform Product Director and other team members to define and articulate a multi-year product strategy. This includes preparing business cases, documenting high-level requirements, and crafting detailed product roadmaps and timelines.
Data-Driven Decision Making : Apply data and market analytics to inform product decisions and priorities, ensuring products deliver value by effectively meeting educational needs and improving learning outcomes
User-Centric Design: Partner closely with UX, research, and customer-facing teams to build intuitive and engaging product experiences. Ensure products meet the needs of a diverse user base, including students, instructors, and administrators.
Collaboration : Act as a liaison between various partners including customers, development teams, sales, marketing, and customer support to ensure alignment and effective communication of product vision
Skills you will need here:
Minimum 3 years' product management experience, preferably in the educational technology sector
Understanding of the latest educational technology trends and challenges
Experience leading complex product development cycles and working with cross-functional teams
Strong verbal and written communication skills including the ability to articulate value, simplify nuanced concepts and tailor messaging to a range of audiences (users, leadership, engineering, etc.)
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to self-manage progress and output with a high degree of personal accountability
Minimal travel encouraged, 5-10%
Cengage Group's Higher Education business, Cengage, supports learning and student success by providing materials and digital solutions to faculty and students enrolled in two-year, four-year and vocational programs. We currently serve more than 10 million of the 18 million students in US higher ed. Setting a new standard of service for our customers, we deliver quality, easy-to-use course materials from textbooks and eBooks to courseware such as MindTap and WebAssign. In the US, we offer Cengage Unlimited and Cengage Unlimited for Institutions. We help instructors be better teachers, we help institutions solve problems and we empower students to leverage the power and joy of learning to transform lives.
Cengage Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason. You may view Cengage's EEO/Affirmative Action Policy signed by CEO Michael Hansen (https://p.widencdn.net/pdvq6j/EEO_Policy_Statement_January_2017) and Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law notice (http://embed.widencdn.net/pdf/plus/cengage/ybs5gt19ik/eeopost-merged.pdf) by visiting their corresponding links.
Cengage Group is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com or you may call us at +1 (617) 289-7917.
About Cengage Group
Cengage Group, a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
Base Pay Range
The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range.
$73,400.00 - $117,400.00 USD
Cengage Group , a global education technology company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital products and services that equip students with the skills and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms.
We serve the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.
