[Hiring] Sr Learning Manager @Cengage Group

Role Description

At Cengage, our employees have a direct impact in helping learners around the world discover the power and joy of learning. The Cengage Work Editorial and Learning Team develops a content and program investment strategy specific to the Healthcare and Trades portfolio.

Learning Managers (LMs) demonstrate their knowledge and experience in student and instructor needs, learning science, and curriculum development to enable the content strategy for their focus areas. Using an agile and strategic approach, LMs recommend and implement improvements to higher-education course materials and career-training curricula.

You will spend your time sharing information, assessing, planning, designing, and reviewing higher education materials. You will also support new authors to ensure our content and learning experiences align with customers’ needs and Cengage’s strategic vision. You will:

• Inform and/or update author content and pedagogy with universal and portfolio-specific perspective based in learning theory, currency, and career readiness.
• Serve as the student journey and discipline-level learning design expert, collaborating with colleagues in editorial, product, business strategy, marketing, authoring and content creation, and production.
• Review new and existing content and update plans against the editorial team strategy, Cengage’s quality learning standards, research-based insights, and established protocols.
• Design digital content to fill gaps and seize opportunities for improving learning, based on insights into platform functionalities, user experience and satisfaction, and content usage statistics.
• Design and advocate for improvements in accessibility, equity, and inclusivity in all aspects of content and authoring.
• Collaborate with authors/subject matter experts/industry partners and team members throughout the curriculum development process, seeking out varied perspectives and expertise.
• Establish and maintain field tools and guidelines for field content creation/creators.
• Support freelance and vendor content creators as vital to ensure content quality and timely delivery.
• Develop new authoring talent for the field and learning needs and understanding of digital product and use of authoring tools.
• Apply emerging learning trends and discipline-specific guidelines to continuously innovate and improve learning designs.
• Stay current with EdTech and subject area trends, key competitive developments, learning science research, and content design standards.

Qualifications

• Cultivate innovation and quality in assigned rigors and course areas, identifying chances to improve the lives of our learners through quality learning design.
• Apply learning science and digital learning methodologies to assigned fields.
• Communicate optimally, through strong verbal and written skills, including audience-centric analysis, persuasion, influence, and documentation.
• Collaborate with peers using interpersonal savvy in problem-solving, making trade-offs, and building rapport.
• Develop authoring talent/content creators to meet current and future organizational goals.
• Handle complex, long-range projects with multiple partners in a dynamic remote-work environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Outlook, Word, Excel, and file-sharing tools; experience with applied AI.
• 3–5 years of full-time work experience, preferably with experience in a corporate environment.
• Proven dedication to continuous professional improvement, learning, and a growth mindset.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Educational or professional background in instructional design, learning design, or related field.
• Experience in designing inclusive content for diverse audiences.
• Teaching experience in higher education or career/technical education settings.
• Experience in career program course areas like Medical Assisting, HVAC, Automotive, Medical Coding, etc.

Company Description

Cengage, 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.

Compensation

At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees.

• 10% Annual: Individual Target
• $77,100.00 - $100,200.00 USD