[Hiring] Product Manager @Cengage Group

Role Description

We are seeking a Product Manager to lead discipline-specialized product clusters across Higher Education’s Careers and Skills. In this role, you will use a user-centric, data-driven product management approach to create the best possible learning products for students, instructors, and institutions.

• Deeply understand the needs of your assigned market.
• Translate those needs into clear product opportunities.
• Collaborate to deliver meaningful outcomes.
• Own the strategic development and innovation of digital learning experiences.
• Serve as the connective tissue between business strategy, customer needs, market dynamics, and technology delivery.
• Define product priorities and lead discovery and delivery for high-impact opportunities.
• Drive measurable improvements in adoption, retention, learner success, and instructor satisfaction.
• Support growth and differentiation across the higher education market.
• Apply data, experimentation, and GenAI-enabled practices to improve speed, effectiveness, and product impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of product management experience required.
• Proven experience working on technology-powered products, digital learning products, or product-adjacent roles.
• Evidence of understanding of contemporary approaches to product management.
• Experience using customer insights, market research, and data analysis to inform product decisions.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to lead execution for a product feature area or market-specific initiative.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous learning.
• Knowledge and understanding of POM (Product Operating Model).

Requirements

• Experience in higher education, edtech, digital learning platforms, courseware, assessment, or instructional technology.
• Experience working with instructors, students, academic departments, or education-focused sales and customer success teams.
• Familiarity with Higher Education market: career-connected learning.
• Experience with product analytics, experimentation, adoption metrics, retention analysis, or churn reduction.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and product operating models.
• Experience working on platform-based products, learning management integrations, or data-driven digital experiences.
• Understanding of accessibility, inclusive design, and usability best practices.
• Experience applying GenAI or automation to improve product workflows or customer experiences.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package.
• Eligibility to participate in the company’s discretionary incentive bonus program.
• 5% Annual: Individual Target bonus.
• Base pay range: $77,100.00 - $100,200.00 USD.

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.