EdTech Portfolio Lead — Curriculum & Learning Strategy

Cengage Group; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 77,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage Group is seeking a Portfolio Manager for the Milady Content and Learning Team. You will own the portfolio and content strategy, analyze market data, and guide curriculum decisions from concept to launch while coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality learning experiences.

You will build market mastery, establish strong author relationships, and drive adoptions through strategic collaboration with Marketing and Sales, while maintaining focus on

Qualifications

• Ability to develop strategies and compelling business cases.
• Demonstration of strong communication skills with keen ability to facilitate team meetings, presentations, focus groups, and interviews.
• Minimum 5 years in portfolio/product management, product development, sales, marketing, or other relevant management role.
• Expected travel ~20% of time
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• Lead a profitable line of content offerings and develop strategic business plans.
• Provide leadership, representing the portfolio and customers across audiences.
• Use data to make market-informed business proposals, take mitigated risks, and guide strategic decisions.
• Develops deep market mastery - identifies trends, customer needs and challenges, and competitive landscape - to develop strong business plans aligned with overall corporate strategic direction that deliver desired business metrics
• Translate priorities into organized end-to-end development plans with budgets, resources, performance goals, and key checkpoints.
• Provide project team direction, facilitating effective communication, and ensuring timely delivery of multiple content offerings simultaneously within scope and budget.
• Cultivate an environment of creativity and collaboration.
• Deliver quality learning experiences to students and instructors.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key authors, content creators, and adoption decision makers to gain customer insights, strengthen adoptions, and identify new talent.
• Develop a deep understanding of competitors and an ability to anticipate competitor activity.
• Identify and test portfolio content ideas within segments, including the administration of focus groups, advisory boards, reviews, and customer meetings as appropriate.
• Regularly analyze portfolio plans to align forecasting and measurement of progress towards goals.
• Partner closely with Marketing and Sales teams to seed and secure adoptions.
• Work closely with colleagues in other functional areas (Learning Design, Content Production, Marketing, Sales, Product Technology, etc.).
• Create compelling needs-based discipline, course, and content positioning and customer segments as inputs for campaign and sales enablement efforts.
• Make presentations at internal and external meetings, campus visits, and academic conventions in support of sales efforts and to drive sales.

Skills

Portfolio management

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decisions

Strategic planning

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Influence and persuasion

Accountability

Financial analysis

Learning and curiosity

Presentation skills

Team collaboration

Education

BA or BS Degree

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Cengage Group is seeking a Portfolio Manager for the Milady Content and Learning Team. You will own the portfolio and content strategy, analyze market data, and guide curriculum decisions from concept to launch while coordinating with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality learning experiences.

You will build market mastery, establish strong author relationships, and drive adoptions through strategic collaboration with Marketing and Sales, while maintaining focus on