ELT Portfolio Lead: Strategy & Growth

Cengage Group; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage Group seeks a Portfolio Manager — ELT to define product vision and strategy for the Adult & Academic portfolio across global markets. You will establish business cases, market positioning, and competitive benchmarking while collaborating with Research, Academic Design, Product Technology and Product Marketing.

The role reports to the Portfolio Director and requires strong leadership, customer insight, and strategic investment decision-making to drive ELT growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent qualification required.
• Minimum 5 years in product management, business development or other relevant management role.
• Ability to conduct product research and implement focused research plans.
• Ability to translate customer needs into opportunities and articulate a product vision.
• Strong communication to present proposals to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Provide product leadership representing the portfolio across audiences.
• Lead a profitable product line and develop strategic business plans to access opportunities and expand our footprint in key growth markets.
• Forge relationships with key adoption decision makers and market influencers to gain customer insights.
• Use customer insights to build business proposals and make strategic investment decisions.
• Identify and test product ideas within segments, including focus groups and customer meetings as appropriate.
• Collaborate with Product Marketing to track product performance and address adoption barriers.
• Establish and maintain relationships with authors, editors, consultants and researchers to grow the brand.
• Work with cross-functional teams on pan-Cengage initiatives.

Skills

Product leadership

Business development

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Financial analysis

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Cengage Group seeks a Portfolio Manager — ELT to define product vision and strategy for the Adult & Academic portfolio across global markets. You will establish business cases, market positioning, and competitive benchmarking while collaborating with Research, Academic Design, Product Technology and Product Marketing.

The role reports to the Portfolio Director and requires strong leadership, customer insight, and strategic investment decision-making to drive ELT growth.