Higher Education Disciplines Product Manager

Cengage; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage is seeking a Product Manager to lead discipline-specialized product clusters across Higher Education’s Careers and Skills. You will own the strategic development and innovation of digital learning experiences, translating instructor and student needs into prioritized opportunities and measurable outcomes.

You will collaborate across product, engineering, content, marketing and sales to drive adoption, retention, and learner success.

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 such as product management, product operations, UX, analytics, content strategy, engineering, or business analysis.
• 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 with a data-informed approach to prioritization and trade-offs.
• Ability to lead execution for a product feature area, capability set, or market-specific initiative.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to explain customer problems, product decisions, and business impact clearly.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a commitment to continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Own product strategy, discovery, and roadmap priorities for Professional Careers and Skills’ Higher Education discipline cluster.
• Lead continuous product discovery through user research, usability testing, analytics, experimentation, and collaborator feedback.
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver high-impact product improvements.
• Define and monitor success metrics, using data to guide prioritization, iteration, and product performance decisions.
• Deliver simple, intuitive, and scalable product experiences that balance customer value, business impact, speed, and technical feasibility.
• Represent the voice of the customer in planning, prioritization, and delivery discussions.
• Drive fast, iterative delivery and continuous improvement using modern product management practices and GenAI-enabled ways of working where appropriate.

Skills

Product management experience

Analytical thinking

Strong communication

Data-informed prioritization

Customer insights

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Agile methodologies

Product analytics

Data analytics tools

Job description

Cengage is seeking a Product Manager to lead discipline-specialized product clusters across Higher Education’s Careers and Skills. You will own the strategic development and innovation of digital learning experiences, translating instructor and student needs into prioritized opportunities and measurable outcomes.

You will collaborate across product, engineering, content, marketing and sales to drive adoption, retention, and learner success.