Learning Portfolio Manager — Content Strategy & Growth

Cengage Group; Billings (MT); Remote; USD 77,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage Group, a global education technology company, seeks a Portfolio Manager on the Milady Content and Learning Team in the United States. You will lead the portfolio and content strategy, work with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality learning experiences, and translate market insights into compelling product decisions.

You will build market mastery, test ideas, and drive adoption with Marketing and Sales, managing curriculum products for beauty education across

Qualifications

• Ability to develop strategies and compelling business cases.
• Proven cross-functional leadership and collaboration.
• Strong communication skills and ability to facilitate meetings.
• Customer-focused with understanding of learner needs.
• Experience with financial analysis and modeling.
• BA or BS Degree required.
• Travel ~20% of time.

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 and guide strategic decisions.
• Develops deep market mastery to inform business plans and delivery.
• Translate priorities into end-to-end development plans with budgets and milestones.
• Provide project team direction and ensure timely delivery within scope and budget.
• Cultivate an environment of creativity and collaboration.
• Deliver quality learning experiences to students and instructors.
• Establish relationships with authors and content creators to gain insights.
• Develop an understanding of competitors and anticipate activity.
• Identify and test portfolio content ideas through focus groups and reviews.
• Analyze portfolio plans to align forecasting and progress metrics.
• Partner with Marketing and Sales to secure adoptions.
• Work with Learning Design, Content Production, Marketing, Sales, and Product Tech.
• Create needs-based content positioning for campaigns and sales enablement.
• Make presentations at internal/external meetings and campus visits.

Skills

Strategy

Leadership

Communication

Customer focus

Problem solving

Cross-functional leadership

Presentation skills

Financial analysis

Influence

Education

BA or BS Degree

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Cengage Group, a global education technology company, seeks a Portfolio Manager on the Milady Content and Learning Team in the United States. You will lead the portfolio and content strategy, work with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time delivery of high-quality learning experiences, and translate market insights into compelling product decisions.

You will build market mastery, test ideas, and drive adoption with Marketing and Sales, managing curriculum products for beauty education across