Product Manager, Higher Education Learning Platforms

Cengage Group; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 77,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage Group is seeking a Product Manager to lead discipline-specific product clusters across Higher Education’s Computing portfolios. You will apply a user-centric, data-driven approach to create learning products for students, instructors, and institutions, collaborating with editorial, marketing, engineering and UX to translate needs into opportunities.

The role drives strategy, prioritization, and outcomes within an established product operating model, measuring adoption, retention, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in Product Management.
• Strong technical fluency in computing and IT, with experience translating requirements for virtual labs, cloud environments, into product solutions.
• Experience with technology-powered products, digital learning products, or related roles.
• Evidence of understanding modern approaches to product management.
• Experience using customer insights, market research, and data analysis to advise product decisions.
• Ability to lead high-profile initiatives with strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Experience with agile methodologies and product operating models.
• Experience working with instructors, students, institutions, or education-focused teams.
• Experience applying GenAI or automation to improve product workflows, discovery, delivery, or customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Own product strategy, discovery, and roadmap priorities for Higher Education’s Computing discipline cluster.
• Develop deep understanding of instructors, students, and institutional needs within the assigned market.
• Translate customer insights, business priorities, market trends, and platform capabilities into clear immediate, medium and long-term product opportunities and prioritized solutions.
• Champion Cengage’s Digital Product pillars of Career Readiness, Learning Outcomes, and Radical Simplicity in all product decisions.
• Lead continuous product discovery through user research, usability testing, analytics, experimentation, and collaborator feedback.
• Partner cross-functionally to deliver high-impact product improvements.
• Prioritize initiatives that improve adoption, engagement, success, and retention across Cengage Learning Platforms.
• Define and supervise 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.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

GenAI awareness

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Product management experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Cengage Group is seeking a Product Manager to lead discipline-specific product clusters across Higher Education’s Computing portfolios. You will apply a user-centric, data-driven approach to create learning products for students, instructors, and institutions, collaborating with editorial, marketing, engineering and UX to translate needs into opportunities.

The role drives strategy, prioritization, and outcomes within an established product operating model, measuring adoption, retention, and