Senior Program Manager - EdTech Strategy & Delivery

Cengage Group; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 117,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage Group in Nashville is seeking a Sr. Program Manager to drive multi-disciplinary initiatives across Higher Education, coordinating complex programs from planning through customer rollout.

You will lead cross-functional teams and align priorities across Product, Content, Engineering and Go-to-Market to deliver impact. This high-visibility role requires governance, dependency and risk management, and the creation of repeatable planning approaches.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex programs across product strategy, content, technology and commercial teams.
• Experience establishing operating models, governance, planning processes, and decision frameworks.
• Ability to translate strategy into coordinated portfolios and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a portfolio view across disciplines to create visibility and alignment.
• Identify common capability needs and coordinate prioritization and sequencing.
• Define and track objectives with measurable outcomes and business impact.
• Identify dependencies, risks, and decisions across workstreams.
• Surface decisions and drive alignment on a path forward.
• Coordinate product, content, engineering, GTM and other teams through delivery and adoption.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Matrix organization

Stakeholder management

Governance & planning

Education

PMP certification

PgMP certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Cengage Group in Nashville is seeking a Sr. Program Manager to drive multi-disciplinary initiatives across Higher Education, coordinating complex programs from planning through customer rollout.

You will lead cross-functional teams and align priorities across Product, Content, Engineering and Go-to-Market to deliver impact. This high-visibility role requires governance, dependency and risk management, and the creation of repeatable planning approaches.