Sr Learning Manager

Cengage; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cengage is seeking Learning Managers to shape higher-education content strategy, drawing on learning science and curriculum development to enable focused content for their areas. LMs will contribute to the overall content strategy for higher-ed and career-training curricula.

You will collaborate with editorial managers, program associates, content project managers, researchers, product marketing, authors, and vendors to ensure content and learning experiences meet customer needs and Cengage's

Qualifications

• Apply learning science principles to course design and materials.
• Collaborate across editorial, strategy, marketing, authors, and vendors.
• Communicate clearly with diverse stakeholders to influence content decisions.

Responsibilities

• Inform and update author content and pedagogy with learning theory and currency.
• Serve as the learning design expert for student journey and discipline-level guidance.
• Review content against editorial strategy and learning standards for consistency.
• Design digital content to improve learning via platform features and usage data.
• Advocate for accessibility, equity, and inclusivity in content and authoring.
• Collaborate with authors, SMEs, and partners throughout curriculum development.
• Establish and maintain field content guidelines and tools.
• Support freelance and vendor content creators to ensure quality and timely delivery.
• Apply emerging learning trends to continuously innovate learning designs.

Skills

Innovation & quality

Learning science application

Verbal & written communication

Collaborative problem-solving

Job description

Learning Managers

Cengage empowers users to build rewarding careers with tailored learning experiences that link existing skills to necessary skills. Learning Managers (LMs) demonstrate their knowledge and experience in student and instructor needs, learning science, and curriculum development to enable the content strategy for their focus areas. Using an agile and strategic approach, market-based insights, and instructional design methodologies, LMs recommend and implement improvements to higher-education course materials and career-training curricula. LMs collaborate with a wide range of team members including editorial managers, program associates, content project managers, researchers, product marketing managers, authors/content creators, external vendors, and more. Our LMs are curious, tenacious, dedicated to sharing ideas, and committed to questioning the status quo in learning.

What you'll do here

You will spend your time sharing information, assessing, planning, designing, and reviewing higher education materials. You will also support new authors to ensure our content and learning experiences align with customers' needs and Cengage's strategic vision.

• Inform and/or update author content and pedagogy with universal and portfolio-specific perspective based in learning theory, currency, and career readiness.
• Serve as the student journey and discipline-level learning design expert, collaborating with colleagues in editorial, business strategy, marketing, authoring and content creation, and production.
• Review new and existing content and update plans against the editorial team strategy, Cengage's quality learning standards, research-based insights, and established protocols. Ensure alignment, consistency, and appropriateness across the field.
• Design digital content to fill gaps and seize opportunities for improving learning, based on insights into platform functionalities, user experience and satisfaction, and content usage statistics.
• Design and advocate for improvements in accessibility, equity, and inclusivity in all aspects of content and authoring.
• Collaborate with authors/subject matter experts/industry partners and team members throughout the curriculum development process, seeking out varied perspectives and expertise.
• Establish and maintain field tools and guidelines for field content creation/creators.
• Support freelance and vendor content creators as necessary to ensure content quality and timely delivery. Develop new authoring talent for the field and learning needs and understanding of digital product and use of authoring tools.
• Apply emerging learning trends and discipline-specific guidelines to continuously innovate and improve learning designs. Stay current with EdTech and subject area trends, key competitive developments, learning science research, and content design standards.

Skills you will need here

• Cultivate innovation and quality in assigned rigors and course areas, identifying chances to improve the lives of our learners through quality learning design.
• Apply learning science and digital learning methodologies to assigned fields.
• Communicate optimally, through strong verbal and written skills, including audience-centric analysis, persuasion, influence, and documentation.
• Collaborate with peers using interpersonal savvy in problem-solving, making tra

We believe in the power and joy of learning At Cengage, our employees have a direct impact in helping learners around the world discover the power and joy of learning. We are bonded by our shared purpose - driving innovation that helps millions of learners improve their lives and achieve their dreams through education.

We trust in the power and delight of learning At Cengage, our employees contribute directly to helping students across the globe experience the power and joy of learning. We are connected by our collective mission - promoting innovation that enables millions of learners to better their lives and fulfill their dreams through education.

Our culture values inclusion, engagement, and discovery Our strong culture drives our business. We believe an inclusive workplace is essential to our company's success, learners, and well-being. We recognize the importance of diverse perspectives in everything we do. We work to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel encouraged to voice ideas and be authentic at work. We meet these priorities through programs, benefits, and initiatives woven into our daily work. For more information, see https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/.

The Higher Ed Editorial and Learning Team develops a content and program investment strategy. This strategy sets the global standard for relevancy, comprehensiveness, and pedagogical design supported by research. Their work involves forming hypotheses, reviewing data, studying audience needs, and examining market, competitive, and industry trends. They test ideas and decide on content design using insights and evidence.