Portfolio Product Manager
Company: Cengage Group
Location: Oklahoma City
Posted on: January 24, 2023
Job Description:
We believe in the power and joy of learningAt Cengage Group, our
employees have a direct impact in helping students 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.Our culture
values diversity, engagement, and discoveryOur business is driven
by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive and
diverse workplace is absolutely essential to the success of our
company and our learners, as well as our individual well-being. We
recognize the value of diverse perspectives in everything we do,
and strive to ensure employees of all levels and backgrounds feel
empowered to voice their ideas and bring their authentic selves to
work. We achieve these priorities through inclusive programs,
benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of
how we work every day. To learn more, please see
https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity/ .What
You'll Do Here:A Portfolio Product Manager is the specialist in
their market, the problem solver for the learner, and the leader of
their product team across Cengage! You are accountable for the
entire lifecycle of your products. To achieve these goals, you are
an integrator, leading a cross-functional team by encouraging a
creative and collaborative environment aligned toward a collective
mission. You are consistently problem solving, and actively
considering the expertise of all team members!You build your
product strategy by developing hypotheses, evaluating data,
analyzing market and competitive trends, testing ideas in the
market, iterating, and ultimately making product decisions based on
evidence and insights. While keeping in alignment with business
priorities, you take customer needs from concept to launch,
focusing on timely delivery, holistic product quality, and an
effective learning experience.Skills you will need:Demonstrate
success at leading a team with a shared vision, facilitating
effective communication, crafting trust and ensuring timely project
delivery. Balance experience, market knowledge, and insights based
on data to make impactful decisions and long-term plans. It is
important to use your own curiosity and the curiosity of teammates
to build solutions and deliver a high-quality learning experience
that delights students and instructors.Responsibilities:
- Develops a clear understanding of the Cengage ethos and
embodies these attributes
- Credible relationship builder with high integrity who
successfully influences partners and team members to creatively
develop differentiated features
- Structures operational and critical initiatives by developing
work plans, collecting and synthesizing relevant data, leading
analyses and executing recommendations
- Ultimately accountable for overarching holistic product
strategy to which all product team members will contribute in
specific ways through clear results based on expertise
- Develops, implements and iterates product and portfolio
strategy based on deep market mastery trends, customer needs and
challenges, and competitive landscape, and aligned with overall
corporate strategic direction to deliver desired business
metrics
- Provides team leadership as an integrator across a functional
unit team, bringing the team together toward a unified strategy and
a common mission
- Applies excellent project management skills, organization, and
clear communication to drive decision-making and progress
throughout product development lifecycle in coordination with other
team members
- Sets clear objectives and timelines for achieving landmarks to
release a product to market on time and within scope, balancing
priorities and urgency as needed
- Work in partnership with authors, learning design, content
production, technology, marketing and sales to ensure successful
launch, positioning, delivery and adoption of the product line to
the marketplace
- Collaborate with marketing and sales on customer retention and
takeaway strategies.Skills you will need here:
- Bachelors Degree
- Minimum 3 years in product management, marketing, strategic
pricing, product development, brand management, consulting, or
other relevant management role
- Cross-functional team management and leadership experience
- Excellent at developing and articulating vision and strategy
that meet business goals
- Collaborative problem solvergwith the ability to inspire change
through influence;honed interpersonal skills
- Self-disciplined with a high degree of accountability and
flexibility
- Strong financial analysis and modeling skills and an
understanding of business metrics
- Natural curiosity and willingness to learn paired with a desire
for continuous improvement
- Familiarity with agile and iterative development
- Demonstrated writing and verbal presentation abilities enabling
them to prepare and present information and recommendations to a
diverse and often senior audience
- Expected travel 25% of time
- Proficient with Word, Excel, and PowerPointCengage Group is
proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion,
gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national
origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status,
parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work
styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason. You
may view Cengages EEO/Affirmative Action Policy signed by CEO
Michael Hansen
(https://p.widencdn.net/pdvq6j/EEO_Policy_Statement_January_2017)
and Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law notice
(http://embed.widencdn.net/pdf/plus/cengage/ybs5gt19ik/eeopost-merged.pdf)
by visiting their corresponding links.Cengage Group is committed to
providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with
disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need
assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact
us at accommodations.ta@cengage.com or you may call us at +1 (617)
289-7917.If you are a CA State, CO State, NY State, WA State, or
Jersey City, NJ resident, please email
jobpostinginquiries@cengage.com to receive compensation information
for this role. Be sure to include this postings job ID in the
subject line of the email to help ensure a timely response.About
Cengage GroupCengage Group, a global education technology company
serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality digital
products and services that equip students with the skills and
competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years, we
have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted, engaging
content, and now, integrated digital platforms. We serve the higher
education, workforce skills, secondary education, English language
teaching and research markets worldwide. Through our scalable
technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited, we support all
learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve their dreams
through education.Cengage Group , a global education technology
company serving millions of learners, provides affordable, quality
digital products and services that equip students with the skills
and competencies needed to be job ready. For more than 100 years,
we have enabled the power and joy of learning with trusted,
engaging content, and now, integrated digital platforms.We serve
the higher education, workforce skills, secondary education,
English language teaching and research markets worldwide. Through
our scalable technology, including MindTap and Cengage Unlimited,
we support all learners who seek to improve their lives and achieve
their dreams through education.
Keywords: Cengage Group, Oklahoma City , Portfolio Product Manager, Executive , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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