Sr Product Manager

Cengage Group
Chicago, IL
**We believe in the power and joy of learning** At 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 inclusion, engagement, and discovery** Our business is driven by our strong culture, and we know that creating an inclusive 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 programs, benefits, and initiatives that are integrated into the fabric of how we work every day. To learn more, please see As a Senior Product Manager on the ed2go team at Cengage Group, you'll help shape the technology foundation that connects learners, partners, and enterprise systems. You'll guide the vision and roadmap for platform capabilities, data pipelines, and integrations that make learning experiences more connected, efficient, and insightful. You'll work across teams to design systems that scale, improve data quality, and enable better decision-making. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, connecting ideas across teams, and driving results that make a measurable impact on learners and business outcomes. **What You'll Do Here:** **Lead Strategy and Vision** + Define and evolve the roadmap for ed2go's platform, data, and integration capabilities. + Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and analytics teams to align technical investments with business goals. + Drive initiatives that improve platform scalability, data reliability, and system interoperability. **Build and Strengthen Integrations** + Lead the end-to-end lifecycle for integrations across Salesforce, SAP, enrollment, and learning systems. + Partner with enterprise teams to enhance data exchange through modern APIs and event-driven architectures. + Ensure that systems share accurate, secure, and timely information to support operational and learner outcomes. **Collaborate Across Teams** + Work closely with product, engineering, analytics, and design teams to deliver shared services and tools that enable faster, smarter decisions. + Partner with marketing, service, finance, and operations teams to ensure alignment and adoption of shared capabilities. + Foster transparent communication and collaboration across technical and business partners. **Deliver and Improve** + Write clear, outcome-based epics and user stories that guide development and measure success. + Balance priorities across short-term needs and long-term technical investments. + Promote agile best practices, documentation, and continuous improvement across teams. **Skills You'll Need Here:** + Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience. + 6+ years in product management or related technical product roles. + Experience leading platform, data, or integration-focused initiatives. + Understanding of SaaS architecture, APIs, data pipelines, and system design. + Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Amplitude, and GA4. + Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to translate complexity into clarity. + Experience working in collaborative, cross-functional environments. + Curiosity, empathy, and a growth mindset-combined with a drive for delivering real-world outcomes. + Experience in edtech, ecommerce, or enterprise SaaS environments is a plus. Cengage Group is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws. Cengage is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities including during our job application process. If you are an applicant with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in our job application process, please contact us at [email protected] . **About Cengage Group** 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. **Compensation** At Cengage Group, we take great pride in our commitment to providing a comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package designed to support and empower our employees. Click here ( to learn more about our _Total Rewards Philosophy_ . The full base pay range has been provided for this position. Individual base pay will vary based on work schedule, qualifications, experience, internal equity, and geographic location. Sales roles often incorporate a significant incentive compensation program beyond this base pay range. In this position, you will be eligible to participate in the company's discretionary incentive bonus program. This position's bonus target amount, which is not guaranteed and is dependent on individual performance and overall company results among other factors, is provided below. 15% Annual: Individual Target $117,100.00 - $152,200.00 USD **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. **_Warning: Be aware, there has been an increase of targeted recruitment_** **_scams perpetrated by bad actors falsely providing job offers on behalf Cengage Group to candidates as a means of obtaining personal information. Note that Cengage will always interview candidates via live in-person meetings, phone calls and video calls before an offer would be extended. Also, be sure to check that communication is coming from an @cengage.com email address._**
Posted 2025-11-20

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