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.
The customer success consultant will build relationships in key accounts to ensure they are supported throughout the customer journey. They will support account retention to increase revenue. The customer success specialist will collaborate with internal departments to support top accounts in their assigned territories. They will work closely with the customers and sales representatives to understand customer goals, needs, and best ways to support the account.
- Ability to develop strong product knowledge and align product implementation to customer’s goals and outcomes.
- Ability to clearly communicate with school administrators to understand their greatest needs and expected implementation and adoption outcomes.
- Build and maintain relationships, becoming a trusted advisor to partners to ensure customer retention.
- Partner with internal teams on professional development and customer support to create customer journey maps and inform product development roadmap.
- Monitor each step of implementation process and project progress: anticipate potential issues and proactively manage details.
- Develop a strategic plan to build customer relationships with key customer roles including technology director, curriculum director, building administration, department chairs, grade level chairs, and coaches.
- Proactively establish expectations with customers to ensure successful implementations and outcomes.
- Engage colleagues as needed to provide solutions to customers, including onboarding/training, strategic product and content discussions, and customer support needs.
- Actively engage customers regarding their product implementation and use.
- Monitor and act on account expirations and renewal targets and leverage relationships to achieve customer renewals.
- Respond to customer inquiries and resolve any unforeseen issues in a timely manner.
- Demonstrate flexibility and be able to shift focus between to strategically manage account needs within assigned territory.
- Use appropriate communication methods to engage customers – meetings, webinars, videos, emails, and phone calls.
- Use metrics across multiple platforms to document, respond, and improve customer health.
- Present and use data to facilitate strategic account meetings during key times in the customer journey.
- Analyze renewal opportunity reports and strategically support renewal efforts.
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 3-5 years’ of customer success, sales or education experience or a combination of education and relevant experience.
- Understanding of and experience in implementing successful customer retention and growth strategies.
- Strong MS Office skills and Excel experience required.
Cengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Our job applicants are considered regardless 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].
Cengage, 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.
$67,000.00 - $87,100.00 USDSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 3-5 years of customer success, sales, or education experience (or combination of education and relevant experience)
- Strong MS Office skills
- Microsoft Excel experience
- Experience implementing customer retention and growth strategies
- Ability to develop strong product knowledge and align implementation to customer goals and outcomes
- Ability to clearly communicate with school administrators and build trusted advisor relationships
Cengage Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cengage Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Cengage Group.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid parental leave and company-designated wellness time off (including a year-end week off) stand out as notable time-away benefits. Flexible work positioning (virtual-first/remote-first) further increases the practical value of time-off and work-life support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Workplace mental-health support appears to be a meaningful part of the rewards package, reinforced by external recognition for mental-health practices. Wellness-oriented programs and designated wellness days contribute additional lifestyle value beyond cash pay.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Benefits and policies signal strong inclusion positioning, supported by external equality recognition. Family-related supports (e.g., fertility resources and parent support) also broaden who can benefit from the package.
Cengage Group Insights
What We Do
With more than 100 years of serving learners, Cengage Group is a global edtech company that enables student choice. No matter how, where, when or why someone wants to learn, our portfolio of education businesses supports all students, from middle school through graduate school and skills education, with quality content and technology. Collectively, our three business units – Cengage Academic, Cengage Work, and Cengage Select – help millions of students each year in more than 125 countries achieve their education and career goals and lead choice-filled lives. Visit us at www.cengagegroup.com
Why Work With Us
Our employee experience centers around a shared purpose: to help millions of learners achieve their dreams and improve their lives through education. Whether you want to make a difference in the world or start a fulfilling career in edtech, we focus on providing our employees with meaningful work while empowering them with resources to succeed.






