At Cengage, 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.
Cengage's portfolio of businesses supports student choice by providing a range of pathways that help learners achieve their goals and lead a choice-filled life.
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 https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/.
As a Product Manager for ed2go, you’ll help accelerate innovation across our product portfolio by enabling teams to harness new technologies and improve how we operate. This role supports multiple Product Operating Model (POM) teams by finding opportunities where AI, automation, and process optimization can enhance learner, partner, and internal team experiences.
You’ll collaborate across product, engineering, and analytics to shape early concepts, validate opportunities, and strengthen awareness of outcomes and progress. While not embedded within a specific POM team, you’ll act as a connector, helping teams move faster through shared insights, scalable practices, and lightweight experimentation.
This is an ideal role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys hands-on discovery and prototyping, and takes pride in helping others deliver exceptional products more efficiently.
- Collaborate with different product teams to explore opportunities for improving technology and automating workflows.
- Translate user and business needs into actionable requirements and collaborate with teams to validate and refine solutions.
- Lead early discovery and proof-of-concept efforts for new tools, capabilities, and product enhancements that may bring to bear AI or automation.
- Identify and implement opportunities to simplify and streamline how product teams plan, track, and measure outcomes.
- Support the development of frameworks and guidelines that improve visibility, predictability, and decision-making.
- Help scale operational processes that enable faster learning and more consistent execution across teams.
- Serve as a link between product, engineering, analytics, and design to advance AI experimentation and operational maturity.
- Document findings, playbooks, and reusable approaches that help teams scale efficiently with automation.
- Support roadmap alignment and clear communication across product and technology functions.
- 5+ years in product management or related roles within technology-driven organizations
- Understanding of how AI, data, and automation can improve user experiences and internal operations
- Strong analytical and systems-thinking mentality with an ability to translate insights into action
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable influencing across teams
- Experience in EdTech, SaaS, or ecommerce environments preferred
Cengage 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].
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.
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.
5% Annual: Individual Target$77,100.00 - $123,300.00 USD
Skills Required
- 5+ years in product management or related roles within technology-driven organizations
- Understanding of how AI, data, and automation can improve user experiences and internal operations
- Strong analytical and systems-thinking mentality with ability to translate insights into action
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable influencing across teams
- Experience in EdTech, SaaS, or ecommerce environments
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.
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