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 Senior Manager, Customer Support will oversee the day-to-day operations of the ed2go customer support team, supporting more than 130,000 online learners annually across the United States and Canada.
This role will lead a remote team of approximately 30 employees, including customer support supervisors, senior/lead representatives, and a call center operations analyst, while also partnering with offshore support resources.
The ideal candidate brings strong call center leadership experience, a customer-focused mindset, and the ability to lead teams in a fast-paced environment while balancing operational goals with quality service delivery.
- Lead and support a customer service organization focused on responsiveness, accountability, and quality support.
- Coach and develop supervisors and frontline team members through regular feedback, performance management, and professional development.
- Support onboarding and training efforts to ensure new hires are prepared for success.
- Foster a collaborative and positive team environment across a fully remote workforce.
- Oversee daily customer support operations, including workflow management, service levels, and quality monitoring.
- Monitor and manage key operational metrics such as:
- SLA performance
- Customer satisfaction scores
- Quality assurance results
- Schedule adherence
- Handle time and staffing needs
- Partner with operations and analytics resources to support reporting, forecasting, and continuous process improvement.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and streamline support processes.
- Help ensure a positive and supportive experience for learners and partners across phone, email, chat, and web-based channels.
- Support quality assurance programs, coaching initiatives, and customer feedback efforts.
- Partner cross-functionally to address customer concerns and improve the overall learner experience.
- Assist with escalation management and support resolution of complex customer issues.
- Contribute to operational planning and support organizational growth initiatives.
- Collaborate with internal teams on process improvements, support tools, and customer experience enhancements.
- Support ongoing efforts to improve scalability, reporting, and service consistency across the support organization.
- Experience leading customer support or call center teams in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience managing supervisors and/or team leads.
- Strong understanding of customer support operations, workforce management, and performance metrics.
- Ability to analyze operational data and make informed decisions.
- Experience with customer support platforms such as Salesforce Service Cloud or similar systems.
- Strong communication, coaching, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and lead through change.
- 7+ years of customer support or call center experience
- 3+ years of people leadership experience
- Experience managing remote teams preferred
- Experience with multi-channel support operations preferred
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience required
- EdTech or online learning industry experience is a plus
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.
20% Annual: Individual Target$78,000.00 - $110,000.00 USD
Skills Required
- 7+ years of customer support or call center experience
- 3+ years of people leadership experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
- Experience with customer support platforms such as Salesforce Service Cloud or similar systems
- Strong understanding of customer support operations, workforce management, and performance metrics
- Ability to analyze operational data and support reporting and forecasting
- Experience managing remote teams
- Experience with multi-channel support operations (phone, email, chat, web)
- EdTech or online learning industry experience
- Strong communication, coaching, and interpersonal skills
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.
