Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cengage is a global education technology company dedicated to empowering learners through innovative digital products and services. As a Program Manager in the Cengage School portfolio, you will be responsible for planning and executing platform migrations, managing complex projects, and ensuring successful delivery through collaboration with various teams.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Content & Portfolio, Marketing, Customer Success and Revenue Operations to gather all operational and customer-facing milestones and tasks to be tracked from inception to final delivery
- Create unified schedules, manage dependencies, and track progress across multiple workstreams - product data/setup, physical inventory, customer entitlements, content migration/product availability, technology releases
- Drive communication on program health up and across the organization
- Identify and communicate needs of the program to ensure it is set up for success, including the creation of a "playbook" that can be used as a template for all platform migrations
- Serve as triage point for incoming requests from stakeholders, using internal networks to solve or escalate problems
Skills
- 3-6 years of experience in project or program management
- Solid ability to lead by influence; e.g., successfully deliver large projects and programs without having direct authority over teams
- Tenacity and flexibility in problem solving, with the awareness to know how and when to change direction based on the input and feedback of partners
- Expert at facilitating high-functioning meetings, including leading productive conversations, and securing and documenting decisions efficiently
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Benefits
- Eligible to participate in the company’s discretionary incentive bonus program
- 15% Annual: Individual Target
Company Overview
Cengage, a global edtech company, supports learners, educators and institutions across more than 100 countries. It was founded in 1903, and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.cengagegroup.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Cengage has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2026, 17 in 2025, 6 in 2024, 21 in 2023, 19 in 2022, 16 in 2021, 56 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.