Cengage Group
Technical Product Manager
🇺🇸 Hybrid - OH
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Product Development
🗓️ July 22nd, 2025
Amplitude
SaaS
Salesforce
Edtech.com's Summary
Cengage Group is hiring a Technical Product Manager to lead the strategy and execution of foundational platforms, data pipelines, and system integrations supporting the ed2go team. The role involves managing scalable, connected systems and collaborating cross-functionally to enhance enterprise and product-level data capabilities.
Highlights
- Own and evolve roadmaps for internal data and integration capabilities aligned with customer-facing product needs.
- Lead end-to-end product lifecycle for integrations including Salesforce, SAP, enrollment, and learning platforms.
- Partner with architects, engineering, and analytics teams to ensure scalable, secure data pipelines and system interoperability.
- Write epics and user stories, manage backlog, and lead agile ceremonies to deliver technical solutions.
- Require 5+ years in product management or related technical roles, with experience in APIs, data pipelines, and SaaS architecture.
- Proficient with tools like JIRA, Confluence, GA4, and Amplitude.
- Strong systems thinking with ability to translate complex business needs into scalable technical products.
- Experience collaborating in agile environments and managing technical debt and risks.
- Preferred background includes edtech, ecommerce, or enterprise SaaS environments.
- Cengage Group provides a comprehensive Total Rewards package; base pay varies based on multiple factors.
Technical Product Manager Full Description
Technical Product Manager
Ohio, USA
United States
Full time
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 https://www.cengagegroup.com/about/inclusion-and-belonging/.
As a Technical Product Manager for the ed2go team at Cengage Group, you’ll work within our product operating model to empower customer-facing product teams by owning the foundational platforms, data pipelines, and integrations that enable great learner experiences.
In this role, your focus will be on delivering robust, scalable, and connected systems. You’ll lead strategy and execution for enterprise and ed2go system integrations, data flows, and internal tooling, serving as a force multiplier across our product portfolio.
This is an ideal role for someone who thrives on technical complexity, systems thinking, and enabling cross-functional success. The ideal candidate will also possess a proven knowledge of the various constraints of the business – constraints from marketing, sales, service, finance, legal, and privacy.
What You’ll Do Here:
Strategic Ownership & Enablement:
- Own and evolve the roadmap for internal data and integration capabilities, aligned to the needs of customer-facing product teams and enterprise systems
- Partner closely with platform architects, engineering, and analytics to ensure data pipelines and system integrations are scalable, accurate, and secure
- Align work to the product operating model by supporting outcomes owned by other teams through delivery of shared infrastructure and services
Integration & Data Ecosystem:
- Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle for integrations across ed2go, Salesforce, SAP, enrollment, and learning platforms
- Drive discovery and delivery of new API capabilities, event-driven architectures, and system interoperability
- Partner with enterprise teams to ensure timely and accurate data exchanges and touchpoints between platforms
Cross-functional Collaboration:
- Work closely with engineering, data, design, QA, and other product teams to prioritize and deliver work through agile teams
- Collaborate with product managers and analytics teams to ensure foundational data is accessible, accurate, and supports measurement of downstream outcomes
Process & Delivery:
- Write clear epics and user stories that articulate business needs, technical goals, and system-level requirements
- Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, and agile ceremonies with engineering teams
- Actively manage technical debt, risks, and non-functional requirements within the roadmap
Skills You’ll Need Here:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years in product management, technical product ownership, or related software development roles
- Experience working with APIs, data pipelines, system integrations, or platform products
- Strong understanding of SaaS architecture, backend systems, and data management practices
- Hands-on familiarity with tools like JIRA, Confluence, and analytics platforms (GA4, Amplitude, etc.)
- A systems thinker with strong documentation, collaboration, and communication skills
- Experience working in agile environments and partnering closely with engineering teams
- Ability to translate complex business needs into scalable, technical solutions
- 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 race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status, and any other 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 accommodations.ta@cengage.com or at +1 (617) 289-7917.
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.$0.00 - $0.00 USD
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