Sr Director, Portfolio and Content at Ed2go

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.
 

As the Senior Director of Portfolio and Content at Ed2go, you will lead a highly dedicated team to guide the development and implementation of our portfolio strategy. You’ll collaborate closely with the General Manager and Leadership Team to ensure our priorities align with business objectives, market opportunities, and learner needs.

• Lead the Portfolio Management organization, including leaders responsible for major segments of the ed2go catalog.
• Build a comprehensive insight into portfolio performance, market dynamics, customer and learner needs, competitive activity, and emerging opportunities.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities for new programs, category expansion, content modernization, partnerships, and portfolio optimization.
• Establish clear investment frameworks that enable disciplined decisions about where ed2go should build, buy, partner, expand, modernize, or exit.
• Guide portfolio lifecycle management, balancing investment in new growth with optimization and maintenance of the existing catalog.
• Use financial, market, customer, and operational data to evaluate portfolio performance and inform investment decisions.
• Partner with Finance and business leadership to ensure portfolio decisions support sustained revenue growth, margin expansion, and long-term value creation.
• Establish and coordinate portfolio performance mechanisms, operating rhythms, and reviews that provide access to results, risks, opportunities, and strategic tradeoffs.
   

We are looking for a leader with significant experience in portfolio management, content development, education technology, or workforce development. You should have demonstrated success leading a large, complex portfolio or product organization with meaningful revenue and profitability accountability.

• Strong business and financial competence, including experience using market, customer, operational, and financial data to make investment and prioritization decisions.
• Proven ability to develop and complete portfolio strategies that drive sustained growth, improve portfolio performance, and build competitive advantage.
• Experience leading other leaders and multi-layer organizations, with a strong track record of developing talent and building leadership capability.
• Outstanding communication skills and the ability to translate complex information into clear context, recommendations, priorities, and decisions.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred.
   

Join us and lead the transformation of content development through AI, automation, and innovative ways of working. Your leadership will ensure that ed2go continues to deliver strong, profitable growth while remaining scalable, aligned with market demands, and AI-enabled. This is your chance to define a lasting impact on the future of education!
 

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.