Product Technology Operations Manager

Cengage Group
Ohio
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 81,600 - 141,800 annuallyFunction: Business OperationsSkills: ["Analytical thinking","Collaboration","Written communication","Verbal communication","Data accuracy","Follow-through"]

Serve as an embedded operations partner to Product Technology leadership, helping build operating rigor across Higher Education, School, Work, Core Platforms, and Content Operations. Own leadership operating cadences, operating calendars, executive decision logs, and action tracking. Drive roster/resource and organizational data quality (Smartsheet), support financial and vendor workflows, and produce dashboards and operational insights to improve leadership decision-making across a matrixed environment.

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Cengage Group
Cengage Group
2 months ago

Product Technology Operations Manager

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Job Summary

Serve as an embedded operations partner to Product Technology leadership, helping build operating rigor across Higher Education, School, Work, Core Platforms, and Content Operations. Own leadership operating cadences, operating calendars, executive decision logs, and action tracking. Drive roster/resource and organizational data quality (Smartsheet), support financial and vendor workflows, and produce dashboards and operational insights to improve leadership decision-making across a matrixed environment.
Location: Ohio
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Business Operations

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and sustain Product Technology operating rhythms, leadership forums, planning cycles, retrospectives, and governance routines.
  • •Maintain an operating calendar connecting leadership meetings, financial planning, vendor cadences, roster updates, reporting timelines, and governance routines.
  • •Own roster and organizational data quality and governance for Product Technology in Smartsheet or related systems, including source-of-truth definitions and refresh schedules.
  • •Assist with budgeting and spend tracking, CapEx/Opex mapping, and operational follow-up for purchase orders, statements of work, invoices, and vendor engagements.
  • •Produce and continuously improve operational dashboards, metrics, and leadership reporting; convert workforce, vendor, financial, capacity, and portfolio data into decision-ready insights.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 81,600 - 141,800 annually

Key Requirements

  • •More than 10 years of experience in technology operations, business operations, program management, product operations, or a related area.
  • •Experience supporting senior technology, product, engineering, digital, or operations leadership teams.
  • •Proven ability to manage operating cadences, governance routines, dashboards, and data quality processes in cross-functional settings.
  • •Experience handling financial, workforce, vendor, contractor, or portfolio data within a technology organization.
  • •Strong analytical, communication, and collaborator management skills, with the ability to drive follow-through without direct authority.
Experience:EdTechSaaS
Skills:Analytical thinkingCollaborationWritten communicationVerbal communicationData accuracyFollow-through
Tech Stack:SmartsheetJiraConfluenceSharePointPower BIExcelPowerPointAgile

Company Brief

Cengage Group
Global education and learning company providing textbooks, digital course materials, online learning platforms, and instructional solutions for higher education, K–12, and workforce training programs.
Industry: Education
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Boston, United States
Founded: 2007
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