Product Marketing Manager

Unclassified - Portland, OR

Part-time - Mid Level

Portland, OR

About the position

The Product Marketing Manager at Cengage Group plays a crucial role in marketing a diverse portfolio of educational products. This position involves collaborating with various teams to develop and implement marketing strategies that drive revenue, retention, and growth. The manager will be responsible for crafting compelling product narratives, engaging with market influencers, and analyzing business performance to align marketing efforts with key portfolio drivers.

Responsibilities

• Strategize with Product Managers and Sales partners on key targets, opportunities, and competitors.
• Tell a compelling product story that engages the sales force, gains new customer markets, and drives revenue.
• Partner with product teams to craft internal and external messaging about new and existing capabilities, features, and products.
• Develop and promote customer-facing events and presentations to drive activations, sales conversions, and customer usage.
• Create and manage customer-facing product information and content for priority products and channels, ensuring accurate representation on Cengage sites.
• Analyze business performance and align marketing strategies to the most important portfolio drivers.
• Compile analytics for sales and marketing campaigns and share feedback with respective teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, preferably in Marketing, Business, Sales, or Communications.
• 3+ years of Marketing or Sales experience.
• Outstanding presentation skills in person and in a virtual environment.
• Strong social skills; ability to work well with other team members, customers, sales, and collaborators across the organization.
• Outgoing and positive with a focus on building and maintaining relationships.
• Creativity and resourcefulness needed to build engaging content strategies.
• Passionate about digital education and customer outcomes.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with a sales force.
• Basic sales training video creation and editing skills.