Associate Portfolio Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ohio.

📋 Description

• Oversee a profitable product line and formulate strategic business plans.

• Deliver product leadership, representing the portfolio and clients across various audiences.

• Utilize data to create market-informed business proposals, mitigate risks, and steer strategic decisions.

• Establish long-term objectives based on research and trends, setting metrics-driven milestones and connecting datasets to formulate solutions for complex business challenges.

• Combine experience, market knowledge, and insights to make impactful decisions and long-term strategies.

• Translate priorities into structured end-to-end development plans that include budgets, resources, performance objectives, and key milestones.

• Provide guidance to project teams, fostering effective communication and ensuring the timely delivery of multiple products within scope and budget.

• Foster a creative and collaborative environment.

• Deliver high-quality learning experiences for both students and instructors.

• Build and maintain relationships with key authors and decision-makers to gather customer insights, enhance adoptions, and identify new talent.

• Acquire a thorough understanding of competitors and anticipate their activities.

• Identify and test product concepts within segments through focus groups, advisory boards, reviews, and customer meetings as appropriate.

• Regularly evaluate product and portfolio plans to ensure alignment in forecasting and measurement of progress towards objectives.

• Collaborate closely with Marketing and Sales teams to promote and secure adoptions.

• Work in tandem with colleagues from various functional areas (Learning Design, Content Production, Marketing, Sales, Technology, etc.) on discipline-specific initiatives.

• Develop compelling needs-based discipline, course, and product positioning, along with customer segments for campaign and sales enablement initiatives.

• Present at internal and external meetings, campus visits, and academic conventions to support sales efforts and drive sales.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BA or BS).

• At least 2 years of experience in product management, product development, or a relevant portfolio management role.

• Experience in cross-functional team leadership.

• Ability to inspire change through influence, demonstrating well-honed social skills.

• Self-discipline with a strong sense of accountability.

• Strong financial analysis and modeling skills, along with an understanding of business metrics.

• Natural curiosity and a willingness to learn, coupled with a commitment to continuous improvement.

• Proven written and verbal communication skills, enabling effective preparation and presentation of information and recommendations to diverse and senior-level audiences.

• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Expected travel of approximately 10% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Participate in the company’s discretionary incentive bonus program.

• Comprehensive and rewarding Total Rewards package.