Manager, Teaching and Learning Strategy

At Macmillan Learning, we're committed to driving innovation that transforms education. We seek team members who thrive on pushing boundaries, envisioning future possibilities, and building solutions that make a lasting impact. Whether you're a Pioneer shaping bold new ideas, a Builder turning possibilities into reality, or a Stabilizer optimizing for success, you'll play a vital role in advancing our mission. If you're excited by the prospect of testing new technologies, implementing transformative strategies, and thriving in a fast-paced, innovative environment, we'd love to hear from you!

The Manager for the Teaching & Learning Strategist in Higher Ed leads a cross-disciplinary team of pedagogical experts who build relationships among educators to grow our business and surface real-world teaching challenges to inform Macmillan Learning's digital solutions. This leader bridges pedagogy and business acumen, ensuring that instructor and learner needs inform decision-making across the organization. The Manager develops and coaches Teaching & Learning Strategists, guiding them in best practices for driving impact with their work and gathering insights that shape both investment and go-to-market strategy. This role collaborates closely with Program Managers and Directors to enable the Teaching & Learning Strategists to best support the business needs of the program team. In addition, the Manager partners with Product, Sales, Marketing, and Learning Science & Research to align pedagogical perspectives with business outcomes and advance Macmillan's position as a trusted thought leader in higher education.

We know that talented candidates sometimes hesitate to apply when they don't meet every single qualification listed. We encourage you to apply if you're excited about this role and believe you can contribute meaningfully to our team, even if your background doesn't align perfectly with every requirement. We're looking for people who are passionate about our mission and can bring valuable perspectives to our work. Different experiences, skills, and approaches all have the potential to strengthen what we do. If this opportunity interests you, we'd love to hear how your unique background and abilities could contribute to our team's success. We're committed to building a workplace where everyone can do their best work and where diverse viewpoints are valued. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply - we're excited to learn about the different ways you might add value to our organization.

Major responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Strategic Insight Leadership

• Direct the Teaching & Learning Strategists' efforts to uncover, synthesize, and communicate pedagogical insights that inform investment and market strategy.
• Define and prioritize problems to solve across disciplines and markets, ensuring the most pressing instructor and student needs are surfaced.
• Partner with Program and Product leadership to translate field insights into actionable recommendations that shape product roadmaps and adoption strategies.
  

Instructor Ecosystem Development

• Oversee the cultivation of instructor relationships across disciplines, ensuring broad representation of pedagogical perspectives.
• Support team members in building and maintaining strong relationships with customers, key faculty partners, and advocates in partnership with the Program and Marketing teams.

Go-to-Market Enablement

• Collaborate with leaders in the Sales, Marketing, Product, and Program teams to ensure pedagogical insights inform go-to-market strategies and messaging.
• Equip customer-facing teams with training and narratives that connect pedagogy to adoption, retention, and learning impact. Provide oversight and strategic input for class tests, pilots, and sales tools to ensure pedagogical integrity and intended business impact.
• Serve as a pedagogical advisor for strategic customer engagements and executive-level presentations.

Market Intelligence

• Lead horizon scanning for emerging instructional trends, technology innovations, and best practices in teaching and learning, identifying opportunities to differentiate through pedagogical design.
• Translate competitor and market intelligence into actionable insights that inform strategic direction.
• Evaluate external partnerships, research collaborations, and professional networks that can enhance Macmillan's pedagogical credibility and reach.

Team and Thought Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and empower the Teaching & Learning Strategists to expand their product knowledge, business expertise, communication skills, and strategic impact. Create structures for feedback, professional development, and shared learning across the team.
• Model inclusive leadership that values diverse pedagogical perspectives and encourages innovation.
• Represent Macmillan Learning's pedagogical leadership internally and externally through strategic initiatives, presentations, and partnerships.

Required Qualifications:

• Combination of Education & Relevant Experience.
• Curriculum design experience.
• Experience successfully communicating complex information verbally and in writing with a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience developing teams in newly established roles within a business.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Teaching experience in a higher education context.
• Experience supporting customers using learning management or courseware solutions.
• Passion for exploring how emerging technologies (such as AI, AR/VR, or adaptive learning systems) can be thoughtfully applied in higher education settings.
• Comfort navigating and driving change within evolving, fast-paced environments where creativity and curiosity are valued.
• Demonstrated curiosity and willingness to challenge the status quo in service of better learner or instructor outcomes.
• Active engagement in thought leadership, research, or professional networks related to innovation in teaching and learning.

Salary Range: $95,000 - $120,000

Exemption Status: Exempt

Physical Requirements:

Requires periods of close concentration; must be able to multi-task; must be able to travel occasionally; work overtime - more than 40 hours a week - regularly, as needed.

The position is eligible for remote employment, excluding the following locations: Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wyoming.

Benefits

Regular full-time and qualifying part-time employees and their dependents are eligible for Macmillan benefits, effective on the employee's date of hire. Macmillan also offers health benefits coverage to qualifying same-sex and opposite-sex domestic partners (may require additional documentation) of active employees.

• Competitive pay and bonus plan
• Generous Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Contributions to your 401k retirement account through Fidelity
• Generous paid time off, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays (Spring Reset Day , Juneteenth, Indigenous People's Day, Election Day, and more!)
• Employee Assistance Program, Education Assistance Program
• 100% employer-paid life and AD&D insurance
• And much more!

Macmillan Learning is a privately-held, family owned company that improves lives through learning. By linking research to learning practice, we develop pioneering products and learning materials for students that are highly effective and drive improved outcomes. Our engaging content is developed in partnership with the world's best researchers, educators, administrators, and developers. To learn more, please visit macmillanlearning.com or see us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or join our Macmillan Community. Macmillan Learning is a division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a family-owned global media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

At Macmillan Learning, we believe diverse perspectives and backgrounds enrich our mission to improve lives through learning. We actively seek candidates who reflect a wide range of identities, experiences, and communities. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status and background, geographical status and background, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. You can read more about our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion initiatives here.

The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Macmillan Learning. Bedford Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC has developed an affirmative action program in compliance with the NY Department of Education's guidance. Portions of the affirmative action program are available for review by applicants and employees by contacting Human Resources at Macmillan Learning.