Program Director

At Macmillan Learning, the health and safety of our employees and contract staff is a top priority. Accordingly, COVID-19 vaccinations will be required for all staff that will be working in a Macmillan Learning office, or have job duties requiring them to travel for work. If offered the role, the candidate will need to provide proof of vaccination in advance of their start date. Employees can request religious and/or medical exemptions to this requirement by following the process outlined in the offer letter.

This position is located in our New York, NY, Boston, MA, Austin, TX, office, or remote.

Macmillan Learning is seeking a Program Director to lead the premier Psychology list and team by transforming how we deliver compelling educational content to our customers. The Program Director leads the strategic and financial planning for the list, including determining potential new models, channels, or partnerships needed to enable digital pedagogy. This role will maintain and build on the list's reputation for high-quality content and close alignment with best practices in the discipline. The ideal candidate embraces experimentation, challenges assumptions within traditional business models, can execute a test-and-learn approach to product development, and is energized by cross-functional collaboration with colleagues in Product, Marketing, and Sales.

As the Program Director for Psychology, you will be responsible for understanding the changing needs of our customers and the digital landscape of publishing, driving the vision and direction, and defining and delivering business objectives and growth. The Program Director is a role model of key leadership qualities focused around success: collaboration, communication, curiosity and creativity. In this role, you will lead and influence through through partnership with cross-functional teams. This role is for you if you are solution-oriented collaborator, passionate about innovation, and are eager to lead a team through transformation. You will have the chance to work with our successful editorial team, author team, and collaborate with other innovators across Macmillan Learning.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as Psychology product leader, driving product planning and business strategies; manage the budgeting process to ensure the financial success of the Psychology list.
• Represent publishing strategy for the discipline to the Product, Technology, Content Management, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and Sales groups. This requires strategic leadership in stakeholder and working groups across divisions at Macmillan Learning.
• Lead the Psychology team in product innovation; design and test new business models in collaboration with Finance, Marketing, and Product partners.
• Lead market research that identifies content and assessment needs in order to grow customer adoption and engagement.
• Manage, through training and development, a team of excellent Program Managers responsible for the health of the Psychology portfolio, working closely with Development, Media, and Assessment editors responsible for content quality and course design.
• Manage a subset of titles within the overall discipline portfolio, including direct management of the budget, strategy, and digital program, setting schedules, and leading a project team.
• Build relationships with authors and thought leaders to ensure the success of the Psychology list.
• Promote the implementation of Macmillan's standards and guidelines on creating accessible, diverse, equitable, and inclusive content to ensure all students have a successful experience learning from new and legacy material.
• Travel to campuses and conferences, and participate in virtual events as necessary, in order to build relationships, conduct market research, deepen understanding of the discipline's research, and support sales and marketing efforts.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum 8 years publishing, digital education, or related media industry, experience in editorial or executive position
• Demonstrated ability to manage a team, set financial projections, and guide and communicate strategy to the broader organization
• Minimum of 3 years setting and meeting (or surpassing) strategic goals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and complete complex tasks on short deadlines and in a fast-past environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience collaborating with product and engineering teams to develop educational technology
• Experience with Higher Education Curriculum Design

Macmillan Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, family status, economic background and status, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels.

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 (US)
• Generous paid time off policy and paid holidays
• 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 or see us on , , or join our . Macmillan Learning is a division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a family-owned global media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, veteran, family and economic status and background, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels.

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.