Senior Manager, Product Portfolio - Healthcare at Penn Foster Group

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Position Summary:Penn Foster Group's Product Portfolio Management team owns the strategy behind our program offerings, deciding where we build, expand, sell, or sunset offerings across our education and training portfolio. We are seeking a Senior Manager, Product Portfolio Management to own the Healthcare vertical, spanning allied health, clinical support, and adjacent career-training programs across both our direct-to-consumer (B2C) and employer (partnerships) businesses.Reporting to the VP, Product Portfolio Management, this role is the market authority on healthcare workforce trends and the competitive landscape, translating that intelligence into a portfolio strategy that drives enrollment growth, learner outcomes, and revenue across both channels. The ideal candidate combines deep knowledge of allied health career pathways and healthcare employment trends with sharp competitive intelligence instincts and the cross-functional influence to turn strategy into execution — without direct authority over the teams that build, market, and deliver these programs.Essential Job Functions: Serve as the organization's subject-matter expert on allied health career pathways, healthcare occupational trends, and the broader healthcare labor and employer market. Formulate how Penn Foster wins in healthcare across B2C and B2B, identifying new market segments, program concepts, and partnership opportunities and prioritizing the investments that most move outcomes and business results. Own the healthcare portfolio investment strategy (where to build, expand, divest, or sunset offerings) and maintain a program roadmap grounded in market evidence, unit economics, accreditation requirements, and learner outcome goals. Maintain a rigorous, ongoing view of the competitive landscape in healthcare education and training — competitor launches, pricing, partnerships, and positioning across consumer and employer channels. Monitor healthcare employment trends (labor shortages, hiring patterns, wage growth, credentialing requirements, site-of-care shifts) and translate them into actionable implications for the portfolio. Write clear, evidence-based program strategies: the problem, the market and competitive evidence, the target learner and/or employer, the size of the opportunity, and a measurable definition of success. Track portfolio performance. Own the diagnosis when a program falls short and work with the relevant teams to fix it. Work across the organization to move the portfolio forward without direct authority, serving as the source of market truth for the vertical and ensuring program promises are deliverable. Partner with Finance on healthcare P&L and unit economics. Travel as needed for market research, conferences, and team meetings. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in healthcare administration, public health, business, or a related field preferred. 8+ years of experience in product/portfolio strategy and/or strategy consulting, with meaningful exposure to the healthcare, allied health, or healthcare workforce/education space. Experience developing strategy that spans both B2C and B2B go-to-market motions. Strong quantitative and analytical skills; comfortable working with enrollment, outcomes, and financial data to build a business case. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners without formal authority. Ability to manage multiple priorities and shifting demands in a fast-paced, matrixed environment. Prior experience in online education, workforce training, or healthcare education strongly preferred. Working Conditions & Hiring Process U.S. Work Location Requirement: All employees must reside in and perform work within the United States. We do not support international remote work arrangements for this role. Travel Expectations: While this is a remote position, occasional travel may be required for team meetings, company events, conferences, summits, and similar activities. Candidates must be willing and able to travel as needed. On-Camera Work Environment: We operate in a highly collaborative, remote, on-camera culture. Employees are expected to be on camera during meetings unless extenuating circumstances apply. Recorded Video Interviews: All video interviews conducted during the hiring process will be recorded to support internal hiring consistency and process improvement. Background Checks: Employment with Penn Foster Group is contingent upon successfully completing applicable pre-employment screening requirements, which may include verification of employment history, education, and criminal background, where permitted by law. Identity Verification (Form I-9): As part of our onboarding process, all hires must complete employment eligibility verification in compliance with federal law. This includes remote Form I-9 verification, which may require an in-person identity verification step with an authorized representative. About Us: At Penn Foster Group, we are transforming online learning to help learners by bringing together Penn Foster, CareerStep, Ashworth College, James Madison High School, the New York Institute of Photography, the New York Institute of Art and Design, and other education platforms. Together, we create an accelerated path to greater economic mobility through real-world skills and knowledge that enable learners to achieve long-term success in the workplaces of the future.  Our history dates to 1890 when our founder, Thomas Foster, pioneered distance education by offering training by mail for coal miners to get the necessary skills for safer jobs. Today, with the partners who use our education and training programs, we continue that mission of providing accessible training and education for in-demand skills and are building a workforce that’s prepared for the future job market.  Equal Employment Opportunity: We strive toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Penn Foster Group by intentionally building diverse teams – in identities, lived experiences, and ideas to create a culture where people feel connected to each other and have a sense of belonging. We value diversity, equity, and inclusion because it is the foundation that enables us to achieve what we set out to do as an organization – from maximizing the number of learners who can reach their goals while giving them the kinds of experiences we want them to have, to becoming the type of company we want to work in.    What We Offer: We offer a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending, generous paid time off, sponsored volunteer opportunities, a 401K with a company match, and free access to our online programs.

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Must-haves

Serve as the organization's subject-matter expert on allied health career pathways, healthcare occupational trends, and the broader healthcare labor and employer market.
Maintain a rigorous, ongoing view of the competitive landscape in healthcare education and training — competitor launches, pricing, partnerships, and positioning across consumer and employer channels.
Monitor healthcare employment trends (labor shortages, hiring patterns, wage growth, credentialing requirements, site-of-care shifts) and translate them into actionable implications for the portfolio.
Write clear, evidence-based program strategies: the problem, the market and competitive evidence, the target learner and/or employer, the size of the opportunity, and a measurable definition of success.
Track portfolio performance. Own the diagnosis when a program falls short and work with the relevant teams to fix it.
Work across the organization to move the portfolio forward without direct authority, serving as the source of market truth for the vertical and ensuring program promises are deliverable.
Partner with Finance on healthcare P&L and unit economics.
Travel as needed for market research, conferences, and team meetings.
8+ years of experience in product/portfolio strategy and/or strategy consulting, with meaningful exposure to the healthcare, allied health, or healthcare workforce/education space.
Experience developing strategy that spans both B2C and B2B go-to-market motions.
Strong quantitative and analytical skills; comfortable working with enrollment, outcomes, and financial data to build a business case.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners without formal authority.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and shifting demands in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
Working Conditions & Hiring Process
U.S. Work Location Requirement: All employees must reside in and perform work within the United States. We do not support international remote work arrangements for this role.
On-Camera Work Environment: We operate in a highly collaborative, remote, on-camera culture. Employees are expected to be on camera during meetings unless extenuating circumstances apply.
Recorded Video Interviews: All video interviews conducted during the hiring process will be recorded to support internal hiring consistency and process improvement.

Nice-to-haves

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in healthcare administration, public health, business, or a related field preferred.
Prior experience in online education, workforce training, or healthcare education strongly preferred.

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