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Communications and Engagement Manager (agile transformation & sustainment)

McGraw Hill

1 Positions

ID: 6030

Posted On 09/10/2025

Job Overview

Overview

Build the Future

At McGraw Hill, we are dedicated to delivering digital learning experiences that transform education for learners and educators. Our focus is on creating seamless, impactful products that truly benefit our users while supporting growth and collaboration across teams. We foster a culture that values innovation, teamwork, and a balance between career growth and personal well-being.

How can you make an impact?

The Communications and Engagement Manager will play a crucial role in planning, facilitating, and reinforcing the holistic change, engagement, and communications strategy for the Agile Transformation Office. This role will be critical in creating and maintaining clear, consistent messaging and content that effectively communicates agile practices and progress across internal teams while fostering engagement and celebrating success in the organization's agile transformation and sustainment. The role will ensure that internal and external communication efforts align with the company’s goals, values, and culture.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in communications, stakeholder engagement, and project and change management, with a deep understanding of agile practices. This candidate will be a relationship builder with the ability to understand various complex needs and foster partnerships to achieve shared goals. In this role, the individual will be instrumental in building excitement, understanding, and buy-in for the transformation.

This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States.

What You’ll Do:

Agile Transformation Communication Strategy and Support:

+ Assist the Agile Transformation Office in implementing and executing **communication plans** that support the ongoing adoption of agile practices across the organization.

+ Ensure communication messages are clear, consistent, and aligned with the transformation goals, helping all stakeholders understand the process and its benefits.

+ Contribute to the development of, and execute against, a comprehensive **internal communications strategy** related to the agile transformation roadmap.

+ Enhance **internal communication channels** across teams, identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement

Content Creation & Distribution:

+ Develop and distribute a variety of **compelling content/visual communication materials** , including emails, newsletters, blog posts, presentations, videos, and FAQs, to outline agile practices, milestones, success stories, and updates.

+ Tailor content to meet the needs of various audiences, including executives, managers, and team members, ensuring that messaging is accessible and engaging.

+ Write, edit, and update training/communication decks working with relevant capability teams to source content.

+ Prepare and contribute content for **organization Town Halls, All Hands meetings, and other leadership meetings** as required.

Manage Internal Communication Channels:

+ **Oversee communication channels** such as the intranet, collaboration tools, and newsletters that are dedicated to agile transformation updates.

+ Manage and maintain **internal communication tools and platforms** , ensuring they meet organizational needs.

Engagement Strategy:

+ Develop and execute **employee agile engagement initiatives and activities** in consultation with transformation office leadership.

+ Collect and promote success stories, key milestones, and team achievements to maintain enthusiasm and support for the agile transformation journey.

+ Leverage various communication formats (e.g., case studies, testimonials) to celebrate wins and reinforce the value of agile transformation.

Change Management Communications:

+ Contribute to the development of, and execute against, **change management strategies and strategic communications efforts** to ensure successful adoption by stakeholders in support of the transformation.

+ Oversee the development of **change impact analyses/assessments** and **stakeholder analyses.**

Coaching & Education Communication:

+ Collaborate with the agile coaching teams to create and distribute educational materials that support employee learning about agile practices, roles, and responsibilities.

+ Assist in communicating training opportunities and ensuring employees are aware of available resources.

Feedback Collection & Continuous Improvement:

+ Monitor, analyze and report on the **effectiveness of internal communication and engagement initiatives,** using feedback mechanisms (e.g. surveys, polls) and data to drive continuous improvement.

+ Regularly review engagement metrics and stakeholder feedback to adjust communication strategies and improve overall impact.

Support Metrics Communication:

+ Work with the Agile leadership team to communicate key metrics and progress indicators that demonstrate the success of the agile transformation.

Brand Consistency:

+ Ensure all communications are aligned with the company’s tone, culture, and values. Adjust messaging as needed to ensure it resonates with specific audiences while remaining true to the company’s overarching brand.

What you bring:

+ Bachelor's degree

+ Minimum of 5 years of experience in communications, education or with a focus on internal communications or organizational transformation and change communications.

+ Strong understanding of agile methodologies and experience working in agile environments (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, or similar frameworks).

+ Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor content to diverse audiences and to create stakeholder engagement.

+ Proven ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and work in a demanding environment.

+ Experience with feedback collection and analyzing communication effectiveness.

+ Experience and knowledge of change management principles, and with developing change management and communications strategies and initiatives.

+ Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and leadership.

Why work for us?

The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfilment that will inspire you to even greater heights.

The pay range for this position is between $60,000-$120,000 annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings.

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Publishing/Printing

Location

Remote, Remote

Job Type

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Company ID

695

Job REQ #

6030

\# Positions

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Start Date

20250910

End Date

20251012

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At McGraw Hill, we believe that our contribution to unlocking a brighter future lies within the application of our deep understanding of how learning happens and how the mind develops. It exists where the science of learning meets the art of teaching.

Educators have been and always will be at the core of the learning experience. The solutions we develop help educators impart their knowledge to students more efficiently. We believe that harnessing technology can enhance learning inside and outside of the classroom and deepen the connections between students and teachers to empower greater success.

By partnering with educators around the globe, our learning engineers, content developers and pedagogical experts are developing increasingly open learning ecosystems that are proven to improve pass rates, elevate grades and increase engagement for each individual learner while improving outcomes for all.

Why? Because learning changes everything.

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