Remote Manager, Instructional Design - K-5 ELA

Mheducation; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

McGraw Hill is seeking a Manager of Instructional Design K-5 ELA to lead a growing team of Supervisors and Instructional Designers in an agile environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to design holistic teacher- and student-facing experiences across print and digital formats.

The role focuses on guiding team growth, coaching, and developing strong relationships with senior leaders to deliver innovative educational programs for the ELA program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Instructional Technology, Instructional Design, Education, or a related field.
• 1+ years of management experience with direct reports.
• Instructional Design expertise related to research, theory, and application in the field of education.
• Broad experience and proficiency in various authoring tools.
• Experience working with multiple LMSs.
• Experience managing a team responsible for the creation of interactive materials, multimedia, and learning games in an educational setting.

Responsibilities

• Managing a growing group of Supervisors and Instructional Designers, including coaching and growing existing employees as well as selecting and onboarding new hires.
• Working at the project team level in an agile structure, helping to orchestrate the work for several delivery teams focused on build.
• Collaborating with a cross-functional team including product management, subject matter experts, visual designers, project management, marketing, and engineering to define new holistic experiences, print and digital, for our ELA program.
• Leading a team to execute on the build of several new and updated digital programs, specifically focused on teacher- and student-facing activities.
• Maintaining strong relationships with senior leaders and peers across functional areas. Collaborating cross-functionally and building consensus around new ideas and ways of working.
• Making decisions guided by resource availability and functional scope; developing and managing operational initiatives to deliver tactical results.
• Using knowledge and feedback from an external perspective to improve products and services; articulating what customer or market problem needs to be solved when making recommendations.
• Generating creative solutions by bringing talented people together; working to improve new ideas rather than discouraging them.

Skills

Management experience

Instructional Design

LMS experience

Authoring tools

Educational setting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field

Tools

Multiple authoring tools

Multiple LMSs

Job description

McGraw Hill is seeking a Manager of Instructional Design K-5 ELA to lead a growing team of Supervisors and Instructional Designers in an agile environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to design holistic teacher- and student-facing experiences across print and digital formats.

The role focuses on guiding team growth, coaching, and developing strong relationships with senior leaders to deliver innovative educational programs for the ELA program.