Senior Manager, Communications

Senior Manager, Communications

The Senior Manager, Communications shapes how KIPP’s CEO and senior executives show up in front of the audiences that matter most — educators, families, partners, policymakers, and the KIPP network itself. This role is the strategic and operational engine behind executive communications: securing and staffing high-impact speaking engagements, authoring network-wide communications on behalf of the CEO, and stewarding the stories that translate KIPP’s priorities into clear, resonant messages for staff and external audiences.

In addition, this role owns and delivers a defined set of non‑executive communications for internal and network audiences—planning, drafting, and managing materials that ensure consistent, high‑quality messaging across the Foundation and regions.

Reporting to the Vice President, Marketing and Communications, this role partners closely with the Office of the CEO, Media Relations, Schools, Development, and Regional Leaders to deliver communications that inform, align, and mobilize. Success demands sharp writing across multiple executive voices, disciplined judgment about which moments warrant executive investment, and strong cross‑functional collaboration to deliver on tight timelines. This role is ideal for a communicator who thrives on high‑stakes deliverables, moves work through competing priorities with clarity, and finds meaning in stewarding the narrative of a network working every day to expand opportunity for students.

• Partner with Operations, the Office of the CEO, Schools, and Development to produce high‑quality, on‑message communications to network‑and external‑facing audiences.
• Lead development of the monthly CEO note, Regional Leader email, and the KIPP Foundation Digest.
• Translate complex organizational priorities and complex data sets into clear, compelling narratives tailored to each audience, sharpening each piece until it reinforces trust and alignment across the network.
• Build and maintain the editorial calendar and review protocols that keep communications timely, consistent, and coordinated across departments.

• Secure high‑impact speaking engagements for the CEO and, as applicable, other KF executives, targeting venues that align with KIPP’s strategic priorities and visibility goals.
• Deliver full‑service support for every engagement — talking points, host prep, slides, briefing memos — so executives arrive ready and leave with strong downstream impact.
• Partner with the head of Media Relations to convert executive activity into earned media placements that extend reach and reinforce KIPP’s priority narratives.

• Serve as the department‑wide owner of stories that inform network‑wide and external communications, sourcing the right narratives from across teams and regions.
• Maintain a running bank of evidence, anecdotes, and data points that strengthen executive communications and extend into network‑facing and external channels.
• Contribute to team operations, cross‑functional planning, and continuous improvement of communications workflows as part of organizational stewardship.

• Mission and Student Focus:
  Demonstrates passion and commitment to KIPP’s mission and possesses the desire and ability to uphold KIPP’s core values (Focus on Excellent Results, Collective Impact, and Courageous Action).
• Self Management:
  Demonstrated record of co‑creating ambitious goals with their manager and driving outcomes with consistency. Monitors progress across multiple work streams, leverages the team’s operating model, and works effectively through peers and cross‑functional stakeholders to hit deadlines and meet goals.
• Work Management:
  Drives own work through clear action planning across competing priorities. Creates and executes project plans through strong stakeholder partnership; delegates and coordinates effectively; contributes to knowledge management systems that the team relies on.
• Problem Solving:
  Generates solutions to problems that extend beyond their direct workstream.…