Director, Product Communications and Special Projects

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About Amplify

Amplify helps teachers bring delight and rigor to students every day. We have become a leader in K–12 literacy, biliteracy, math, and science by building inspiring teaching and learning experiences based on research. The Amplify Classroom platform combines curriculum, assessment, and supplemental learning into one coherent high-quality instructional system. A pioneer in education since 2000, Amplify has developed deep relationships in states and districts by partnering with educators to drive implementation quality and improved outcomes. Today, Amplify serves more than 18 million students and teachers across all 50 states and on six continents. For more information, visit Amplify.com http://amplify.com.

Job Description

We are looking for a strategic operator and exceptional communicator who can design the connective tissue of a complex, matrixed organization. You will own the operational rhythm of the Product leadership team using strategic communication levers, lead high-priority surge projects, and ensure senior leaders are focused on the most critical strategic trade-offs. If you believe a well-designed meeting, a tightly crafted narrative, and a thoughtful offsite agenda can be the difference between organizational drift and organizational momentum, this is the role for you.

Responsibilities

• Communications Architecture & Organizational Rhythm
• Design and own the communications architecture across the Product team (~400 people) — from CPO leadership touchpoints to multi-day offsites, Product Town Halls, Product QBRs, and planned moments of cross-functional alignment. You think about how Slack communication flows through the Product team and other key channels, and how to improve day-to-day communication practices that elevate work and clarify both decisions and progress. You are not simply scheduling meetings; you are engineering the information flow of the organization.
• Shape the leadership cadence: Ensure the CPO’s leadership team is spending its time on the thorniest, highest-leverage problems. Design leadership team agendas that drive strategic debate and real decision-making, not status reporting.
• Reimagine how we convene: Rethink Product town halls, Product all-hands, and QBRs to be authentic, engaging, and aligned to the narratives that matter. Establish planned moments of communication — both internal and with partner functions like Sales, Marketing & Public Affairs, and Customer Experience — that build transparency and confidence in the product planning and execution model.
• Facilitate quarterly ceremonies and cross-functional touchpoints that surface dependencies, progress, and trade-offs across suites and shared services.
• Manage and develop a junior team member who supports deck development, research, and communications execution. You set clear priorities, coach in real time on the work itself, and create stretch opportunities that grow their capabilities and extend the reach of

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• Proven experience designing organizational operating rhythms — you have built the meeting cadences, planning cycles, and communication architectures that keep complex organizations aligned.
• Exceptional deck and narrative skills: You are the person leaders turn to when the story needs to land. You can build a board deck, an all-hands presentation, or a strategic memo with equal fluency.
• Experience operating in a matrixed, cross-functional environment where influence without authority is the primary leadership currency.
• People management experience: demonstrated ability to directly manage and develop a team member, with a track record of coaching early-career talent and accelerating their growth.
• K–12 or education context preferred — familiarity with curriculum development, the school adoption cycle, or the general complexity of the American education system is a meaningful advantage.
• Educational foundation: Undergraduate degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

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