McGraw Hill Hiring for Lead Content Developer at Noida, Uttar Pradesh Full Time

Do you want to impact educators and institutions around the globe? At McGraw-Hill, the Product Team creates materials that will inspire learners at all levels.

McGraw Hill India has an opening for a Lead Content Developer who works closely with several key stakeholders to implement the vision, strategy, development, and growth of a diverse range of competitive, reputable, and financially viable portfolios of print and digital products across the region.

You will work on local, regional, and global projects to meet market needs. You will develop regional high-profile titles and collaborate on projects globally where there is global reach or scope for collaborative development across regions. You will ensure currency with ongoing content curation and acquisition to meet the objectives of the regional MVP roadmaps.

This position must be located in Noida (HO).

What you will be doing

Strategic and Competitive Product Development:

• Maintain knowledge of competitor print and digital products for consideration during product development. Evaluate competing markets and products on an ongoing basis to strategically drive product development strategy from the point of project commencement.
• Design and lead training for customers and internal stakeholders to build their product knowledge. Ensure effective collaboration by ensuring all stakeholders are informed of product development benchmarks.
• Maintain an active presence in the market and engagement with the customers to build relationships and champion products with key customers.
• Be strategic in selecting the top customer targets to be involved in crucial stages of product development so that the market is effectively seeded.

Project and Talent Management

• Take ownership of project budget, leveraging available funds effectively and ensuring no wastage (with the aim to come under or on a budget) to support project profitability
• Meet all schedule milestones (including transmittal and launch dates) and maintain clear and effective communication with the production team to ensure on-time delivery of products
• Effective acquisition, onboarding, and coaching of authors/SMEs aligned to business vision and strategy, including onboarding, training, and support for content development in our platforms
• Apply innovative strategies in the management of ‘difficult’ authors, multi-author teams, and complex products by demonstrating problem-solving and adaptability to ensure deadlines are met and projects stay on track and achieve high-quality outcomes

MARKET FOCUS & SALES SUPPORT

• Collaborate with and proactively support marketing and sales teams to promote and sell products through on-campus calling; sales enablement tools development; internal promotion and demos
• Proactively sets up meetings, training sessions, and dialogues with internal and external stakeholders with a view to developing strong communications around content development
• Active championing of products using creative strategies to engender interest and attention amongst internal and external customers
• Analyse findings and effectively influence authors/next edition business case to execute on market feedback for effective product development.

DIGITAL AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICES

• Help guide MHE’s digital transformation through continual process improvement across core development processes by communicating lessons learned and providing timely improvement feedback and ideas
• Proactively evaluate projects at the close, conducting effective retrospective analyses and communicating findings to the regional and global teams to drive enhancements
• Lead MHE’s process and cost optimization efforts by effectively leading the implementation of the workflow innovations using new technologies and establishing efficient processes for working with them

The ideal candidate will have

. Bachelor’s degree from a good University/ institution is the minimum educational qualification needed for this role

Postgraduate degree/ diploma and further higher education, especially in Project Management or a related field, will be an additional advantage.

Background in publishing, higher education, education technology, or a related field with a minimum of 7-8years’ experience in content development, course creation, instructional designing, and/ or curriculum designing is required for this role.

• Additional work experience, especially with large-scale project management will be added advantage.
• Excellent people management and personal development skills, good people/ stakeholder management skills, and excellent communication and presentation skills are necessary for this role.

Experience in vendor management, process innovation, and change management will be an added advantage.

As an education innovation company, we’re proud to play our part by inspiring learners around the world. If you bring your curiosity, we’ll help you grow in a collaborative environment where everyone shares a passion for success.

Are you ready for a new challenge? Apply for a career at McGraw Hill and together, we’ll impact the world.