Manager of Communications - Reach and Engagement

Who You'll Work WithYou are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.When you join us, you will have:Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.Exceptional benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.Your ImpactYou will join a group of communications professionals within the firm’s Reach and Engagement function.These colleagues help ensure that appropriate insights reach designated audiences, building awareness and engagement with McKinsey’s distinctive knowledge on a variety of topics. They shape the way the firm connects with people—from clients to employees to alumni—strengthening institutional relationships, connections, and affiliations.Through leadership across communications initiatives, you will shape the development and implementation of best-in-class global communications programs, events, and publications.You will lead the Mexico Reach & Engagement team, collaborating with colleagues with expertise in media, social media, events, publishing, communications, and external relations. Your role will involve serving two key locations in Mexico—Ciudad de Mexico (the largest), and Monterrey—where you will support nearly 150 colleagues. You will also be a member of the Latin America R&E team, collaborating to drive synergies and share regional projects.You will be a thought-partner for senior leaders and partners, and work to strengthen external relationships. You will proactively shape creative communications strategies to showcase McKinsey’s knowledge and assets, maintain the firm’s reputation, and bring campaigns to life in Mexico.In terms of creating effective communications: you will drive high-quality writing and editing by leading/enabling teams to develop clear, structured and engaging written communications that rigorously follow conventions of written Spanish and English. With cell leaders, you will manage the firm’s reputational risk by mapping strengths/weaknesses and handling opportunities/threats. You will anticipate, identify, and respond to reputational risk issues to protect and enhance McKinsey's reputation by reviewing materials and proactively shaping the narrative. You will be expected to establish high-quality and consistent branding (i.e., firm's signature voice, visuals, and narrative) across communications platforms and channels in support of relevant brand pivots.In terms of project management and creation: you will play the role of a thought-partner for senior leaders and partners in developing networking programs to strengthen relationships with clients, potential clients, and media, and drive meaningful impact through execution and delivery. You will independently define and direct complex communication strategies, and advance short-term and long-term programs. You will effectively and independently manage large-scale, often global, interdependent, complex projects/initiatives. You’ll develop and execute reputation-building programs through a mix of publishing activities (e.g., monitoring of media relations and public relations, targeted knowledge dissemination). You will build a network of key editors, journalists, policymakers, senior executives, and academics, and focus on identifying and securing regional partnerships with relevant stakeholders.As a people leader, you will counsel leadership and leverage their efforts for substantive firm contributions. You will manage the communications team, including hiring, developing, coaching, and evaluating team members. It is expected that you will enable a collaborative and inclusive environment for the team as well.Your Qualifications and SkillsBachelor’s/University degree required10+ years of experience in a business communications-related field, a benefit if in a professional services environment, corporate communications role, government, or communications agency backgroundMastery of Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Teams) and Firm related tools (Box, Slack)Highly credible expert within knowledge of the Mexican media environment and key stakeholdersExcellent skillset across relevant communication service lines and platforms (e.g., external/internal comms, media relations, events, executive comms)Clear understanding and quick grasp of complex business principles, with the ability to manage and shape McKinsey’s overall content agenda to further the Firm’s strategic objectivesOutstanding organizational and project management skills; ability to execute with speed, high level of accuracy and efficiency, attention to detail, and follow-through Exceptional ability to develop an internal network and exhibit presence, credibility and confidence in advising and guiding partners and senior colleagues, with instinct for mitigating reputational risksExceptional at reconciling conflicting priorities and coordinating different efforts within a fast-paced, influence-driven, fluid, and ambiguous environmentAbility to provide excellent leadership for junior colleagues, enabling team psychological safety and inclusion, and be receptive of feedbackOutstanding communication skills across formats (e.g., written, verbal/presentation, digital-ready content) and ability to apply them to develop and execute a strategy across portfolio of communications channelsProficiency and fluency in verbal and written English and Spanish are required