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Senior Learning Manager, Higher Education Skilling

Microsoft

Irving, TX
Full Time
Senior
7 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

In today's digital age, the ability to effectively engage audiences through short form content and social platforms is crucial. Short Form Skilling is about leveraging these platforms to maximize reach, engagement, and impact. By focusing on short form content and social platform expertise, we aim to drive brand awareness, customer engagement, and ultimately, business growth by expanding Microsoft's presence across workforce audiences. This role involves building a center of excellence for delivering engaging and inspirational short-form AI skilling content (15 minutes or less) to drive net new learner adoption of AI, cloud, and security with a focus on Microsoft Copilot for the higher education audience within the Worldwide Learning organization. The Senior Learning Manager for Higher Education will lead and drive the direction of short-form skilling for students and educators, cultivate partnerships, deepen connections to Microsoft and partner demand engines, and create entertaining and effective skill-building content for learners worldwide. The role also involves focusing on audience insights, partnering with social skilling and marketing teams, and defining the higher education experience across new learning modalities to scale AI skilling. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and organization to achieve more, fostering a culture of growth, innovation, respect, integrity, and inclusion.

Key Responsibilities

  • Create clarity and simplicity for learners to move from novice skills to proficiency, one skill at a time through short form content.
  • Generate energy across higher education audiences and partner to deliver compelling content across multiple education channels.
  • Deliver success by dramatically increasing reach and engagement to new learners on modern social platforms.
  • Partner with social skilling and marketing teams to build short-form content.
  • Focus on audience insights and how learners engage with content to inform skilling strategies.

Requirements

  • Experience in creating engaging short-form content for social platforms.
  • Ability to build and execute strategies to increase reach and engagement among higher education audiences.
  • Strong collaboration skills to partner with marketing and social skilling teams.
  • Understanding of audience insights and learning behaviors.
  • Passion for transformative skilling experiences and education.

Working at Microsoft

Microsoft's culture emphasizes a growth mindset, innovation, collaboration, respect, integrity, and accountability. The organization values inclusion and strives to create a work environment where everyone can thrive.

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Job Details

Posted AtSep 14, 2025
Job CategoryContent Marketing
SalaryCompetitive salary
Job TypeFull Time
ExperienceSenior

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Location

Irving, TX

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