Senior Manager, Strategic Transformation Communications

Heifer International is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability. 

 

 

In 1944, Heifer International’s founder, Dan West, began outlining a simple but groundbreaking plan to tackle hunger around the world. West, a farmer from the Midwest and Church of the Brethren member, had recently returned from feeding weary refugees during volunteer service in the Spanish Civil War.     

He had seen firsthand that giving people food was a short-term solution, whereas providing them with animals offered a steady supply of nutritious food for an entire family. His philosophy still inspires Heifer’s work today. Partnering with farmers across a range of different livestock and crops, we create unique solutions to local challenges.      

 

Today, Heifer International has operations in 19 countries around the world, working alongside local farmers, business owners and their communities, as they mobilize and envision their futures. Together, we build inclusive, resilient economies, so communities can develop effective ways to end global hunger and poverty in a sustainable way.      

 

To date, we have supported more than 42 million farming families across Africa, Asia and the Americas and in the past five years alone. We have worked alongside 2.7 million families to close the living income gap or set them on a path to doing so. Between now and 2030, we will support an additional 10 million people to reach a living income by scaling up our signature programs. To achieve this, Heifer International relies on its passionate, committed, and highly skilled staff.   

 

 

Heifer International is in the middle of a transformation—moving from a traditional hierarchy to a Regenerative Networked Organization driven by a living systems mindset. This shift touches how we design programs, make decisions, operate globally, and live our values. 

 

We are seeking a Senior Manager of Strategic Transformation Communications to lead the communication & engagement strategy that enables this transformation to take root across Heifer International. This role serves as a steward of how the organization makes sense of its transformation — ensuring that the shift in how we work is felt and understood, not just announced. The Senior Manager of Strategic Transformation Communications will operate as a ‘narrative steward’ to identify opportunities for collaboration, partnership, and opportunity. This role serves as the strategic bridge between our Transformation Design (the "what") and our global staff adoption (the "why"), while simultaneously positioning Heifer as a thought leader in the sector. You will be responsible for translating complex organizational shifts—such as new program model, operating logic, and the behavioral shifts required to make them real —into clear, human-centric narratives. Crucially, you will also look outward, helping to package our journey as a credible, learnable model for partners and funders, directly enabling resource mobilization for the transformation itself. This is a role for a strategic sense-maker. You will treat communication as a User Experience—helping the organization and the sector understand not just what is changing, but why it matters to our mission. 

 

 

You are a strategic storyteller who can take dense technical or organizational design concepts and turn them into simple, inspiring language. You are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive in an environment where plans evolve. You can communicate progress even when the final destination is still coming into focus. You move seamlessly between modern digital tools, understanding that how we communicate is just as important as what we say. You understand that "communication" is a two-way street; you are as good at listening and synthesizing feedback as you are broadcasting messages. You are empathetic, proactive, and committed to helping staff navigate change with clarity and confidence. 

 

 

Heifer International is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with some form of disability.