Senior Manager Internal Communications
Leads internal communications and employee experience programs, including employee listening, recognition, culture, events, and community initiatives. Requires 6+ years of relevant experience, excellent writing, strong data storytelling, and the ability to work independently with executives and distributed teams.
About the job
Responsibilities
Internal Communications
- Own the internal communications strategy, calendar, and multi-channel distribution framework across People and COO organizations.
- Write and edit clear, engaging content for internal audiences across the internal wiki and other channels.
- Craft consistent messaging about company updates, initiatives, and achievements.
- Support leadership with change and reorganization communications, ensuring transparency and buy-in.
- Manage and optimize email, intranet, Slack, and other digital communication channels.
- Develop and maintain a crisis communications plan for unexpected events affecting the company and employees.
Employee Listening
- Design and run an employee listening framework across employee groups and key moments, at least quarterly.
- Establish feedback mechanisms to assess communications and programs, translating feedback into action.
Recognition and Culture
- Build, document, pilot, and iterate a company-wide recognition framework.
- Integrate recognition into tools and processes such as Slack and Workday, aligned with company values.
- Identify and help launch culture initiatives grounded in company values.
- Track and report awareness and adoption through employee surveys.
Events and Community
- Design connection frameworks for events and community programming, including remote and distributed hubs.
- Plan and deliver company events with attendance and satisfaction goals.
Data and Storytelling
- Analyze and accurately present survey, attendance, engagement, and participation data.
- Use data to tell clear stories that drive decisions.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience across internal communications and employee experience or engagement.
- Excellent clear, simple writing and strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience designing employee listening, feedback, or survey programs.
- Experience building or running employee recognition programs.
- Experience planning and executing company-wide events or community programming, including for distributed or remote teams.
- Strong ability to analyze and present data accurately and use it to tell a story.
- Ability to prioritize effectively and lead and execute independently as a senior individual contributor.
- Experience collaborating with employees and executives at all levels.
- Fluency in best practices across internal communication channels.
- Understanding of how communications, recognition, culture, and leadership intersect.
- Experience driving behavior change through communications and program design.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in founder-led startup organizations.
- Experience with Notion.
- Fluency with AI tools.
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary range: $140,054–$175,067.50 USD.
- Employer-paid medical insurance.
- Paid time off, paid sick time, parental leave, holidays, a global week of rest, and volunteer days off.
- RSU stock grants.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Company social and team-building activities.
- Monthly cell phone stipend.
- Mental health support resources for employees and covered dependents.
Skills
Internal Communications, Employee Experience, Employee Engagement, Employee Listening, Survey Programs, Recognition Programs, Event Planning, Data Analysis, Storytelling, Slack, Workday, Notion, Google Workspace, AI Tools
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