Internal Communications Manager
Build internal communications from the ground up at Perplexity. Own information flow, run all-hands, internal storytelling, change management, and culture protection in a fast-growing AI company. Requires 6+ years communications experience, exceptional writing, and executive advising skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Listen and learn across the company to understand operations and make recommendations on amplification or addressing issues.
- Run all-hands and executive content, including planning, execution, measurement, and evolution.
- Handle internal storytelling by turning strategy, launches, and hard decisions into clear messages for every team.
- Act as the signal in noise by cutting through Slack sprawl, establishing channels, cadences, and norms to keep the company informed efficiently.
- Own change management by delivering hard and easy news with clarity and candor to earn trust.
- Protect the culture through words that maintain the company's tone during growth.
- Measure what matters in a high-velocity, high-humility organization.
- Partner across the company, brief executives directly, and serve as a truth-teller.
Qualifications
- 6+ years in internal, executive, or corporate communications, ideally in a high-growth technology company.
- A builder who has stood up a function from scratch.
- World-class writing and editing skills, including ghostwriting for executives, drafting all-hands, and handling sensitive announcements.
- Proven change-management instincts with experience delivering complex news company-wide while maintaining trust.
- Sharp judgment under pressure, ability to decide fast, communicate kindly, and uphold quality.
- Comfort advising, challenging, and recommending to senior leaders with strong visions.
- Deep familiarity with corporate comms rules and a point of view on when to break them.
- Comfort using AI tools in workflow, with clear articulation of their application.
- Passion for the truth well-told.
Skills
Internal Communications, Executive Communication, Change Management, Corporate Communications, AI Tools
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