Communications Manager, Strategic Communications

About the role

We are seeking a versatile and highly adaptable Communications Manager to join our Strategic Communications team. This role serves as a trusted utility player across the communications function, supporting high-priority initiatives, executive communications, major events, and emerging business needs. The ideal candidate is an experienced communications professional who can quickly step into a variety of projects, bring structure and clarity to complex initiatives, and help drive execution across multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Communications Support
  • Support communications initiatives across the Strategic Communications team, flexing between projects and priorities based on business needs.
  • Partner with communications directors to develop and execute communication strategies, plans, key messages, talking points, presentations, and executive materials.
  • Provide surge support for major initiatives, leadership communications, and high-priority announcements requiring additional capacity.
• Executive Communications & Leadership Engagement
  • Support executive presentations, keynotes, and leadership communications for internal and external events.
  • Develop key message documents, briefing materials, presentation content, and follow-up resources that ensure leaders communicate consistently across the organization.
  • Help translate complex business topics into clear, audience-appropriate messaging.
• Event Communications & Program Management
  • Serve as a connective point across major corporate events, leadership forums, and executive engagements.
  • Coordinate communications deliverables across multiple stakeholders to ensure alignment, consistency, and on-time execution.
  • Support event planning and communications execution, including content development, message frameworks, speaker preparation, and post-event communications.
  • Examples may include company-wide meetings, leadership summits, employee events, executive offsites, and external speaking engagements.
• Content Development
  • Draft a wide range of communications materials, including:
    • Key message documents
    • Executive talking points
    • Presentation content
    • Internal communications
    • Leadership updates
    • Event communications
    • FAQs and communication toolkits
  • Ensure messaging aligns with company strategy, culture, and narrative priorities.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with stakeholders across the business, including senior leaders, Human Resources, Operations, Legal, Product, Marketing, and Public Relations.
  • Build strong working relationships and establish credibility with leaders at all levels.
  • Help drive alignment across communications efforts and identify opportunities for greater consistency and coordination.

Qualifications

• Required
  • 7+ years of communications, corporate communications, executive communications, public relations, or related experience.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience developing executive presentations, talking points, and strategic messaging.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to operate independently while maintaining attention to detail and delivering high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• Preferred
  • Experience supporting executive leadership teams or senior executives.
  • Experience supporting large-scale internal events, leadership meetings, or corporate communications programs.
  • Background in technology, enterprise, or publicly traded companies.
  • Experience working across both internal and external communications initiatives.

Key Attributes

• Adaptable and flexible; comfortable moving between projects and teams based on business priorities.
• Strategic thinker who can also execute and drive deliverables to completion.
• Strong collaborator who builds trust quickly.
• Resourceful, proactive, and solutions-oriented.
• Calm under pressure and comfortable navigating ambiguity.
• Capable of balancing multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $110,900.00 to $147,800.00. An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, and experience; skills, ability, knowledge of the job; performance, contribution and results; geographic location; shift; internal and external equity; and business and organizational needs.

Benefits

• Paid vacation time
• Paid sick leave
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life, accident, and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit benefits
• Employee stock purchase plan
• WD Savings 401(k) Plan