Internal Communications Manager

About the role

Gunderson Dettmer has an opening for an Internal Communications Manager in our Silicon Valley or New York office. The Internal Communications Manager develops and executes firmwide internal communications that keep attorneys and business services professionals informed, aligned, and engaged with the Firm’s strategy, values, culture, and key initiatives. Reporting to the Chief Communications Officer, this highly visible role partners with Firm leadership and cross-functional teams to translate complex priorities and change initiatives into clear, timely, and engaging communications. The Manager oversees communications planning, content development, internal channels, and measurement in a fast-paced, professional-services environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Firm’s internal communications strategy and annual plan in alignment with business objectives, brand, values, and culture.
• Lead communications campaigns supporting Firm priorities, operational initiatives, talent programs, cultural initiatives, and other strategic objectives.
• Create communications plans, messaging frameworks, stakeholder maps, timelines, and channel strategies for firmwide and departmental initiatives.
• Manage the internal communications calendar to ensure coordinated, timely, and consistent messaging across offices, practices, and business services functions.
• Identify and implement improvements to communications planning, governance, processes, and coordination.
• Develop, edit, and oversee internal communications, including announcements, leadership messages, newsletters, intranet content, presentations, FAQs, talking points, and toolkits.
• Establish editorial standards, templates, workflows, and publishing practices that improve quality, consistency, and efficiency.
• Manage and optimize internal communications channels, including the intranet, collaboration platforms, email, newsletters, and other digital channels.
• Ensure internal content is current, organized, searchable, and accessible.
• Use engagement data, employee feedback, and stakeholder input to improve content, timing, formats, and distribution.
• Lead communications planning and execution for major organizational, operational, technology, brand, growth, and cultural change initiatives.
• Partner with leadership, HR, IT, Knowledge Management, Practice