Overview

PNNL's Communications organization is committed to elevating PNNL's reputation, inspiring action, and engaging audiences by transforming the Lab's science, mission, and impact into influential communications and compelling stories.

We are seeking a senior communications professional who advises leaders, shapes communications priorities, and develops and executes integrated communications strategies that advance organizational objectives. This role combines strategic communications, planning and execution, and leadership engagement to support sector priorities while reinforcing enterprise communications strategies and standards.

You will serve as the aligned communicator for the Electricity Infrastructure sector, partnering with leaders to translate organizational priorities into strategic communications for diverse audiences. Working with teammates across Communications, you will lead and execute executive messaging, strategic initiatives, campaigns, events, stakeholder engagement efforts, and other high-visibility communications activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership Engagement and Communications Guidance

• Establish and maintain trusted relationships with sector leaders, researchers, communicators, and key stakeholders.
• Serve as the aligned communicator for the Electricity Infrastructure Sector, translating sector priorities and business goals into communications strategies, plans, and deliverables that align with directorate, sponsor, and enterprise objectives.
• Provide communications counsel to senior leaders and develop high-visibility content, including presentations, talking points, reports, leadership correspondence, and other communications.
• Proactively identify communications opportunities, risks, emerging issues, and barriers to success; recommend and implement appropriate communications approaches and solutions.

Communications Planning, Content, and Execution

• Develop and execute integrated communications strategies and plans, managing priorities, scope, resources, and budget to support organizational objectives.
• Create compelling communications content for a range of audiences, channels, and purposes, translating complex scientific, technical, and organizational information into clear and effective narratives.
• Collaborate with Communications colleagues to plan, develop, and deliver communications products, campaigns, events, stakeholder engagement efforts, and other initiatives, drawing on specialized expertise and established resources as appropriate.
• Reinforce communications best practices, governance expectations, and PNNL style and branding standards across communications activities and deliverables.

Coordination and Communications Effectiveness

• Maintain proactive communication with sector leadership and Communications colleagues regarding priorities, progress, risks, opportunities, and changing needs.
• Identify cross-organizational communications needs, opportunities, risks, and overlaps that require broader coordination or leadership attention.
• Define measures of communications effectiveness, evaluate results, and use insights to improve communications approaches and demonstrate value.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Perform other duties consistent with the scope and level of the position.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS/BA and 7+ years of relevant experience -OR-
• MS/MA and 5+ years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships, provide communications guidance, and influence senior leaders and other stakeholders without direct authority.
• Ability to translate organizational priorities, business goals, and complex subject matter into effective communications approaches and compelling content for diverse audiences.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with demonstrated experience developing high-quality communications for executive, scientific, and technical audiences.
• Strong judgment, discretion, and decision-making skills, particularly when navigating sensitive, high-visibility, or high-risk communications matters.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize competing demands, manage complex communications efforts, and focus resources on the highest-value opportunities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience planning and executing complex communications initiatives, campaigns, or stakeholder engagement efforts in collaboration with others.
• Experience defining and using metrics or KPIs to evaluate communications effectiveness, inform decisions, and improve results.
• Experience supporting communications in energy, environmental, scientific, engineering, research, or technology-focused organizations.

Hazardous Working Conditions/Environment

Not Applicable

Testing Designated Position

This is not a Testing Designated Position (TDP).

Rockstar Rewards

Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, robust telehealth care options, several mental health benefits, free wellness coaching, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance*, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, relocation, backup childcare, legal benefits, supplemental parental bonding leave, surrogacy and adoption assistance, and fertility support. Employees are automatically enrolled in our company-funded pension plan* and may enroll in our 401 (k) savings plan with company match*. Employees may accrue up to 120 vacation hours per year and may receive ten paid holidays per year.

* Research Associates excluded.

**All benefits are dependent upon eligibility.

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Notice to Applicants

PNNL lists the full pay range for the position in the job posting. Starting pay is calculated from the minimum of the pay range and actual placement in the range is determined based on an individual's relevant job-related skills, qualifications, and experience. This approach is applicable to all positions, with the exception of positions governed by collective bargaining agreements and certain limited-term positions which have specific pay rules.

As part of our commitment to fair compensation practices, we do not ask for or consider current or past salaries in making compensation offers at hire. Instead, our compensation offers are determined by the specific requirements of the position, prevailing market trends, applicable collective bargaining agreements, pay equity for the position type, and individual qualifications and skills relevant to the performance of the position.

Minimum Salary

USD $107,900.00/Yr.
Maximum Salary

USD $167,100.00/Yr.