This role is currently based at our Minneapolis office and will transition to our new headquarters in Dayton, MN, in 2027.The Internal Communications Manager is responsible for managing global internal communications programs that connect employees to the company's strategy, culture, and business. Through executive communications, channel management, and cross-functional partnership, this role drives organizational alignment, supports change initiatives and communications that enable employees to be informed, engaged and empowered to contribute to business success.
Essential qualities for success in this position include a collaborative nature, flawless execution, exceptional writing skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the flexibility to adapt effectively and quickly to changing priorities.
What You Will Do at Graco Communications Strategy and Content Execution - Develop and execute global internal communications plans that align employees understanding with company priorities
- Govern enterprise communication channels, including the intranet, employee email platforms, and digital communication displays
- Establish and maintain communication frameworks, editorial standards, processes and approval workflows
- Create clear, compelling, and audience-focused communications content across multiple channels and formats
- Develop and manage enterprise communication calendars, campaigns and messaging plans to ensure alignment and coordination across the organization
- Partner with HR, IT, Finance, Operations and other business functions to develop and execute enterprise communications
- Collaborate with brand, digital, PR and social media teams to ensure alignment between internal and external messaging
- Leverage artificial intelligence tools and AI agents to enhance internal communications effectiveness by generating ideas, drafting and editing content, personalizing messaging, and analyzing engagement data, while maintaining editorial quality, brand standards, and strategic human oversight.
- Champion the adoption of AI across internal communications by identifying high-value use cases, developing team best practices, creating reusable prompts and agents, automating routine work, and applying AI to improve the speed, quality, reach, and effectiveness of employee communications
Executive Support, Change Management and Stakeholder Engagement - Serve as a communications advisor to senior leaders, providing guidance on messaging, audience strategy, timing, tone and communication channels
- With the Senior Manager of Internal Communications, managing communication planning and execution for key business initiatives, organizational changes, enterprise programs and major company announcements
- Develop and manage executive communications, including messaging, speeches, presentations, and video
- Support enterprise change management initiatives through communication planning, stakeholder alignment and execution
Internal Event Support & Performance Measurement - Manage communications planning and delivery for enterprise events, town halls, leadership forums and significant company milestones
- Evaluate communication effectiveness through analytics, feedback and stakeholder insights, and implement continuous improvements
- Develop and enhance communication tools, systems and processes that improve scalability, efficiency and employee communication effectiveness
What You Will Bring to Graco- B.A. degree in communications, public relations or related field.
- 7+ years' progressive experience in corporate or internal communications.
- Experience in designing and implementing corporate communications programs, preferably within a global business context.
- Project manager experience with a proven track record of delivering results-driven communications programs, initiatives and results
- Success in working collaboratively with multiple cross-functional teams on simultaneous projects
- A sense of urgency and decisiveness, along with sound problem-solving and negotiating skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to support executive leaders and working collaboratively with multifunctional teams on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Demonstrated ability to stay current with industry trends and apply best practices to communications and branding.
- Ability to effectively convey complex information, ideas and concepts to a broad employee audience to drive awareness, engagement, understanding and action.
- Demonstrated proficiency using generative AI and workflow automation tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, AI assistants, and agent-based automation platforms) to improve communication quality, increase productivity, streamline processes, and support data-driven communications strategies in a corporate environment.
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The base pay range for this position is listed below, exclusive of fringe benefits or other compensation. If you are hired, your final base hourly rate will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, competencies, education, and/or experience. In addition to those factors, we will also consider internal equity of our current employees. Please keep in mind that the range provided is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at or near the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth.
$98,300.00 - $172,000.00
