SpaceX

Internal Communications Manager

SpaceX$165K — $240K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 5+ years in business or organizational communications
  • Experience in internal communications
  • 10+ years in communications or public relations preferred
  • Experience using AI tools for communication
  • Impeccable writing skills
  • Ability to synthesize complex issues quickly
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented
  • Experience in fast-paced environments

Responsibilities

  • Advise senior executives on communications strategies
  • Lead change communications for company-wide initiatives
  • Build a unified culture across diverse teams
  • Develop internal leadership speaking programs
  • Set communications standards and strategies
  • Own and enhance the company intranet
  • Manage internal communications during crises
  • Shape key internal announcements
  • Utilize AI to improve communication quality and impact
  • Ensure message consistency across channels
  • Define and measure the impact of communications

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Short and long-term disability insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation
  • 10 or more paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick leave accumulation
Full Job Description
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Advise senior executives on communications gaps and opportunities; turn them into plans that keep employees informed, aligned, and engaged
  • Lead change communications for company-wide and cross-division initiatives so employees understand what is changing, why, and what it means for their work
  • Build a connected, unified culture across divisions, locations, and newly joined teams
  • Develop and lead internal leadership speaking programs (live, filmed, and other formats)
  • Set communications strategy and standards so teams use the right tools and channels to reach their audience
  • Own and scale the company intranet for diverse organizations; establish style guides, templates, and practices that raise quality
  • Manage internal communications in crises
  • Shape key internal announcements and narratives
  • Use AI to scale communications, improve quality, and increase impact
  • Ensure internal and external messages are consistent
  • Define how we measure communications and change efforts, and adjust accordingly

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree
  • 5+ years of professional experience in business/organizational communications

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • Experience in internal communications
  • 10+ years of experience in communications or public relations
  • Experience supporting change management
  • Practical experience using AI tools to draft, produce, personalize, or scale communications
  • Experience building employee communications or engagement across multiple business units or locations
  • Impeccable writing skills
  • Ability to quickly grasp and synthesize complex issues
  • Established skills in strategic and critical thinking, decision-making, negotiation, and relationship-building
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to thrive under deadline pressure while executing multiple projects simultaneously
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic, results-oriented team environment
  • Expert self-starter with extreme ownership; identifies what needs to be done and drives it to completion with little direction

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Available to travel to SpaceX locations as needed (
  • Ability to share writing samples and examples of previous internal communications campaigns, events, or leadership content
  • Based on-site in Hawthorne, CA or the Bay Area, CA. Remote or hybrid work will not be considered

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:
Level 4: $165,000.00 - $240,000.00

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
  • To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. a7 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

About SpaceX

SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk. The company designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX has developed the Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Dragon spacecraft. The company was founded with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has achieved several milestones in spaceflight, including the first privately-funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit, the first privately-funded company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station, and the first privately-funded company to send a human-rated spacecraft to orbit.
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