The Manager, Employee Communications is responsible for leading strategy and development of internal communications programs and campaigns that align AHEAD employees to the company's strategy, priorities, initiatives, and changes in a clear and connected way. Reporting to the Senior Director, Employee Communications and Experience, this role sits within the Employee Communications and Experience function of AHEAD's People & Culture team. The role translates business priorities into employee-facing communications that drive clarity, alignment, and activation. The Manager will develop and execute high-impact enterprise communications campaigns, leadership communications, narrative tracking, and processes that help employees receive the right information at the right time. Roles & Responsibilities - Partner with business leaders, transformation teams, and initiatives teams to understand current state and future goals around companywide, high-impact initiatives, enterprise priorities, organizational changes, and other business-critical efforts. - Develop and execute strategic internal communications plans to address identified needs. - Translate complex business priorities, change initiatives, and leadership direction into clear, relevant, employee-facing narratives and communications that help employees understand what is changing, why it matters, and what it means for them. - Lead narrative tracking and validation across initiatives and enterprise communications to maintain visibility into what has been communicated, how storylines are developing, and where alignment or reinforcement may be needed. - Manage organizational attention by identifying where communications may overlap, compete, or create noise, and develop approaches that create more focused and effective employee communications. - Create content including messaging, communications plans, leader toolkits, FAQs, intranet content, newsletter content, talking points, communications calendars reports, and other materials that support clarity, alignment, adoption, and engagement. - Partner with the Senior Director to support leader communications, including leadership previews, cascade materials, talking points, follow-up communications, employee-facing messaging for high-impact moments, and other leader communications enablement resources. - Support maintenance and evolution of internal crisis communications materials. - Partner with Employee Experience leads to connect communications with employee recognition, culture activation, employee storytelling, engagement moments, and community-building efforts where appropriate. - Leverage AI as a co-creator to evolve traditional approaches to Communications workflows and outputs. What Success Looks Like - Employees have clarity around AHEAD's strategy, priorities, initiatives, and changes. - Communications are focused, relevant, and mindful of employee attention. - High-impact initiatives are communicated in a way that is clear, coordinated, and connected to the broader business narrative. - Business, transformation, and initiative leaders see Communications as a critical partner in translating complex topics into effective employee-facing communications. - Leaders are better equipped with timely, useful messaging and tools to support employee understanding. - Employee questions, sentiment, and feedback are used to improve communications and reinforce key messages. Qualifications - 7+ years of experience in internal communications, employee communications, corporate communications, change communications, or a related field. - Confidence and creativity in approach to strategic communications. - Strong writer and editor with a storytelling mindset who uses context, examples, and human relevance to bring the story to life. - Ability to translate complex business topics into clear, concise, employee-friendly communications. - Experience supporting enterprise initiatives, organizational change, leadership communications, or transformation programs. - Ability to build trusted relationships with leaders and stakeholders across functions and levels. - Experience writing for executive voices. - Strong judgment, discretion, and ability to manage sensitive or high-impact communications. - Understanding of how to communicate with different audiences and title levels across an organization. - Experience developing communications plans, leader toolkits, FAQs, intranet content, newsletters, and executive messaging. - Comfort working in a matrixed environment with multiple priorities, stakeholders, and communication channels. - Ability to use employee feedback, engagement data, channel metrics, and other insights to improve communication effectiveness. - Experience with employee communications platforms, intranet tools, AI/search tools, or digital workplace channels preferred. - Comfort and experience leveraging AI generative tools to co-create and evolve workflows and outputs. $120,000 - $130,000 a year The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings ("OTE") for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location. USA Employment Benefits include: - Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance - 401(k) - Paid company holidays - Paid time off - Paid parental and caregiver leave - Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.