Business Communications Manager
Overview
Join a collaborative Communications team helping bring organizational strategy, values, and priorities to life through clear, engaging communications. As a Business Communications Manager , you’ll serve as a strategic communications partner to business groups across the organization, translating complex initiatives and evolving programs into messages that connect employees to what matters most.
This role is ideal for a relationship-driven communications professional who can advise senior leaders, develop thoughtful communications strategies, and execute high-quality content in a dynamic environment. You’ll support organizational change, build trusted partnerships, and bring structure and fresh thinking to programs that are still taking shape.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a communications partner to assigned business groups, building trusted relationships with leaders and leadership teams.
- Develop and manage end-to-end communications plans that connect business priorities to broader organizational strategy.
- Lead communications for organizational change, including reorganizations, leadership transitions, program launches, and policy updates.
- Advise stakeholders on communication strategy, timing, channels, and messaging.
- Translate complex business initiatives into clear, compelling communications for a range of audiences.
- Identify opportunities to improve communications processes and programs.
- Manage multiple high-priority projects while delivering accurate, polished work under tight deadlines.
- Operate with autonomy while keeping stakeholders informed, aligned, and engaged.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in employee, internal, or business communications.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to write clearly, concisely, and compellingly for diverse audiences.
- Experience developing and executing strategic communications plans.
- Experience leading change communications, including reorganizations, leadership transitions, program launches, and policy updates.
- Proven ability to build collaborative relationships with senior leaders, including C-suite executives.
- Strong stakeholder-management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
- Comfort working in a dynamic environment where priorities evolve and programs may still be under development.
- Enthusiasm for using AI tools to enhance communications impact and automate workflows.
- Familiarity with communications and collaboration tools such as Slack, Claude, Google Workspace, AI platforms, Confluence, and Zoom Events.
Nice-to-Have Skills and Experience
- Experience communicating with frontline, deskless, shift-based, or contingent workforces.
- Background in technical communications related to software, artificial intelligence, information technology, or internal tools.
- Experience partnering with executive and senior-level stakeholders.
- Experience improving communications processes and workflows.
- Advanced familiarity with Claude, Confluence, and Zoom Events.
- Strong working knowledge of Slack and Google Workspace.
Preferred Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, business, or a related field preferred.
- 5+ years of experience in employee, internal, business, or strategic communications preferred.
- Experience working in a fast-paced, collaborative organization with complex stakeholder environments is strongly valued.
Other Requirements
- Work arrangement: Hybrid.
- Location: Foster City, California.
- Employment type: W2 only.
- Contract duration: 12 months.
- Start date: ASAP.
- Two positions are available.
