About Rocketdyne: Rocketdyne is a proven leader in space propulsion, space electronics, and power systems, backed by more than 60 years of flight heritage and innovation. We've delivered more than 22,000 spacecraft engines, sent spacecraft to every planet in the solar system, and powered America's most critical missions - from the Moon landings to Mars rovers to the fastest human-made object ever built. Now, as an independent space technology company, we're writing our strongest chapter yet.
Job Description: Rocketdyne's Marketing & Communications team is seeking a Senior Manager, Enterprise Communications to lead internal communications across the company. This role will serve as a trusted adviser to senior leadership and develop strategies that inform, engage, and align employees around Rocketdyne's mission, business strategy, operational priorities, and culture.
The Senior Manager will translate complex business, technical, and organizational information into clear, compelling communications for a geographically dispersed workforce. The role will lead executive messaging, employee communications, major internal events, change communications, enterprise editorial planning, and communications measurement while partnering across functions and the marketing and communications team to maintain message alignment and improve performance.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop, execute, and measure Rocketdyne's enterprise internal and executive communications strategy, aligned with business objectives, workforce priorities, and company culture.
- Serve as a trusted communications adviser to business-unit leaders, and other senior executives.
- Develop executive communications, including organizational announcements, speeches, talking points, presentations, video messages, Q&A materials, and employee correspondence.
- Lead communications supporting organizational change, business transformation, workforce initiatives, and other significant company developments.
- Plan and execute company-wide town halls and other major employee engagements, including run-of-show, executive presentations, scripts, Q&A packages, production coordination, and post-event communications.
- Translate business strategy, financial performance, operational priorities, program developments, and technical information into clear and engaging communications.
- Lead enterprise editorial strategy and content development across internal channels, including SharePoint, employee news, email, newsletters, digital signage, and video.
- Establish enterprise communications standards, governance, editorial processes, and message architecture to improve consistency across business units, functions, sites, and channels.
- Partner with Human Resources, Operations, Engineering, Program Management, Finance, Strategy, Legal, Business Development, and other functions to identify communication requirements and maintain message alignment.
- Develop employee storytelling that connects workforce contributions to customers, national security, space exploration, and Rocketdyne's strategic objectives.
- Lead internal communications during crises, emerging issues, and other time-sensitive situations in coordination with appropriate functional and executive leaders.
- Build quantitative and qualitative reporting for marketing and communication activities, including dashboards, recurring performance reports, campaign analyses, readership and engagement trends, stakeholder feedback, and actionable recommendations.
- Define communications objectives, key performance indicators, reporting methods, and feedback mechanisms; use findings to improve channel, content, campaign, and leadership-engagement decisions.
- Monitor employee sentiment, business developments, and industry trends to identify communication risks, information gaps, and leadership-engagement opportunities.
- Manage enterprise communications projects, budgets, agencies, vendors, schedules, and deliverables, as assigned.
- Handle sensitive, proprietary, and personnel information with discretion and professionalism.
- Represent Marketing & Communications in leadership meetings, planning sessions, employee forums, and other engagements, as assigned.
- Travel to Rocketdyne locations and employee events as required.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 12 years of relevant communications experience; graduate degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or 16 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- Significant experience leading internal communications, executive communications, strategic communications, or related corporate communications programs.
- Demonstrated experience advising senior executives and translating complex business, technical, and organizational issues into effective communications.
- Experience developing strategic communication plans that incorporate research, audience analysis, measurable objectives, implementation, and evaluation.
- Experience establishing communications metrics and producing quantitative and qualitative performance reports, executive-ready insights, and recommendations.
- Exceptional writing, editing, presentation, and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multiple complex communications initiatives under tight deadlines and changing priorities.
- Strong stakeholder-management, project-management, and editorial judgment skills, with the ability to influence across functions and organizational levels without direct authority.
- Ability to work effectively in a remote environment and travel to company locations and events as required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Graduate degree in communication, public relations, business, or a related field.
- Experience in aerospace, defense, space, manufacturing, national security, or another highly technical or regulated industry.
- Experience leading internal and executive communications for a geographically dispersed workforce.
- Experience advising C-suite executives, senior government officials, general or flag officers, or comparable senior leaders.
- Experience planning and executing corporate town halls, all-hands meetings, leadership roadshows, and other large-scale employee engagements.
- Experience with communication analytics, employee research, survey design, qualitative research, and data-informed decision support; familiarity with Microsoft Power BI or comparable data-visualization tools.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and experience managing or modernizing SharePoint or other employee communications platforms.
- Professional communications accreditation such as APR, APR+M, CMP, SCMP, or a comparable credential.
- Experience in crisis, risk, and issues communications.
- Familiarity with U.S. Government, Department of Defense, NASA, and aerospace and defense industry customers and programs; active or prior U.S. Government security clearance preferred.
Why Rocketdyne? At Rocketdyne, our heritage gives us credibility, our people make the difference, and our performance creates opportunity. As a standalone company with the focus and agility to move faster, we're building a culture centered on accountability, simplicity, and action - and we're looking for people
Bachelor's degree and 12+ years communications experience (or graduate degree and 10+ years, or 16 years in lieu of degree); significant experience in internal/executive communications; ability to travel to company locations and events.
Key Responsibilities
- developing communication strategies
- advising senior executives
- managing internal events
Skills & Tools
Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft 365, SharePoint
Job Details
- Category: Communications and Public Affairs
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — United States
- Salary: USD 152,000 – 195,000 / year
- Languages: English
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