Employee Communications Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Spearhead integrated communication strategies for enterprise objectives, functional initiatives, employee campaigns, and organizational changes from the planning stage through execution and assessment.

• Simplify complex business strategies and information into clear, engaging narratives for employees.

• Create executive-ready communications, including leader narratives, talking points, scripts, Q&A, presentations, employee messages, toolkits, intranet content, and meeting materials.

• Establish communication objectives, target audiences, key messages, channels, timing, governance, approvals, and success metrics.

• Manage the complete delivery process across employee communication channels.

• Counsel senior leaders and stakeholders on messaging, tone, audience, channel, and timing.

• Direct communications for organizational change, transformation, enterprise programs, and sensitive or urgent priorities.

• Collaborate across functions, regions, and communications teams to harmonize narratives and deliver communications for manufacturing, office-based, remote, and field employees.

• Assess communication effectiveness using feedback, channel analytics, and employee sentiment themes.

• Convert insights into recommendations that enhance outcomes and bolster Stryker’s communication standards and brand.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or a related field is preferred.

• 8 years of professional experience.

• A minimum of 5 years of communications-related work experience is required.

• Experience in employee or internal communications is highly preferred.

• Experience within a large, global, or matrixed organization is advantageous.

• Outstanding writing, editing, and executive storytelling abilities.

• Strong attention to detail and the capacity to adapt voice and complexity for various audiences.

• Familiarity with AP Style is preferred.

• A writing assessment is required.

• Capability to independently lead complex communication strategies from insight and planning through execution and measurement.

• Strong business acumen and project leadership capabilities.

• Proficiency in managing multiple high-visibility priorities, stakeholders, dependencies, and deadlines.

• Sound judgment and discretion.

• Experience in navigating sensitive, ambiguous, or time-critical communications.

• Proven experience advising senior leaders and influencing across functions, regions, and levels without direct authority.

• Experience utilizing employee insights, feedback, and channel analytics.

• Must have legal authorization to work in the U.S. and not require employment-based sponsorship now or in the future.

• Willingness to travel 20%.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility for remote work.

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.

• Compensation for 20% travel is not specified; however, a travel requirement is stated.