# Internal Communications Manager (R5918)

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Washington, DC
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full Time Employee
**Salary**: USD 110,000-170,000 per-year-salary
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Shield AI is seeking an Internal Communications Manager to lead communications for enterprise priorities, organisational change, and ongoing employee communications.

The successful candidate will develop and execute communication plans that help employees understand company priorities, changes affecting their work, and the actions they need to take.

## Responsibilities

- Plan and deliver communications for assigned change initiatives, including Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and integration activity, organisational changes, and People programs.

- Write and edit employee communications across channels, including announcements, FAQs, talking points, manager toolkits, presentations, intranet news, and Teams communications.

- Turn complex or incomplete information into clear communications that explain what is changing and anticipate questions, concerns, and points of confusion.

- Manage communications plans, calendars, project trackers, reviews, approvals, and delivery timelines across multiple projects.

- Partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to align messaging, timing, audiences, and delivery channels.

- Support leadership communications as assigned, including company meetings, leadership updates, talking points, presentations, and announcements.

- Flag communications risks and employee-impacts early; recommend solutions and escalate issues as appropriate.

- Gather and synthesise employee feedback and sentiment to inform message refinement.

## Required Qualifications

- 5–7 years of experience in internal, change, or corporate communications, or a related field.

- Excellent writing, copy-editing, and presentation-development skills, with close attention to detail.

- Experience developing communications for acquisitions, integrations, organisational change, technology transformation, People programs, or other large-scale business changes.

- Demonstrated experience managing communications plans, timelines, stakeholders, reviews, and deliverables across multiple projects.

- Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

- Sound judgement and discretion when handling confidential or sensitive information.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience partnering with senior leaders and presenting communications plans, recommendations, or materials to executive audiences.

- Experience developing employee communications that explain change clearly, answer expected questions, and build trust through transparency.

- Experience with Microsoft 365, including PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint, plus collaboration or project-management tools.

- Experience working in a high-growth technology, aerospace, defence, or other complex and regulated environment.

## Additional Information

- Salary: USD 110,000-170,000 per-year-salary

- Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

- Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

## Skills

### Required
- internal communications
- change management
- corporate communications
- writing
- editing
- presentation development
- project management

### Nice to have
- Microsoft 365
- PowerPoint
- Word
- Excel
- Teams
- SharePoint
- collaboration tools
- project management tools

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