Senior Communications Manager, Internal Communications

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative was founded by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015 to help solve some of societys toughest challenges from eradicating disease and improving education to addressing the needs of our local communities. Our mission is to build a more inclusive just and healthy future for everyone.

The Team

Across our work in Science Education and within our communities we pair technology with grantmaking impact investing and collaboration to help accelerate the pace of progress toward our mission. Our Operations organization provides the support needed to push this work forward.

Operations consists of our Brand & Communications Central Tech Finance People Real Estate/Workplace/Events/Facilities/Security (REWFS) Strategy & Operations and Ventures teams. These teams provide the essential operations services and strategies needed to support CZIs progress toward achieving its mission to build a better future for everyone.

The Opportunity

The Senior Communications Manager Internal Communications role at CZI is an opportunity for an experienced internal communications professional to develop and execute internal communications strategies for a dynamic organization. In this role you will be responsible for shaping and supporting an internal communications program that informs engages and inspires employees by bringing CZIs mission and work to life fostering a clear understanding of CZIs strategies across our science and education efforts and advising the leadership team on messaging and delivery.

This role sits on the Brand & Communications team and reports to CZIs Senior Director of Internal Communications. Success requires extensive engagement and collaboration across a matrixed organization with partnerships across teams like Science Education strategy and operations and events.

What Youll Do

• Manage and optimize internal communications editorial calendar and core channels including monthly orgwide all team and annual offsite meetings.
• Produce internal communications plans during times of change transition or crisis ensuring that messages are timely and considerate.
• Lead and execute internal communications projects and campaigns that engage employees foster a collaborative culture and support CZIs mission and goals.
• Develop internal communications strategies messaging and materials for executives including remarks and written correspondence to employees.
• Track and analyze key internal communications data and metrics to inform and improve internal communications strategies.

What Youll Bring

• 8 years of experience as a communications leader who has managed the development and execution of internal communications strategies including change and crisis strategies for a highprofile organization or company.
• Strong attention to detail and project management skills including the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Willingness and ability to work collaboratively across a dynamic highly matrixed work environment and navigate multiple dependencies and stakeholders to deliver results.
• Advised and supported highlevel executives/principals including crafting executive communication materials.
• Superior skills in writing content production (e.g. email intranet content videos presentations) event design (e.g. offsites) project management and written and verbal communication
• Experience launching and/or managing an intranet platform and its content is a plus.

Compensation

The Redwood City CA base pay range for this role is $171000 $257000. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on jobrelated skills and experience as evaluated throughout the interview process.

Include for Remote Exceptions Pay ranges outside Redwood City are adjusted based on cost of labor in each respective geographical market. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your location during the hiring process.

Benefits for the Whole You

Were thankful to have an incredible team behind our work. To honor their commitment we offer a wide range of benefits to support the people who make all we do possible.

• CZI provides a generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions to support planning for the future.
• Annual benefit for employees that can be used most meaningfully for them and their families such as housing student loan repayment childcare commuter costs or other life needs.
• CZI Life of Service Gifts are awarded to employees to live the mission and support the causes closest to them.
• Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
• Funding for select familyforming benefits.
• Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving to the Bay Area
• And more!

If youre interested in a role but your previous experience doesnt perfectly align with each qualification in the job description we still encourage you to apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role.

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