Employee Communications Manager

AVEVA Denmark; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits fund

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Private medical insurance

Job summary

AVEVA is seeking an Employee Communications Manager to shape and deliver high-impact internal communications in a hybrid London or Cambridge role. You will partner with senior leaders to craft executive-ready content and translate technical topics into clear employee communications for global audiences.

The role focuses on strategic messaging, tone, and channel selection, ensuring engagement and alignment across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience delivering employee communications, including strategic/change comms.
• Experience supporting senior stakeholders with messaging and comms planning.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills; translate complex topics into clear communications.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to shape messaging, tone, and channels.
• Develop executive-ready content (briefings, talking points, scripts, FAQs).
• Translate technical topics into clear, employee-focused communications.

Skills

Executive comms

Stakeholder management

Strong writing/editing

Project management

Job description

**Job Title:** Employee Communications Manager**Location:** Cambridge or London, UK - Hybrid (50% working time at the office)**Employment Type:** Full time, permanent**The Job**You will shape and deliver high-impact employee communications that help colleagues understand AVEVA’s strategy, priorities and progress. With a strong focus on executive-level communications, you will advise and partner closely with an assigned members of our Executive team from R&D, Portfolio and Strategy, helping them communicate with clarity, credibility, and with the right tone across the right channels.This role is ideal for a strategic internal communicator who can translate complex or technical topics into simple, engaging narratives that drive understanding, alignment and action.Key outcomes (what success looks like)* Executives are well-prepared and confident delivering strategic messages with consistent narrative, tone and clarity.* Employees demonstrate improved understanding of strategic priorities (as evidenced through feedback, Q&A themes, pulse/sentiment inputs and channel metrics).* Major moments (e.g., All Hands) are delivered smoothly with strong content quality, message pull-through and measurable engagement.* Communications are accessible, inclusive and channel-appropriate across global audiences.**Key responsibilities*** **Partner with senior leaders** as a trusted advisor, shaping messaging, tone of voice, timing and channel approach for strategic employee communications.* **Develop executive-ready content** (narratives, key messages, briefings, talking points, scripts, FAQs and sensitive-topic responses).* **Translate complex/technical topics** into clear, human and employee-relevant communications tailored to audience and context.* **Provide proactive counsel** by anticipating employee questions, risks and “what it means for me” implications and advising leaders accordingly.* **Lead communications for major engagement moments** (e.g., Global All Hands), including storyline, run-of-show, speaker coordination, rehearsal support and follow-up.* **Ensure alignment across leaders and functions**, partnering with comms colleagues and SMEs to avoid duplication and maintain consistent enterprise messaging.* **Maintain high editorial and accessibility standards**, ensuring communications are accurate, plain-language, inclusive, channel-fit and appropriately reviewed.* **Use insights and feedback to improve impact**, tracking engagement/qualitative themes and refining leader communications and channel effectiveness over time.**Essential requirements*** Significant experience delivering employee communications, including strategic/change communications (typically 5+ years).* Demonstrable experience supporting senior stakeholders with messaging and communications planning (multiple stakeholders preferred).* Exceptional writing and editing skills, including the ability to translate complex/technical topics into clear and engaging employee communications.* Strong project management capability: able to manage multiple workstreams, competing deadlines and stakeholder inputs with discipline and calm.* Strong judgement, attention to detail and professionalism handling sensitive information.**Desired skills*** Experience supporting Product, R&D/engineering, Portfolio or Strategy organisations (or similarly technical environments).* Experience delivering communications to global audiences and across time zones.* Familiarity with common internal comms channels and virtual engagement formats.**People at AVEVA**We’re focused on the single most important part of AVEVA’s business: our employees. From recruitment and reward to experience and engagement, our partnerships across the business create and enable the conditions for every individual to thrive.Doing the best we can for our great people requires quick thinking – and big thinking. Our team is as involved in the day-to-day activities affecting the employee experience as we are in the global transformation projects shaping AVEVA’s future. Join us and become part of a diverse and vibrant group that’s striving to make every day at AVEVA even better than the last.Find out more: https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/ **UK Benefits include:**Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program. It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive. Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/benefits/ **Hybrid working**We work in a hybrid way at AVEVA. Most roles are based at a local AVEVA office, with an expectation of being on-site 50% of your working hours to support collaboration and connection. Some positions are fully office-based depending on the nature of the work, and certain roles that support specific customers or markets may be remote. The working arrangement for this position will be confirmed during the hiring process. **Hiring process**Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process. Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/hiring-process **About AVEVA**AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably. We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/ Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/ AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria. AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.