Crisis & Issues Communications Strategist

Texas Instruments; Bouchard (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Instruments seeks a strategic, results-driven Crisis and Issues Communications Manager to lead the company’s crisis and issues communications function. You’ll own the processes, playbooks, and messaging that protect TI’s reputation during critical moments, coordinating across functions and regions.

You will counsel senior leaders, manage a specialized team and external partners, and craft proactive and reactive communications under tight deadlines to strengthen TI's corporate narrative

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in corporate communications or public relations; issues and crisis communications experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead TI's issues and crisis communications strategy and day-to-day response, connecting dots across functions and regions to ensure timely, consistent execution.
• Manage and develop the issues communications team, including selection, review and management of agency partners.
• Draft proactive and reactive messaging, statements, and content for internal and external audiences on short, often unpredictable deadlines.
• Counsel senior leaders and functional experts on recommended approach for responding to sensitive issues.
• Continually assess the external media, social and political landscape, analyzing trends that could affect TI and providing proactive, strategic recommendations to leadership.
• Develop and deliver communications strategies that strengthen and protect TI's brand and reputation during and after an issue.
• Close collaboration with stakeholders across legal, government relations, investor relations, security, and beyond.
• Own TI's crisis communications playbooks and preparedness program, training communicators, executives, and stakeholders on their roles in an issue or crisis.
• Respond swiftly and decisively to unexpected issues as they arise, leading TI's communications response in real time.

Skills

Crisis communications

Issues management

Strategic communications

Executive counsel

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, or related field

Job description

Texas Instruments seeks a strategic, results-driven Crisis and Issues Communications Manager to lead the company’s crisis and issues communications function. You’ll own the processes, playbooks, and messaging that protect TI’s reputation during critical moments, coordinating across functions and regions.

You will counsel senior leaders, manage a specialized team and external partners, and craft proactive and reactive communications under tight deadlines to strengthen TI's corporate narrative