Director, Internal Communications

Five9; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Five9 is seeking a Director of Internal Communications to own strategy and execution of employee communications. This leader will shape the end-to-end internal communications approach, including the calendar, channel stack, and critical announcements, working across People, Legal, Investor Relations, and the broader Communications team.

The role focuses on high-stakes moments like reorganizations, leadership changes, and strategic pivots, while building processes, templates, and escalation paths

Qualifications

• Proven ability to handle sensitive organizational announcements.
• Experience developing editorial calendars and all-hands content.
• Ability to influence without direct authority across People, Legal, Investor Relations, and broader Communications teams.
• Knowledge of localization and time-zone standards for global employees.

Responsibilities

• Own the internal communications strategy, calendar, and message architecture to keep employees informed and connected to the company’s direction.
• Lead governance of the channel stack and budget for intranet, email, and messaging platforms.
• Arbitrate sequencing and volume of communications for company-wide vs. function messages.
• Own communication for significant change events (reorgs, leadership changes, pivots, workforce actions) and integration updates.
• Draft and manage announcements with clear workflows, timing, and escalation routes.
• Develop manager enablement materials, talking points, and briefings to support leaders before announcements.

Skills

Writing

Strategic communication

Cross-functional partnership

Job description

Join us in bringing joy to customer experience. Five9 is a leading provider of cloud contact center software, bringing the power of cloud innovation to customers worldwide.

Living our values everyday results in our team-first culture and enables us to innovate, grow, and thrive while enjoying the journey together. We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive environment, empowering our employees to be their authentic selves.

We are looking for a Director of Internal Communications to own the strategy and execution of how Five9 communicates with its employees. Reporting to the Senior Director, Corporate Marketing, this leader sets the company’s internal communications approach end to end: the employee communications strategy, change and transformation communications, company‑wide meeting content, organizational announcements, manager enablement, and the day‑to‑day cadence that keeps employees informed and connected to the company’s direction.

This is a function‑leader role, not a newsletter‑sender role. The Director will personally drive the communication plans for Five9’s highest‑stakes internal moments — reorgs, leadership changes, strategic pivots, workforce actions, and sensitive communications to employees — while building the infrastructure, cadence, and standards that make everything else consistent. The role starts as an individual contributor with real ownership: the internal communications budget, the channel and platform stack, and the company‑wide processes that govern how significant news moves through Five9. There is room to build a team as the scope of the function grows.

The right candidate is a writer and a strategist with sound judgment. They can manage a sensitive organizational announcement, build the editorial calendar that keeps internal communications disciplined, and develop the all hands content that actually lands with employees — and they know how to make complex change feel human. They operate through influence, partnering with People, Legal, Investor Relations, and the broader Communications team to land on the right message and the right sequence.

Several boundaries are worth naming up front. Corporate Communications is a peer role that owns the external motion — press, media relations, and the corporate narrative to the market. Executive Communications is a separate role that owns executive voice and platform. Investor Relations sits with Finance. This role owns the employee audience — and partners closely with each of those functions rather than absorbing them.

Key Responsibilities

Internal Communications Strategy & Governance

• Own the Five9 internal communications strategy — the approach, calendar, and message architecture that keep employees informed, aligned, and connected to the company’s direction, with clear standards for what gets communicated where and why
• Own the internal communications channel and platform stack — intranet, email, and messaging channels — including platform decisions, vendor relationships, and the budget behind them
• Arbitrate sequencing and volume across the company — deciding what earns a company‑wide moment, what belongs to a function, and what waits, so the internal channel stays credible rather than crowded
• Set localization and time‑zone standards — so employees across every Five9 location receive the same message with the same clarity, not a delayed translation of a US announcement

Change & Transformation Communications

• Own communications for significant organizational change — reorgs, leadership transitions, strategic pivots, and policy changes — partnering with People and Legal so every employee, including distributed and international teams, hears the right message at the right time. Five9 is in a significant transformation, and this will be one of the most consequential parts of the role
• Lead employee communications for acquisitions and integration — day‑one messaging, integration updates, and the sustained communication that helps acquired teams understand where they fit and why it matters
• Own how AI adoption is communicated internally — helping employees understand what the company’s AI strategy means for their own work, and introducing new tools and workflows in a way that makes adoption stick
• Coordinate consultation and notification requirements in regulated markets — partnering with People and Legal on works council and local obligations that shape what can be announced, and when

Company Moments & Organizational Announcements

• Own the content for all hands and company‑wide meetings — scripting, narrative, and employee‑facing materials — bringing the employee perspective to what gets said, how it lands, and what employees take away from the room
• Bring the employee lens to executive moments — partnering with Executive Communications on what will land, what needs more context, and what follow‑up communication extends the impact past the meeting itself
• Draft and manage organizational announcements — leadership changes, restructures, key hires, and departures — with the approval workflows, timing standards, and coordination with Corporate Communications that ensure employees hear significant news accurately and first
• Build the announcement process itself — templates, review paths, and escalation routes — so high‑stakes news never depends on improvisation

Manager & Leader Enablement

• Make manager communications a standing program — cascade materials, talking points, and briefings that reach leaders before their teams do, not just when something goes wrong
• Equip managers for the questions that actually follow — anticipating what employees will ask and arming leaders with honest answers rather than scripts
• Establish the leader briefing cadence — a reliable rhythm ahead of major announcements so the manager layer is never surprised alongside the people they lead