Executive Communications & Marketing Director

Oracle; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 120,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Employee Communications Director to lead internal communications and enhance employee engagement. This remote role focuses on strategic alignment, stakeholder collaboration, and innovative messaging across various channels. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in internal communications, project management, and team leadership, ensuring that the organization’s vision and values resonate throughout its workforce. Join a forward-thinking company committed to fostering an inclusive and empowering environment where your contributions will make a significant impact.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings Plan with company match

Flexible Vacation

Paid parental leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Short and long-term disability

Paid sick leave

Adoption assistance

Voluntary benefits including auto and homeowner insurance

Commuter and parking benefits

Qualifications

• 8+ years in internal communications with a focus on employee engagement.
• Experience managing teams and developing communication strategies.

Responsibilities

• Consult with stakeholders to define communication objectives.
• Manage implementation of high-impact communication plans.

Skills

Internal Communications

Project Management

Written Storytelling

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Communications

10 years of related experience

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Due to rapid growth, Oracle GDI – Government, Defense and Intelligence, has an exciting opportunity for an Employee Communications Director.

In this role, you will be responsible for working with the organization and senior business stakeholders to provide collaborative consultation and guidance on creating strategic alignment, driving awareness and adoption, managing change, and transforming employee experience through internal communications.

This is a remote based position with the ideal candidate living in the Washington DC area.

Responsibilities

What you will do (responsibilities):

• Consults with internal stakeholders from the organization to clearly understand business objectives and define the communications objectives and outcomes needed to address those objectives.
• Acquires deep understanding of senior internal stakeholders’ business and builds ongoing strategic relationships to proactively provide guidance and support stakeholder’s communications needs and challenges.
• Applies design-thinking and uses data, insights and user input to inform strategies, messaging and program design.
• Writes crisp and compelling positioning, messaging and content for a variety of media and channels, including email, articles, social media, newsletters, presentations, events, video, web, and collateral; ensures strategic message alignment and consistency across touchpoints.
• Manages communications plan implementation, including design and development of high-impact communications deliverables, and campaigns; collaborates with internal and external partners and vendors to deliver.
• Analyzes effectiveness of communications efforts, improves existing processes, and research new communication approaches.
• Works collaboratively with organizational leadership to successfully deliver on communications initiatives.
• Defines strategic vision and priorities for team in alignment with organization and business goals.

What you will bring (requirements):

• MUST be a US Citizen, in support of Federal Clients.
• MUST have experience working with the Federal Government or prior Oracle experience.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in communications with emphasis in internal/employee communications, including people management, project management, communication plan development and implementation, written and video storytelling, positioning and key message development, content organization, message flow, grammar, proofreading, and editing.
• 6 or more years of successful management experience including 2 or more years as a second level manager.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Confident and effective presenting ideas, concepts and plans to colleagues and stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with ability to define team vision, value, and priorities in alignment with business strategy.
• Experience developing and leading high performing teams.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, continuously evolving, and at times ambiguous environment. Strong interpersonal, organizational and in Journalism, Communications time management skills.
• Highly detail-oriented. Proficiency in MS Office suite.
• Bachelors degree or 10 years of related experience with writing/editing emphasis.

Come Join Us!

Qualifications

Disclaimer:

Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

US: Hiring Range in USD from: $120,100 – $251,600 per year. May be eligible for bonus, equity, and compensation deferral.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle’s differing products, industries and lines of business.

Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.

About Us

As a world leader in cloud solutions, Oracle uses tomorrow’s technology to tackle today’s challenges. We’ve partnered with industry-leaders in almost every sector—and continue to thrive after 40+ years of change by operating with integrity.

We know that true innovation starts when everyone is empowered to contribute. That’s why we’re committed to growing an inclusive workforce that promotes opportunities for all.

Oracle careers open the door to global opportunities where work-life balance flourishes. We offer competitive benefits based on parity and consistency and support our people with flexible medical, life insurance, and retirement options. We also encourage employees to give back to their communities through our volunteer programs.

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