Executive Communications Specialist

Nashville Public Radio; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

QinetiQ US seeks an Executive Communications Specialist to lead strategic internal communications supporting the Space Development Agency mission. This role develops plans, messaging, and programs to align employee understanding with agency priorities.

Under the Director of Strategic Engagement, you will translate complex concepts into clear, human-centered storytelling and measure campaign effectiveness while collaborating across senior leaders and functional teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of recent and relevant experience.
• BA in English, communication, marketing, or similar.
• Experience in executive communication, communication planning, and/or public relations at the executive level.
• Demonstrated ability to develop internal communication strategies in a complex or matrixed organization.
• Familiar with AP Style.
• Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to create cohesive communication products.
• Familiar with SharePoint or other intranet sites used to share information.
• Ability to write and create messages quickly and meet deadlines.
• Ability to communicate through various channels and assess impact.
• Strong organizational skills and prioritization.
• TS/SCI eligibility; #qinetiqclearedjob.
• Experience in DoD or another executive agency is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive strategic internal communication plans aligned with business priorities.
• Consolidate and present key agency information across internal platforms and channels.
• Create internal/executive communication plans to raise awareness of key info and messaging.
• Develop messages and talking points for SDA leadership and implement across channels.
• Translate complex acquisition strategies into clear, human-centered storytelling.
• Collaborate with enterprise units to gather information for internal audiences.
• Analyze internal campaigns for effectiveness against audience needs.
• Enhance intranet/SharePoint user experience to promote SDA mission and successes.
• Coordinate with senior leaders to draft product development messages and talking points.
• Produce clear internal communication across emails, web features, articles, and speeches.
• Tailor messages for current and prospective employees, aligned with strategic plans.
• Coordinate logistics and messaging for internal SDA events and meetings.
• Collaborate with leadership to craft messages that drive engagement and cultural alignment.
• Develop initiatives to gather employee feedback and enable two-way communication.

Skills

Executive communication

AP Style

Writing under deadlines

Multi-channel communication

Organizational skills

Strategic messaging

Education

BA in English or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

SharePoint

Job description

We are a world-class team of professionals who deliver next generation technology and products in robotic and autonomous platforms, ground, soldier, and maritime systems in 50+ locations world-wide. Much of our work contributes to innovative research in the fields of sensor science, signal processing, data fusion, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and augmented reality (AR).

QinetiQ US’s dedicated experts in defense, aerospace, security, and related fields all work together to explore new ways of protecting the American Warfighter, Security Forces, and Allies. Being a part of QinetiQ US means being central to the safety and security of the world around us. Partnering with our customers, we help save lives; reduce risks to society; and maintain the global infrastructure on which we all depend.

Why Join QinetiQ US?

If you have the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges, then you will experience a unique working environment where innovative teams blend different perspectives, disciplines, and technologies to discover new ways of solving complex problems. In our diverse and inclusive environment, you can be authentic, feel valued, be respected, and realize your full potential. QinetiQ US will support you with workplace flexibility, a commitment to the health and well-being of you and your family and provide opportunities to work with a purpose. We are committed to supporting your success in both your professional and personal lives.

Position Overview

Join us in our fast-paced support to the Space Development Agency (SDA). Recognized as the Department of Defense's constructive disruptor for space acquisition, SDA delivers space-based capabilities to the joint warfighter to support terrestrial missions through development, fielding, and operation of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. SDA capitalizes on a unique business model that values speed and lowers costs by harnessing commercial development to achieve a proliferated architecture and enhance resilience. We are seeking an Executive Communications Specialist to support SDA’s mission. Under the guidance of the Director of Strategic Engagement, this position will develop and drive strategic internal communication plans that align with business priorities, enhance employee understanding, and reinforce agency culture.

Responsibilities include:

Responsibilities

• Under the guidance of the Director of Strategic Engagement, the position will develop and drive strategic internal communication plans that align with business priorities, enhance employee understanding, and reinforce agency culture.
• Works with SDA senior leaders, accountable for consolidating, streamlining, and effectively presenting key agency information that delivers compelling messages across a variety of internal platforms and channels.
• Responsible for developing, managing, and implementing internal/executive communication plans to promote broader agency awareness of key info and messaging.
• Develops key messages and talking points for SDA leadership and manages the implementation across all internal communication channels.
• Translate complex acquisition strategies, goals, and technical concepts into plainspoken, human-centered storytelling that connects with all employees.
• Collaborates with the Enterprise Operations and Human Capital & Manpower cells to gather relevant information and present to the internal audience in a consolidated, user-friendly way.
• Analyzes internal communication campaigns in terms of their effectiveness in meeting the information needs of the SDA audience.
• Identify, implement, and enhance communication channels and methods to promote the SDA mission, objectives, and successes, including a dynamic intranet/SharePoint user experience.
• Assists with internal/executive communication requirements for senior leaders, including product development, message drafting, and talking points.
• Produce clear internal communication through a wide range of styles and formats, including e‑mail updates, web features, articles, and leaders’ verbal communication.
• Tailor messages to serve the needs of current and prospective employees. Messaging should be coordinated with strategic communication plans for SDA.
• Coordinate with SDA executive administrative support to coordinate logistics, and messaging for internal SDA events and meetings.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to craft and deliver key messages that drive employee engagement, cultural alignment, and organizational change.
• Develop initiatives to gather employee feedback and promote two‑way communication between leadership and staff.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of five years of recent and relevant experience.
• BA in English, communication, marketing, or similar
• Experience in executive communication, communication planning, and/or public relations at the executive department/service component/agency level.
• Demonstrable experience in developing and implementing successful internal communication strategies in a complex or matrixed organization.
• Familiar with writing in AP Style
• Expert in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to develop cohesive communication products.
• Familiar with SharePoint (or other intranet sites) used to organize and make available a large volume of varied information to internal agency audience.
• Ability to write and create messages/content quickly and meet deadlines.
• Ability to communicate through various channels, measure and assess communication impacts.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize.
• TS/SCI eligibility required; #qinetiqclearedjob
• Experience working within the Department of Defense (DoD) or another executive agency is required.

Pay Transparency

The salary range for this role is $120,000 - $140,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. QinetiQ US considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Accessibility/Accommodation

If because of a medical condition or disability you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e‑mail to [e-mail] or call [phone] Opt. 1 and let us know the nature of your request and contact information.

QinetiQ US is an Equal Opportunity employer. All Qualified Applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.