Head of Internal Communications & Employee Engagement

Amro-A-Division-of-Karman-Space-; Huntington Beach, Seattle (CA, WA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health Savings Account (HSA) with公司贡献

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Director of Internal Communications & Employee Engagement to lead enterprise-wide communications that align employees with strategic priorities and reinforce confidence in leadership.

The role includes developing strategic messaging, enabling transparent channels, and ensuring high-quality materials across aerospace and defense audiences. Preferred locations include Huntington Beach, CA or Seattle, WA, with up to 50% travel.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of communications experience within a publicly traded company.
• Hands-on experience in internal and external communications, including media relations.
• Exceptional writing and editing proficiency across multiple audiences and formats.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with senior leaders and synthesize complex information into clear messaging.
• Ability to adjust communication tone to effectively engage employees, engineers, staff, and executive leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develops communication programs that align employees around enterprise priorities and strengthen transparency in leadership.
• Drives cross-functional messaging that improves operating efficiency and collaboration across multiple sites.
• Creates clear, timely, and consistent internal communications that increase employee engagement and satisfaction.
• Establishes two-way communication channels to elevate employee perspectives to leadership.
• Supports internal campaigns and events in partnership with human resources, operations, and site leaders.
• Incorporates data-driven tools to measure and improve communication effectiveness.
• Leads external communication strategies that increase visibility among priority audiences.
• Builds and maintains relationships with press, trade media, national outlets, and digital influencers.
• Produces high-quality external materials including presentations, executive speeches, talking points, interview briefs, and press content.
• Coordinates input gathering across the leadership team to ensure accurate and strategic messaging.
• Supports crisis and issues communication following established protocols.
• Maintains consistent corporate messaging across media, web, events, social platforms, and investor-facing materials.

Skills

Strategic communications

Executive storytelling

Writing & editing

Stakeholder collaboration

Public company communications

Media relations

AI-assisted writing

Tools

MS 365

CMS

Media monitoring platforms

Social analytics tools

AI writing tools

Job description

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Director of Internal Communications & Employee Engagement to lead enterprise-wide communications that align employees with strategic priorities and reinforce confidence in leadership.

The role includes developing strategic messaging, enabling transparent channels, and ensuring high-quality materials across aerospace and defense audiences. Preferred locations include Huntington Beach, CA or Seattle, WA, with up to 50% travel.