HR Communications Strategist – Employee Experience

Edwards Lifesciences Gruppe; Alton (TX); On-site; USD 68,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards Lifesciences is seeking an HR Strategic Communications Specialist to translate HR priorities into engaging employee experiences. You’ll plan, create, and deploy communications across SharePoint, Teams, Viva Engage, and other channels, adapting for diverse audiences and regions.

Collaborating with HR leaders and SMEs, you’ll measure impact, refine content, and drive improvements while ensuring messaging aligns with Edwards’ voice and brand.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and three years of communications, journalism, public relations, marketing, or related experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide input to and execute communication plans and deployment schedules, coordinating with HR partners, communication leads, designers, channel owners, and other stakeholders to ensure timely and effective delivery of communications.
• Support the development and execution of communication plans by helping define audiences, key messages, channels, deliverables, timelines, and communication objectives.
• Develop creative content by drafting, editing, proofreading, and formatting employee communications, translating approved strategies, messaging, and source materials into clear, concise, and employee-focused content aligned with Edwards’ voice, culture, and brand.
• Build, schedule, publish, and maintain content across employee communication channels, including SharePoint, Teams, Viva Engage, newsletters, presentations, digital displays, and other approved platforms.
• Assess stakeholder feedback, recommend content refinements, maintain version control, and ensure all communications align with approved messaging and content.
• Maintain communication operations and infrastructure, including deployment calendars, templates, distribution lists, shared resources, project trackers, and workflow tools that support efficient execution.
• Analyze communication performance metrics and audience engagement data, providing insights and recommendations to improve communication effectiveness, employee engagement, and channel utilization.
• Adapt communications for diverse audiences, considering localization needs, cultural differences, and business context across regions to support enterprise and HR initiatives
• Partner effectively across HR and other functions to manage multiple projects, balance competing priorities, identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement, and meet time-sensitive deadlines.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Storytelling

Verbal communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

SharePoint

Teams

Viva Engage

Marketo

Job description

Edwards Lifesciences is seeking an HR Strategic Communications Specialist to translate HR priorities into engaging employee experiences. You’ll plan, create, and deploy communications across SharePoint, Teams, Viva Engage, and other channels, adapting for diverse audiences and regions.

Collaborating with HR leaders and SMEs, you’ll measure impact, refine content, and drive improvements while ensuring messaging aligns with Edwards’ voice and brand.