Pharma Project Communications & Stakeholder Engagement

KBR; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

KBR's Sustainable Technology Solutions in Richmond, Virginia seeks a Communications & Engagement Specialist to support internal and external communications for a multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical manufacturing project. You will develop plans, coordinate stakeholder outreach, and craft messages for project teams, leadership, and external partners.

The role emphasizes clear, accurate, timely communications across newsletters, town halls, executive briefings, and digital channels, helping

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 3-7 years of experience in project communications, corporate communications, public relations, stakeholder engagement, or related role.
• Experience supporting large capital projects, construction programs, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, manufacturing, or industrial environments is preferred.
• Excellent written, verbal, editing, and presentation skills.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, Teams, and other communication and collaboration platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience supporting executive communications and event coordination is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain an integrated communications and stakeholder engagement plan that supports project objectives, organizational priorities, and key program milestones throughout design, construction, commissioning, and startup.
• Coordinate and deliver clear, accurate, and consistent communications to project teams, leadership, and functional stakeholders through newsletters, announcements, presentations, town halls, dashboards, and digital communication platforms.
• Prepare executive-level communications, briefing materials, leadership presentations, key messages, speeches, and stakeholder updates to support project governance, decision-making, and leadership engagement.
• Support engagement activities with local communities, economic development organizations, educational institutions, government representatives, and other external stakeholders to promote project awareness and maintain positive relationships.
• Develop and coordinate workforce engagement programs that promote collaboration, recognition, safety culture, diversity and inclusion, team-building, and employee involvement across the project organization.
• Partner with project leadership and functional teams to support change management initiatives by developing communication campaigns, stakeholder impact assessments, and engagement activities that facilitate adoption of project-related changes.
• Plan and execute project events, milestone celebrations, site visits, leadership meetings, public forums, groundbreaking ceremonies, commissioning events, and other stakeholder engagement activities.
• Create, edit, and manage high-quality communications content across multiple channels, including articles, visual materials, presentations, videos, digital signage, intranet platforms, and social media content where appropriate.
• Establish mechanisms to gather stakeholder feedback, measure communication effectiveness, track engagement performance metrics, identify improvement opportunities, and provide recommendations to project leadership.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Editing

Presentation skills

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Teams

Interpersonal skills

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

KBR's Sustainable Technology Solutions in Richmond, Virginia seeks a Communications & Engagement Specialist to support internal and external communications for a multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical manufacturing project. You will develop plans, coordinate stakeholder outreach, and craft messages for project teams, leadership, and external partners.

The role emphasizes clear, accurate, timely communications across newsletters, town halls, executive briefings, and digital channels, helping