Strategic Communications Lead — Americas (Hybrid)

Continental; Fort Mill (SC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate Benefits

Robust Total Rewards Package

Paid Time Off

Volunteer Time Off

Tuition Assistance

Employee Discounts, including tire-dis

Competitive Bonus Programs

Employes 401k Match

Diverse & Inclusive Work Environment

Job summary

Continental seeks a Communications Manager, BA Americas to lead strategic internal communications across Tires the Americas, with Fort Mill as the Americas HQ. You will translate business priorities into clear, timely, measurable communications for employees, leaders, and regional stakeholders.

You will build plans, guide leadership messaging, and drive engagement across channels, ensuring alignment with global standards while managing agencies and partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Communications, Marketing or related discipline.
• 5+ years of Communications experience.
• Strong internal communications, corporate communications, or employee engagement experience.
• Ability to think strategically while also executing detailed communications plans.
• High level of ownership, accountability, follow-through, and independent judgment.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage timelines, dependencies, stakeholders, and competing priorities.
• Proactive planning mindset with the ability to anticipate needs and risks.
• Strong writing, editing, storytelling, presentation, and message-development skills.
• Ability to advise and influence leaders and stakeholders with confidence.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing polished, accurate work.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and moving projects forward without having every answer upfront.
• Strong problem-solving skills and resourcefulness.
• Ability to use data, feedback, and KPIs to evaluate communication effectiveness.
• Curiosity and adaptability with communications tools, digital platforms, templates, analytics, and emerging technologies.
• Ability to work across functions, regions, and cultures while maintaining message consistency and audience relevance.
• Continental is able to provide relocation assistance for this opportunity.
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required. Continental is able to provide visa sponsorship for current internal candidates only.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and execute strategic internal communications for the Americas region, applying strong storytelling across multiple channels.
• Drive proactive planning and execution by building and maintaining communication plans (including crisis), project trackers, and timelines, anticipating needs, risks and dependencies among stakeholders.
• Serve as a trusted communications advisor to leaders and stakeholders, helping to shape their communications strategy by engaging with them regularly.
• Own major employee teams, projects, events and leadership moments, including the US Corporate Social Responsibility team, All Employee Meetings and other regional leadership events.
• Apply measurement, insights, and continuous improvement throughout all tasks and projects by establishing KPIs and connecting communications activities to measurable outcomes
• Support regional and global alignment and ensure communications needs are met in both directions.
• Manage agencies, vendors, and content partners as needed.

Skills

Strategic communications

Stakeholder management

Storytelling

Project management

KPIs & measurement

Crisis communications

Leadership advisory

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Communications, Marketing or related discipline

Job description

Continental seeks a Communications Manager, BA Americas to lead strategic internal communications across Tires the Americas, with Fort Mill as the Americas HQ. You will translate business priorities into clear, timely, measurable communications for employees, leaders, and regional stakeholders.

You will build plans, guide leadership messaging, and drive engagement across channels, ensuring alignment with global standards while managing agencies and partners.