Director, Manufacturing Communications Strategy

Job Description

This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of Warren, Michigan, or Mountain View, California you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.

The Role

General Motors is transforming the future of transportation, and our manufacturing communications organization is helping to lead the way. This is where you can leverage all the tools in your toolbox: executive support, employee engagement, media relations, people leadership, social media, and crisis communications. No two days will feel the same, and you’ll work on strategic problem solving as well as tactical execution. Innovation never stops at GM, and we need leaders who are equipped and excited to tell those stories.

What You’ll Do

• Act as the Directly Responsible Individual, owning the holistic executive communications strategy for Global Manufacturing leader and sector leaders

• Lead a team of communication professionals, including recruiting and building talent on the team

• Guide individual growth, recognition, and development. Align roles and responsibilities with organizational strategies and drive high performance

• Serve as a resource to the team, helping to scope out complex problems and develop winning strategies for executive storytelling, labor relations, plant visits and other engagements

• Oversee strategy and implementation of large projects, such as investment announcements and manufacturing schedule changes

• Prioritize and allocate resources based on changing business needs, influence business leaders on communications objectives

• Oversee executive comms for heads of Safety, Labor, and Quality

• Oversee impactful storytelling to demonstrate our economic impact, in coordination with other teams

• Develop operational plans, drive creation and own delivery of OKRs for the team

Additional Job Description

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, or related field

• 7-10 years of related experience in communications, including executive support, media and labor relations

• Clear and effective writing ​skills

• Strong verbal communications and presentation skills​, with an executive presence

• Thoughtful stakeholder influence and management ​

• Creative and convincing storytelling ​ abilities

• Demonstrated strategic thinking ​

• Proven experience in guiding and mentoring teams

This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP (e.g., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT, etc.) NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

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