GitHub is looking for a Senior Director of Internal Communications to join the team and lead employee communications programs supporting our company objectives. This would be an opportunity to manage an internal communications function and team, working closely with the VP of Communications and the entire comms team, as well as others throughout the organization.

Successful candidates will have extensive experience in working with executive teams to develop proactive internal communications programs, writing and executing employee communications plans, developing creative and innovative internal programs and content, and building and fostering relationships across business functions and geographic locations. Candidates should be excellent writers, strategic and creative thinkers, and skilled at managing relationships with leadership and internal clients.

This role is based in San Francisco with periodic travel opportunities.

Responsibilities:

Develop, manage, and execute global internal communication strategies and plans that support GitHub's vision and goals
Lead all internal components of company-wide announcements
Drive executive communications programs internally to best share company strategy and direction
Provide internal comms counsel to the executive team and senior leaders
Be an executive comms business partner to executive team members
Build and drive content for internal events including all-hands meetings
Develop programs that are valuable to remote Hubbers and remote communication needs
Oversee a new intranet solution and build a related editorial program
Be a resource for executives and team leaders when rolling out new policies and programs and other internal announcements
Monitor employee feedback and topics of discussion to identify communication opportunities
Measure programs and make informed recommendations on programs and changes

Minimum Qualifications:

10+ years of experience in technology communications (internal communications and/ or PR), with at least 3 years specifically focused on internal communications
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Exceptional interpersonal communication skills
Collaborative and team oriented
Experience with executive communications
Ability to drive consensus across diverse set of stakeholders, including senior leadership
Ability to support change management in complex, fast changing organizations
Excellent project management skills and analytical ability

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience running internal communications in a growing, fast paced, and/or start-up environment
Experience with remote communications
Experience working in an engineering/developer-centric culture
Understanding of enterprise software landscape
Understanding of HR and how to support employee-facing programs
Experience using GitHub

Who We Are:

GitHub is the developer company. Over 36 million people use GitHub to build amazing things together across 100 million repositories. We make it easier for developers to be developers: to work together, to solve challenging problems, to create the world’s most important technologies. We foster a collaborative community that can come together—as individuals and in teams—to create the future of software and make a difference in the world.

What We Value:

Collaboration: We believe the best work is done together.
Empathy: We believe in putting people first.
Quality: We believe in setting the standard for excellence.
Positive Impact: We believe in making the world a better place through our work.
Shipping: We believe in creating things for the people using them.

Why You Should Join:

At GitHub, we constantly strive to create an environment that allows our employees (Hubbers) to do the best work of their lives. We've designed one of the coolest workspaces in San Francisco (HQ), where over half of our Hubbers work, snack, and create daily. The other half of our Hubbers work remotely in 18 countries across the globe. Here is a complete list of where we can hire!

We are also committed to keeping Hubbers healthy, motivated, focused and creative. We've designed our top-notch benefits program with these goals in mind. In a nutshell, we've built a place where we truly love working, we think you will too.

GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!

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