Director, Leadership Communications and Operations, Global Markets

$108,400 - $169,600/Yr

General Motors - Dover, DE

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Dover, DE

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Communications team at General Motors is dedicated to driving transformation through impactful storytelling. This team encompasses various functions including Employee Engagement, Vehicle Brand, Corporate, Tech & Innovation, and International Communications. As a cohesive unit, we prioritize collaboration, insights, and the value of communications in enhancing the enterprise's mission and customer engagement. We are currently seeking a Director of Leadership Communications and Operations for GM Global Markets, a role that is pivotal in shaping communications strategies across our global markets. In this position, the Director will leverage their deep understanding of global markets and the communications landscape to implement change management and comprehensive communications campaigns. This role requires a strong stakeholder manager who can provide strategic counsel to senior leaders, ensuring their brands are elevated and that communications deliver maximum impact for the business. The Director will also oversee the operations and collaboration across global markets teams, ensuring that processes and tools are effectively launched and maintained. The responsibilities include developing and executing a leadership, corporate, and internal communications strategy for the President of GM Global Markets, ensuring alignment with GM's overarching goals. The Director will partner with communications leaders to craft messages that resonate with target audiences, ensuring that organizational initiatives are communicated effectively to employees and stakeholders. Additionally, the role involves acting as a trusted advisor to executives, drafting various communications assets, and contributing to high-quality content production for internal and external channels. The Director will also support the development and maintenance of new programs and tools that enhance the global markets communications teams' effectiveness, while driving the sharing of best practices across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive leadership, corporate and internal communications strategy for the President of GM Global Markets aligned with GM's goals and objectives.
• Partner closely with communications leaders and executives to understand their priorities and craft impactful messages that resonate with target audiences.
• Ensure organizational initiatives and projects are successfully communicated to employees and stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted advisor to executives on communications matters.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Draft narratives, speeches, presentations, talking points, social posts, gold source documents and other communications assets for executive use.
• Build and leverage external communications networks to clearly communicate company initiatives to external audiences.
• Contribute to the production of high-quality content for internal and external communications channels, including social media and company website.
• Support Communication Strategy & Operations, including the development, launch and maintenance of new programs and tools that support the global markets Communications teams.
• Drive sharing of communications best practices and communications assets with teams across the globe.
• Support global markets to track team performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 10+ years professional experience in internal and/or external communications.
• Incredible written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with senior executives.
• Excellent project management skills
• Tenured experience with large, complex organizational change management and the development and execution of communications strategy with proven results
• Ability to synthesize complex information into simple communications
• Ability to see the bigger picture of what needs to be done, remain unflappable under pressure, and stay nimble if change is needed.
• Digital and social media content development and publishing
• Data and measurement
• Desire to inspire and align teams through highly engaging communications and educational programs.

Benefits

• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends