Internal Communications US Sites Lead

About our group:

Seagate’s Global Internal Communications team connects employees to the company, their work, and to each other so they can meaningfully contribute to and grow the company’s shared success. Through the crafting and delivery of timely, transparent, and thoughtful communications, we help 29,000 global employees internalize the company’s vision, mission, strategy, and business priorities. Ultimately our goal is to inspire employees to connect and contribute to our culture and to feel pride in the products they help create and deliver to our customers.

About the role - you will:

Apply insights to the needs and expectations of internal audiences to deliver communication programs and campaigns that drive understanding and alignment, often amidst significant change. In this role, you will report directly to the Director of Internal Communications, Strategic Programs.

This individual contributor role focuses on the orchestration and implementation of internal communications programs across the company’s US tier-one sites (in California, Colorado, and Minnesota). Working with site leadership, you will develop our US sites’ internal communications strategy and make important contributions to the employee experience. You will be both an advocate for employees and a steward of Seagate’s business, brand, and culture. You will help convey Seagate’s story to employees and champion stories at the site level that recognize the contributions of the site’s employees and shared progress towards company milestones and priorities.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Establish yourself as a trusted advisor with Seagate’s US site management teams (SMTs), sharing your communications expertise to support their priorities including the development of a quarterly communication plan.
• Lead strategy, planning, and execution of communications plans at the site level that align to company strategy. Equally adept at both strategic and tactical aspects of communication, including measurement.
• Drive global programs at the site level assisting with localizing, testing, rolling out, and sharing feedback.
• Ensure site employees are well informed through a variety of communication channels, which you guide and steward, driving consistency and clarity across the sites and in alignment with our corporate standards.
• Empower site influencers, subject matter experts, employee clubs and other stakeholders with tools and processes to ensure their communication efforts are implemented with quality and aligned with other messages.
• Collaborate with your Asia and EMEA internal communications colleagues to share best practices and ensure consistency of communications across Seagate’s sites worldwide.
• Connect with team leads, project managers, and stakeholders to listen and collect feedback and information.
• Identify obstacles and risks that jeopardize change initiatives and adoption, and devise solutions to mitigate/resolve.

About you:

• Flexible and adaptable to change.
• Ability and willingness to at times work across time zones.
• Exercise significant independent judgment within defined plans and strategies.
• Takes a big-picture perspective with the ability to link activities and communications that support a cohesive employee experience.
• Possess excellent interpersonal, problem-solving, negotiation, verbal, and written communication skills, as well as diplomacy and high emotional intelligence.

Your experience includes:

• Communications experience (primarily in internal communications).
• Advising company leaders on best practices in communicating and engaging with employees.
• Managing confidential or sensitive information.
• Process development and project management.
• Working in a multinational corporate environment (preferably in technology).
• Using content management systems, email template builders, and a range of digital tools.
• Basic ability to report on metrics and results.
• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience

The estimated base salary range for this position: $102,600.00 - $149,600.00. Actual salary range is based on the regional labor market of the role in the geography in which the position is located based on the requirements of the job and your skills. This posted salary range is a good faith and reasonable estimate, and Seagate reserves the right to adjust this range depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate.

Seagate offers comprehensive benefits to its eligible employees; including, but not limited to, eligibility for variable pay bonus, medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short-and long-term disability, 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, health savings account, dependent care and healthcare spending accounts, flexible time off/vacation, paid holidays and paid parental leave and well-being programs.

Location:

This role will work in a hybrid capacity a few days a week at one of our primary sites (Normandale, MN; Shakopee, MN or Longmont CO) and the remainder in a remote capacity.

Travel: As much as once-per-quarter (to a US site).

Location: Normandale, United States, Longmont, United States, Shakopee, United States
Travel: Up to 10%