[Hiring] Director, Enterprise Communications @Great Minds

Role Description

Reporting to the Vice President, Corporate Communications, the Director, Enterprise Communications will act as a senior leader responsible for the strategy, execution, and continuous evolution of Great Minds’ internal communications and employer brand functions. Internally, this role will shape how the organization communicates at an enterprise level, ensuring employees are informed, connected to strategy and values, and inspired by the mission and impact that drive Great Minds’ work. Externally, this role will curate, monitor, and disseminate content that tells the story of Great Minds’ mission, culture and values to support recruiting, retention, and sales.

The Director will serve as the company’s chief architect of enterprise communication, setting the vision for how the company reaches, engages, and retains a dispersed, impact-driven workforce; positioning Great Minds as an employer of choice; and ensuring internal stories reach external audiences where they can reinforce our brand and reputation.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership and Team Management:
  • Lead and develop the Internal Communications function, providing strategic direction, coaching, and clear accountability for goals and quality standards.
  • Set the enterprise communications vision and annual strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, culture, and the 2030 student outcomes commitment.
  • Serve as a senior strategic advisor to executive leadership and the VP, Corporate Communications, translating organizational priorities into communications approaches that build clarity, trust, and engagement.
  • Partner deeply across functions to drive alignment, inform communications, and source stories.
• Enterprise Communications:
  • Own the enterprise-wide internal communications framework, including editorial calendar, governance, channel strategy, and content standards.
  • Lead communications for high-stakes, organization-wide moments: executive announcements, leadership transitions, strategic initiatives, transformation efforts, and town halls.
  • Ensure employees have consistent access to need-to-know operational information while deepening their connection to Great Minds’ strategy, culture, values, and impact.
  • Build and steward a center of excellence model, equipping communications liaisons and cross-functional partners with tools, frameworks, and best practices.
  • Build and operate an employee storytelling engine.
  • Work closely with HR and Strategy to develop communications that convey Great Minds’ operating values, culture commitments, and strategic direction.
  • Develop and implement measurement frameworks (KPIs, engagement data, feedback loops) to continuously assess and improve internal communications effectiveness.
  • Lead the embedding of Great Minds’ refreshed enterprise brand across internal channels and communications.
• Platform and Channel Evolution:
  • Partner with IT on Great Minds’ internal communications technology roadmap.
  • Bring technical fluency to channel strategy decisions.
  • Drive adoption and governance of communication platforms.
  • Identify gaps in current channel infrastructure and develop phased recommendations for platform evolution.
• Employer Brand and Internal Storytelling:
  • Build and lead Great Minds’ employer brand strategy.
  • Identify compelling internal stories and develop them into external-facing content.
  • Create and sustain an employee storytelling engine.
  • Collaborate with Media Relations to pitch employee and culture stories.
  • Own Great Minds’ employer reputation strategy.
  • Ensure employer brand messaging is consistent and compelling across internal and external channels.
  • Partner with HR and Talent Acquisition to develop communications that support the full employee lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience in communications or marketing, with demonstrated ownership of enterprise-wide strategy.
• 5+ years of management experience.
• Experience managing or mentoring direct reports.
• Experience developing or contributing to employer brand strategy.
• Demonstrated experience managing employer reputation on platforms such as Glassdoor and LinkedIn.
• Experience building employee or customer storytelling programs.
• Experience partnering with brand or creative teams.
• Proven ability to advise and influence senior executives.
• Deep expertise in executive communications, change and transformation communications.
• Strong technical knowledge of internal communications platforms.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
• Strong project management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a communications function at an education or mission-driven entity.
• Familiarity with media relations related to employer brand and culture storytelling.
• Experience building or transforming an internal communications function.
• Track record of using data and analytics to measure communications effectiveness.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, Journalism, Business, or a related field.

Status

• Full-time

Location

• Remote

Salary Information

The expected base salary range for this position is $164,000-$180,000, however the offered salary may be higher or lower than the above range dependent on numerous factors including, but not limited to location, work experience, skills and internal equity considerations. The base salary is not inclusive of benefits or other incentives.

A cover letter and resume are required to be considered for this position.

New employees will be required to successfully complete a background check.

Any communication to applicants relating to the Great Minds hiring process will only come from email addresses with the domains greatminds.org or greatminds.recruitee.com. If in the course of the application or hiring process with Great Minds you are contacted through another domain, are requested to provide banking or other sensitive information, or you note any other suspicious activity, please contact [email protected].

Great Minds is an equal opportunity employer. We will extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws. Our policy reflects and affirms the organization’s commitment to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices.