Lead Internal Communications Manager

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes.

Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S. people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you join us. Imagine what well build together.

About the Employee Communications Team

We shape how it feels to work at Thumbtack. The Employee Communications team sits at the intersection of culture communication and brand. We translate Thumbtacks mission and strategy into meaningful moments for employees and candidates alike. By bringing together internal communications and employer brand storytelling we ensure our values are not just articulated but experienced.

From leadership messaging and key company moments to recruitment marketing campaigns we create a cohesive narrative that resonates from a candidates first interaction through every stage of the employee experience reinforcing who we are and what we stand for along the way.

About the role

As Lead Internal Communications Manager youll serve as a senior strategist and thought leader on internal communications. Youll own the development and execution of high-impact strategies that span internal communications employer brand and executive messaging driving alignment across the organization and shaping how Thumbtacks story is told.

This is a high-visibility role that requires both strategic vision and hands-on execution. Youll independently lead multi-year communications initiatives manage complex stakeholder relationships end-to-end and serve as a trusted partner to senior leaders and cross-functional teams influencing decisions at the highest levels of the organization.

What youll do

• Develop and execute global internal communications strategies that connect business priorities to clear consistent messaging across teams and audiences.

• Drive long-term high-impact communications initiatives from strategy through execution establishing communications frameworks and best practices that improve consistency effectiveness and organizational alignment.

• Advise senior leaders on communications strategy shaping executive messaging and employee narratives through high-stakes high-visibility and sensitive business moments.

• Establish success metrics for communications programs evaluate effectiveness and use insights to continuously improve communications strategy and employee engagement.

• Shape executive and enterprise communications including all-hands presentations AMA materials leadership updates and company announcements ensuring every communication aligns with business priorities audience needs and Thumbtacks narrative.

• Influence cross-functional partners at all levels driving strategic alignment and advancing key initiatives in partnership with leaders across Brand & Communications Marketing People Engineering Product and other business functions.

• Leverage AI to accelerate research drafting synthesis and iteration while applying exceptional editorial judgment to ensure quality accuracy and audience fit.

In order to be successful you must bring

• 8 years of experience in internal or executive communications.

• A proven track record of independently leading enterprise communications strategies that shape business priorities influence executive stakeholders and drive measurable organizational impact.

• Success leading communications for company-wide moments such as all-hands meetings AMAs executive announcements reorganizations and culture initiatives.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex business topics into clear compelling narratives that inform inspire and align diverse audiences.

• Strong executive presence with a demonstrated ability to advise senior leaders on messaging narrative development organizational change and employee communications strategy.

• Ability to establish scalable communications programs operating models and best practices using data-driven insights and measurement to continuously improve effectiveness team performance and organizational impact.

• Exceptional editorial judgment including the ability to thoughtfully integrate AI into communications workflows while maintaining accountability for every final deliverable.

Expected salary ranges

• For candidates living in Ontario and British Columbia the expected salary range for the role is currently $163200 - $211200.

Actual offered salaries will vary and will be based on various factors such as calibrated job level qualifications skills competencies and proficiency for the role.

Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex race color age pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity or expression religion national origin ancestry citizenship marital status military or veteran status genetic information disability status or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial state or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with applicable law.

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Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Monthly Salary Salary: 163200 - 211200