Communications Manager

Responsibilities

• Growth, Strategy, and Market Positioning
• Develop and implement long-term product communications strategies that drive growth, diversification, and clear differentiation in competitive markets.
• Shape market positioning and lead communications efforts aligned with major business objectives.
• Independently set strategy and provide updates to leadership, managing plans, budgets, and resources to achieve goals.
• Integrated Campaigns and Channel Execution
• Design and execute integrated campaigns to boost awareness, engagement, and business outcomes across earned, owned, and paid channels.
• Amplify product stories by uniting media relations, social media, digital content, and events into cohesive narratives.
• Oversee high-priority campaigns, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with business goals.
• Manage significant campaign budgets, linking expenditures to measurable results.
• Thought Leadership and Future Capability Storytelling

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, or English, and eight years of relevant experience, or the overall equivalent.
• Extensive knowledge of AP Style and corporate journalism.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Attentive to detail with solid editing skills.
• Experience building relationships with diverse and geographically dispersed teams and stakeholders.
• Media relations experience at the local, specialized trade, and/or national level, and experience in one or more of the following: strategy, digital/social media, marketing.
• Ability to drive positive engagement from a diversified and widespread workforce.
• Leadership experience as either a direct people manager or project team lead.

Preferred

• Master’s Degree.
• Defense industry, military, manufacturing industry, or automotive industry experience.

Benefits

• Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. We also have leave programs including paid time off, paid holidays, and other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.