Corporate Sr. Marketing & Communications Lead - Change & Strategy

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise strategy and change communications, translating priorities into actionable messaging, strengthening stakeholder readiness, driving adoption and measuring outcomes.
• Develop integrated communication strategies aligned with business objectives, audience needs, enterprise priorities, and desired outcomes.
• Translate complex strategic, operational, technical, workforce, digital, or reputational topics into clear communication roadmaps, narratives, message frameworks, and channel plans.
• Anticipate communication needs, stakeholder concerns, risks, and opportunities and recommend proactive approaches before issues arise.
• Define objectives, audiences, messages, channels, sequencing, governance, responsibilities, and measures of success for assigned initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted communications advisor to assigned leaders, initiative owners, and subject-matter experts.
• Diagnose business challenges and recommend communication solutions that address root needs rather than solely fulfilling requests.
• Build credibility and influence without formal authority; facilitate alignment across stakeholders with varied priorities.
• Handle confidential, sensitive, or high-visibility information with discretion, professionalism, and sound judgment.
• Develop clear, compelling, audience-centered messaging and content across written, presentation, digital, campaign, event, and multimedia formats.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, English, Business, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in strategic, corporate, executive, internal, change, operational, employee, digital, or marketing communications, or another directly related specialty.
• Demonstrated experience developing communication strategies that connect business objectives, audience needs, and measurable outcomes.
• Experience serving as a communications advisor to leaders and influencing cross-functional stakeholders in a complex or matrixed organization.
• Experience translating complex business, technical, strategic, workforce, or digital topics into clear narratives and audience-centered communications.
• Experience leading multi-channel campaigns or communication programs from planning through execution and evaluation.
• Experience supporting organizational change, enterprise initiatives, strategic programs, or technology or process adoption.
• Experience evaluating communication effectiveness through data, stakeholder feedback, performance metrics, or adoption outcomes.
• Exceptional writing, editing, presentation, facilitation, consultation, and stakeholder-partnership skills.
• Demonstrated judgment, discretion, adaptability, and ability to manage multiple high-priority assignments.

Preferred

• Experience partnering with executive leaders, regional teams, corporate functions, or field-based audiences.
• Experience in construction, engineering, professional services, or another operational industry.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365 communication platforms, AI-enabled communication tools, analytics, content-management, or campaign technologies.
• Relevant specialty certification or credential, where applicable.

Benefits

• At Hensel Phelps, we invest in our people—professionally, personally, and financially. Employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support long-term well-being and career growth. Benefits offerings include medical, vision, and dental insurance; life insurance; accidental death and dismemberment coverage; long-term disability; a 401(k)-retirement plan; and access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• We believe time away from work is essential to doing your best work. Employees are eligible for paid time off beginning upon hire, supporting rest, flexibility, and work-life balance.