Public Relations Manager II

Responsibilities

• Lead development of executive messaging, talking points, memoranda, public communications, outreach products, briefings, graphics, and digital content.
• Create communication strategies and engagement materials for councils, working groups, senior-leader events, and stakeholder initiatives.
• Translate complex or sensitive cyber, critical-infrastructure, policy, and operational information into clear messages for defined audiences.
• Coordinate content and approvals across government leadership, SMEs, communications teams, and external partners.
• Support classified engagements and protect sensitive information throughout drafting, review, and dissemination.
• Manage high-priority inquiries, mailboxes, communication logs, and rapid-response assignments.
• Review products for accuracy, tone, accessibility, branding, and alignment with DHS/CISA policy.
• Analyze stakeholder response and engagement results and recommend communication improvements.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in strategic communications, public affairs, executive communications, or stakeholder engagement.
• Advanced writing, editing, messaging, and briefing-development skills.
• Experience supporting senior executives and high-visibility federal or national-security programs.
• Sound judgment handling sensitive or classified content and competing deadlines.
• Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI; U.S. citizenship required.

Preferred

• Prior CISA, DHS, intelligence-community, or critical-infrastructure communications experience.
• Experience supporting federal advisory committees or interagency coordination.
• Graphic-design, digital-content, or social-media experience.

Benefits

• Paid vacation & Sick leave
• Health insurance coverage
• Career training
• Performance bonus programs
• 401K contribution & Employer Match
• 11 Federal Holidays