Public Relations Manager II (DHS Suitability)

Responsibilities

• Develop communication strategies and a broad range of executive and external-facing products, including emails, memos, talking points, summaries, briefings, graphics, and social content.
• Translate sector risk, cybersecurity, resilience, and policy information into clear, audience-specific messages.
• Coordinate communication support for sector and cross-sector engagements, working groups, and emergent events.
• Gather and reconcile input from federal leads, SMEs, industry partners, and other stakeholders.
• Manage designated mailboxes, inquiries, routing, response tracking, and communication logs.
• Review products for accuracy, clarity, tone, branding, accessibility, and DHS/CISA style compliance.
• Support rapid-response communications and after-action products during urgent operational events.
• Use engagement data and stakeholder feedback to refine outreach and messaging.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in strategic communications, public relations, public affairs, or stakeholder engagement.
• Strong executive writing, editing, message development, and project-management skills.
• Experience coordinating high-visibility products through complex review and approval processes.
• Ability to advise clients and work effectively with senior government and industry stakeholders.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a favorable DHS Fitness Determination (Public Trust/DHS Suitability); U.S. citizenship required.

Preferred

• Prior CISA, DHS, critical-infrastructure, or federal advisory experience.
• Experience with executive communications, graphic design, or digital content.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft 365, Drupal, and collaboration platforms.

Benefits

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