Head of Internal Communications

Dyson Operations is on the lookout for a Head of Internal Communications to establish the strategic vision and implement best practices across our global organization. This crucial position will influence how we engage with our workforce across the globe, ensuring effective communication, employee engagement, and alignment with our overarching strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities:

Standards and Best Practice:

• Lead the vision and standards for internal communications, acting as the hub of best practices throughout Dyson.
• Design, implement, and execute comprehensive internal communications strategies at the enterprise level.
• Act as the primary resource for all internal communications, functioning on both enterprise and global scales.
• Collaborate proactively with business and functional leaders to integrate best practices early in strategic initiatives.

Content and Channels:

• Supervise the planning, creation, review, and dissemination of all internal enterprise communications, ensuring clarity and consistency.
• Direct the development and execution of significant communications initiatives, campaigns, and communications related to products and changes.
• Establish and manage a well-rounded content strategy that combines proactive storytelling with necessary reactive messaging.
• Ensure excellence in channel management and optimize communication platforms for maximum reach and effectiveness.

Leadership and Business Partnering:

• Act as a strategic advisor and partner to senior leadership, backing the CEO's internal communications priorities.
• Curate the messaging for senior leaders, creating engaging and authentic communications for all employees.
• Design and oversee communications for leadership teams and engagement forums.
• Exhibit the capability to make swift decisions, engage confidently with senior stakeholders, and manage relationships across all levels.

About You:

• A demonstrated history of creating and executing integrated internal communications strategies on a large scale.
• Outstanding stakeholder management abilities, with a proven capacity to influence and collaborate at all organizational levels, including C-suite executives.
• Proficient in content development, narrative crafting, and message deployment across various channels and platforms.
• Experience in executing large-scale employee engagement initiatives.
• Strong skills in project management, people management, and change management.
• A successful track record of managing tight deadlines and thriving in high-pressure environments to achieve organizational goals.
• A creative innovator who seeks continuous improvement in communications practices.
• Proactive with a results-oriented mindset, demonstrating resilience and the drive to see the bigger strategic picture while also being detail-oriented.
• Consistently upholds the highest standards of integrity and confidentiality.
• Dynamic and engaging, with the ability to motivate and inspire in a matrixed environment.
• Assertive and decisive, with the commitment to see plans through and overcome challenges—yet adaptable to change and comfortable with ambiguity, learning quickly and flexibly.
• Willing to travel internationally as needed.