fairlife, LLC · 3 hours ago
Sr. Manager, Internal Communications
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$125K/yr - $140K/yr
7+ years expfairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers. The Sr. Manager of Internal Communications will develop and lead a comprehensive internal communications strategy, ensuring effective messaging and engagement across the organization.
Food & Beverages
Responsibilities
Develop and lead a short and long-term enterprise-wide internal communications strategy aligned with fairlife's business objectives, mission, culture, and values
Serve as a strategic partner to senior leadership and cross-functional partners on internal messaging, change communications, and employee engagement initiatives
Establish best practices and governance for internal communications across channels
Oversee day-to-day employee communications, including leadership messages, company updates, change initiatives, and major milestones
Ensure fairlife's messaging and positions are clear, consistent, timely, and tailored to diverse employee audiences, including corporate and plant-based teams and our TCCC system partners
Manage internal campaigns that reinforce our business objectives, mission, culture, values, and performance
Streamline and strengthen communications with and to fairlife's plant locations, ensuring two-way communication between corporate teams and plant employees
Partner closely with Operations, Plant Leadership, HR, and Safety teams to create clear, actionable communications
Develop scalable tools, templates, and processes that support plant leaders in delivering effective local communications
Lead internal employer branding efforts, ensuring employees understand and can authentically represent fairlife's business objectives, mission, culture, and values
Partner with HR and Talent teams to align internal messaging with external employer brand and talent attraction efforts
Support onboarding, recognition, and engagement programs through strong storytelling and communications
Own the strategy, governance, and roadmap for how and when we leverage internal channels for communications, including newsletters, Intranet, all hands meetings and organization announcements
Partner with IT, HR, and content owners to improve usability, content quality, and adoption across locations
Establish metrics and KPIs to measure the effectiveness of internal communications efforts
Use data, insights, and employee feedback to refine strategies and demonstrate impact
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience with increased responsibility in internal/enterprise, brand communications, corporate communications or public relations, with a focus on the food and beverage industry required
Proven experience supporting both corporate and frontline or manufacturing/plant-based employee populations
Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to execute at a high level
Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling capabilities
Experience leading intranet strategy and managing multiple internal communication channels
Demonstrated ability to influence and partner with senior leaders and cross-functional teams
Familiarity with change management and transformation communications
Knowledge of internal communications measurement and analytics tools
Preferred
CPG experience preferred
Benefits
A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.
Company
fairlife, LLC
fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Tim Doelman
Chief Executive Officer
Eileen Thanner
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
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