Communications Manager - Executive and Enterprise

Land O'Lakes•Arden Hills, MN

1d•$107,680 - $161,520

About The Position

The Executive and Enterprise Communications Manager develops and executes communications strategies supporting executive visibility, priority business initiatives, and the enterprise reputation. The role partners with enterprise leaders and Communications colleagues to connect business priorities, executive platforms, and enterprise initiatives through clear, consistent messaging that supports organizational alignment around a shared narrative of value and growth. The position provides strategic counsel to enterprise leadership, shapes enterprise storytelling and messaging, and coordinates integrated communications across internal and external channels. It also supports issues and crisis communications, monitors communication performance, and helps develop and coach communications colleagues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English, or a related field.
8+ years of progressive corporate communications experience.
Significant direct experience providing strategic counsel to C-suite and executive-level leaders.
Experience supporting integrated communications campaigns, executive visibility programs, earned media strategies, agency partnerships, and high-profile events or activations.
Ability to understand business priorities, provide communications counsel, recommend practical solutions, and navigate complex matrixed environments.
Ability to connect business and functional priorities, identify interdependencies, and support consistent messaging across internal and external audiences.
Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex business issues into clear, engaging narratives for executive-level delivery.
Demonstrated success collaborating with integrated teams spanning internal communications, government relations, public relations, brand marketing, and agency partners.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in communications, Business Administration (MBA), or a related discipline.
Experience supporting issues management or public affairs communications.
Experience in agriculture, food, or other regulated and/or manufacturing sectors.
Experience leading, coaching, and developing a team of communications professionals.

Responsibilities

Serve as a senior communications partner to enterprise leadership, providing strategic counsel and supporting consistent messaging and execution.
Engage leaders and key stakeholders early in decision-making to identify communication needs, consider stakeholders, recommend messaging approaches, and reduce risk.
Align communication strategies with an enterprise perspective to engage internal teams and create compelling external narratives.
Connect enterprise priorities to differentiated narratives that build organizational alignment around enterprise value and a growth mindset.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of enterprise messaging architecture and apply communication best practices to support alignment during complex moments and transformations.
Partner with Communications functions, including Business Communications, Central Marketing, and agencies, on storytelling, public relations, marketing activations, external engagement, and social or channel delivery.
Support longer-range communications and activation plans, including opportunities involving executive platforms, earned media, marketing campaigns, and events.
Partner with agencies and internal subject matter experts to develop briefs, shape creative and communications approaches, and coordinate integrated execution.
Support proactive and reactive issues management by developing recommendations and coordinating crisis communications to protect and enhance corporate reputation.
Execute communications for key enterprise and executive initiatives and ensure deliverables meet rigorous quality standards.
Coordinate executive and enterprise communications.
Monitor KPIs, share insights with stakeholders, and recommend adjustments to improve communication effectiveness.
Build, motivate, and coach communications colleagues, including storytelling and speechwriting colleagues, to foster a collaborative, high-performing culture.