Communications Strategy Manager

Avalara • Durham, NC

3h • Remote

About The Position

The Communications Strategy Manager owns the strategy, planning, governance, and execution of internal communications for Avalara's customer-facing organization. You will translate executive strategy, product and service launches and updates, process changes, and new or updated training and resources into clear communications that inspire disciplined field execution. As an Individual Contributor with Team Lead responsibilities, you will set direction, establishes standards, and coordinate contributors to raise the quality and consistency of GTM communications. Reporting to the Manager, Enablement Operations, this role builds scalable systems across our intranet, Slack, and email newsletters to reduce noise, provide a single source of truth, and speed time-to-field. This is a US-based, #LI-Remote position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, Business, Journalism, or related field or equivalent practical experience in internal or GTM communications.
• 4–6 or more years of experience in internal communications, GTM enablement communications, Revenue or GTM operations with a communications focus, corporate communications with field-facing responsibility, or sales communications and field change management.
• Demonstrated ownership of communication strategy for projects, including intake, prioritization, partner agreement, and governance — not only execution-level drafting.
• Working knowledge of GTM operating models, including Sales, Partner, Product, and Marketing.
• Experience with field change management and adoption dynamics.
• Knowledge of internal communications governance, including message hierarchy, editorial rhythm, approval models, and channel discipline.
• Understanding of B2B SaaS sales motions, including SMB and upmarket segments.
• Knowledge of intranet and internal publishing strategy.
• Working knowledge of AI-enabled workflow tools to improve communication quality and productivity.
• Summarize and write complex executive strategy, pricing updates, product launches, and process changes into clear field-ready messages.
• Influence and align senior partners without formal authority.
• Prioritize and sequence communications to reduce overload and prevent conflicting messages.
• Design and operate communication systems, including intake models, approval workflows, and reinforcement plans.
• Provide structured editorial feedback and coach contributors to improve clarity and impact.
• Manage internal publishing platforms as governed systems, not ad hoc tools.
• Analyze engagement and adoption signals to improve communication effectiveness.
• 1+ years of experience with intranet or internal publishing platforms such as Simpplr.
• Experience with Slack or similar collaboration tools.
• Experience with email distribution tools.
• Experience with project management platforms such as Asana, Jira, Monday, or Smartsheet.
• Experience using analytics tools such as Excel, Google Sheets, or business intelligence dashboards.
• Experience using AI writing or productivity tools.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting GTM communications in a high-growth B2B SaaS environment.
• Experience supporting global or multi-regional sales teams, including navigating segmentation and regional nuance while maintaining message consistency.
• Manage communications for pricing changes, product launches, or major sales process transformations.
• Change management certification (e.g., Prosci, ADKAR, Kotter) with experience applying structured frameworks to increase adoption of sales-facing programs such as pricing, product, or process changes.
• Background in executive communications or journalism, demonstrating advanced message synthesis and storytelling capability.
• Experience improving engagement or adoption metrics through structured communication strategy and channel optimization.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end GTM internal communications strategy for customer-facing audiences, including Sales, Partner Sales, Support, Implementation and Professional Services, ensuring clear message hierarchy and disciplined execution.
• Design and run the communications operating model (intake, prioritization, drafting, approval, publish, reinforcement) by leveraging internal AI tools to reduce noise, eliminate duplicative or conflicting messages, and speed time-to-field.
• Establish and manage the GTM editorial calendar, sequencing weekly, monthly, and quarterly communications to align with priorities and prevent overlap or message fatigue.
• Define governance standards, including channel rules, writing standards, QA checklists, approval workflows, and publishing discipline across our intranet, Slack, and email newsletters.
• Oversee the publishing model, including structure, tagging standards, content lifecycle management, and homepage organization to ensure content remains current and relevant.
• Lead partner intake and understanding by running a standardized briefing process, clarifying goals and required actions, assessing requests against priorities, and translating complex inputs into field-ready messages.
• Ensure changing educational and instructional materials about the GTM communications strategy, process and tools stay up to date.
• Coordinate contributors and authors by assigning work, reviewing content, coaching for clarity and impact, and building repeatable frameworks that raise quality.
• Improve communication effectiveness by tracking engagement metrics, adoption signals, and feedback loops, and delivering regular insights and process improvements to GTM leadership.

Benefits

• Total Rewards
• In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.
• Health & Wellness
• Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.
• Inclusive culture and diversity
• Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level