Employee Communications Manager

Stryker • Lansing, MI

1d • Remote

About The Position

As an Employee Communications Manager on Stryker’s Corporate Communications team, you will lead strategic communications that help employees understand enterprise priorities, business changes, and how their work contributes to Stryker’s goals. In this individual-contributor role, you will serve as a trusted communications advisor, translating complex business strategies into clear, relevant, and actionable employee experiences.

The role leads communications from planning through execution and measurement, advises senior leaders and stakeholders, and partners across functions, regions, and communications teams. It also supports communications for organizational change, transformation, enterprise programs, and sensitive or time-critical priorities, serving employees in manufacturing, office-based, remote, and field-based settings.

Requirements

• 8 years of professional experience.
• At least 5 years of communications-related work experience.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and executive storytelling skills, with strong attention to detail and ability to adapt voice and complexity for different audiences.
• Ability to independently lead complex communication strategies from insight and planning through execution and measurement.
• Strong business acumen and project leadership skills, including the ability to manage multiple high-visibility priorities, stakeholders, dependencies, and deadlines.
• Sound judgment and discretion, including experience guiding sensitive, ambiguous, or time-critical communications and anticipating employee and organizational risks.
• Experience advising senior leaders, building trusted relationships, and influencing across functions, regions, and levels without direct authority.
• Experience using employee insights, feedback, and channel analytics to shape communication decisions and demonstrate impact.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. and not require employment-based sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or a related field is preferred.
• Experience in employee or internal communications is strongly preferred; experience in a large, global, or matrixed organization is a plus.
• Knowledge of AP Style is preferred; a writing assessment will be required.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated communication strategies for enterprise priorities, functional initiatives, employee campaigns, and organizational changes from planning through execution and measurement.
• Translate complex business strategies and information into clear, compelling narratives that help employees understand priorities, decisions, and what they mean for them.
• Develop executive-ready communications, including leader narratives, talking points, scripts, Q&A, presentations, employee messages, toolkits, intranet content, and meeting materials.
• Define communication objectives, audiences, key messages, channels, timing, governance, approvals, and measures of success; oversee end-to-end delivery across employee communication channels.
• Advise senior leaders and stakeholders on messaging, tone, audience, channel, and timing, recommending approaches that strengthen clarity, relevance, and impact.
• Lead communications for organizational change, transformation, enterprise programs, and sensitive or time-critical priorities; anticipate employee questions, communication risks, and evolving needs.
• Partner across functions, regions, and communications teams to align narratives, navigate differing perspectives, resolve competing priorities, and deliver relevant communications for manufacturing, office-based, remote, and field-based employees.
• Measure communication effectiveness using quantitative and qualitative feedback, channel analytics, and employee sentiment themes; translate insights into recommendations that improve outcomes and strengthen communication standards and brand.

What This Job Offers

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