Corporate Communications Manager

What You'll Do

As a critical member of Avalara's Corporate Communications team, you will support internal and external communications for our rapidly growing operations in India. You will report to our head of business communications in the U.S. and will work collaboratively to develop and implement communication strategies and tactics in India.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• You will Collaborate the team members and internal stakeholders to write and publish daily to weekly communications for Avalara's employees and people managers in India on theAvalara intranet. Relevant topic areas will include HR, IT, Payroll, and Workplace (office management).
• You will Support written communications for Avalara's General Manager of India operations, which may include emails, talking points, scripts, and presentations.
• Partner with Avalara's extended Corporate Communications team and PR agency partner in India.
• Contribute to the India public relations strategy and support the execution of the public relations plan in the region (in partnership with the PR agency partner in India).
• Prepare spokespeople for media opportunities and staff media briefings, as needed.
• Support coordination, planning, and execution of internal stakeholder meetings to drive alignment, present plans and timelines, and gain agreement. Work closely with partners from the People & Culture, IT, Security, and Finance organizations.
• Communicate accomplishments, unique company culture, and India perspectives to the global Avalara audience.
• Assist in developing and implementing new technical solutions to address challenges with employee communications and collaboration.
• Devise methods for gathering and sharing employee sentiments and feedback.
• Participate in the planning and execution of Avalara's annual company meeting and India Town Halls.
• Assist with occasional content writing for India social media channels on an ad hoc basis.

What You'll Need to be Successful

• 10+ years of experience serving companies with a globally dispersed workforce; preference for those with both internal and external communications experience
• Strong written and editorial skills, including impeccable English grammar and editing skills.
• Strong technical skills for material development programs (MS PowerPoint, Google Documents, and others) and communications platforms (Slack, Zoom, email, etc.). Familiarity with video tools is a plus.
• Excellent project management skills
• Experience and confidence in interacting with senior stakeholders.
• Media relations experience with business, technology, and trade media. B2B preferred.
• Experience writing content for social media preferred.