Senior Manager of Internal Communications

Job description

About Helion We are a fusion power company based in Everett, WA, with the mission to build the world's first fusion power plant, enabling a future with unlimited clean electricity. Our vision is a world with clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone. Since Helion's founding in 2013, we have raised $1.5 billion from long-time investors such as Sam Altman, Mithril, and Capricorn Investment Group as well as new investors including Thrive Capital, LightSpeed Venture Capital, SoftBank, and others to propel us forward. Our current prototype, Polaris, has reached record-breaking plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius (13 keV). Helion is continuing to iterate and on the path to the world's first fusion power plant, Orion. This is a pivotal time to join Helion. You will tackle real-world challenges with a team that prizes urgency, rigor, ownership, and a commitment to delivering hard truths – values essential to achieving what no one has before. Together, we will change the future of energy, because the world can't wait. What You Will Be Doing: As Senior Manager of Internal Communications, you will lead and grow Helion's internal communications function as the company continues to rapidly scale. You'll shape how we keep a fast-growing team of builders aligned, informed, and connected to our mission. You'll set the strategy that guides how Helion communicates through major moments, organizational change, and everyday updates, and you'll be a trusted voice for senior leaders navigating those moments. This role needs someone who can think strategically and still roll up their sleeves, building good systems without slowing the team down, in a fast-moving, technical, engineering-driven culture. This is an onsite role that reports directly to our Director of Communications at our Everett, WA office. You Will: - Set the overall internal communications strategy for Helion, including what we prioritize and how we measure and report success. - Be the senior internal communications advisor to company leaders in major moments, like org announcements, leadership transitions, and company-wide strategic shifts. - Partner closely with the Director of Communications to keep our internal and external stories consistent. - Represent internal comms in conversations with executive leadership, People Ops leadership, and other senior stakeholders on org-wide priorities and initiatives. - Own the budget, tools, and vendor relationships that support internal communications as the function grows. - Step in directly on the highest-stakes moments, writing or editing key messages yourself, while trusting your team to run day-to-day execution. - Manage, coach, and grow the internal comms team, setting priorities and raising the bar on the team's work. Required Skills: - 10+ years in internal or corporate communications, ideally with distributed or shift-based teams. - Prior experience managing people, with experience coaching communicators and helping them grow. - Strong judgment on what to say, what to leave out, and how to make technical or complex topics clear to employees. Experience in a technical or scientific organization is a big plus. - A track record of being trusted by executives to help them communicate through complex or high-stakes moments, including major organizational change. - Excellent writing and editing, with range across formats, from a company-wide email to talking points for an exec. Familiarity with tools like Confluence, Slack, and digital signage platforms is a plus. - A collaborative style, with real experience partnering with executive leadership, People Ops, and other senior stakeholders to get things done together. #LI-Onsite #LI-MM1 Benefits Our total compensation package includes benefits, including but not limited to: - Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families - 31 Days of PTO (21 vacation days and 10 sick days) - 10 Paid holidays, plus company-wide winter break - Up to 5% employer 401(k) match - Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance - Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks) - Annual wellness stipend Helion is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the interview process, please let us know.