As the **Organizational Engagement & Executive Communications Specialist **you will lead the intersection of organizational governance, strategic communications, and employee engagement, driving a high-performing culture and curating thought-provoking leadership experiences. This role goes beyond traditional communications; it is about building a dynamic and adaptive team environment, pioneering the use of AI-driven communication tools, and ensuring the Industrial System IT (IS IT) story is told with a 'wow factor' to both local and enterprise-wide audiences. You will manage the organizational heartbeat, ensuring that IS IT meetings, messages, and digital interactions drive meaningful engagement and professional excellence. Additionally, you will provide governance and communications support for additional ET teams as needed to ensure enterprise-wide alignment.
Leadership Governance & Experience Design
Own the end-to-end lifecycle of the weekly IS IT leadership meetings, curating agendas that drive engagement and challenge the leadership team with thought-provoking topics. Use creative prompts to embed a culture-first mindset within the IS IT leadership team.
Act as the "conscience" of the leadership meeting, managing the clock, ensuring focus, and having the professional confidence to speak up when sessions need to pivot.
Partner with the IS IT strategy team to support the planning and execution of large-scale events such as Global Leadership Meetings (GLMs), All Hands Meetings, including logistics, materials, pre-work, and scribing.
Assist in the planning and execution of site visits and strategy sessions, ensuring a "Problem to Solve" focus and documenting actionable outcomes.
Provide secondary support for organization related All Hands Meetings.
Strategic Communications & Organizational Engagement
Drive the strategic evolution and performance of organizational publications, including the monthly newsletter, by leveraging engagement analytics and creative storytelling to maximize reach and impact.
Drive active dialogue within the IS IT organization. Leverage MS Teams and Viva Engage communities to move beyond "one-way push" communications and encourage two-way dialogue.
Extend the visibility of IS IT achievements by managing a strategic social media presence, e.g., LinkedIn. Post and tag IS IT successes to build external awareness and attract talent.
Serve as the primary IS IT representative on the Global Editorial Team (GET), ensuring IS IT success stories are elevated to the broader ET organization.
Lead the end-to-end execution of IS IT All Hands meetings, including communication plans, AV/webcast coordination, and driving interactive engagement, e.g., Slido, live Q&A, etc. to ensure a high-impact employee experience.
Develop and execute comprehensive communication plans for IS IT. Author and edit high-impact articles for ET's weekly newsletter and internal channels to ensure organizational successes are consistently elevated across Enterprise Technology.
Provide secondary support to execute org related Bulkmail messaging and internal article curation.
Creative Innovation & Visual Storytelling
Elevate the "look and feel" of IS IT presentations for internal and external engagements. Create eye-catching executive-ready visuals that command attention.
Lead the integration of Generative AI tools to revolutionize organizational storytelling. Use AI for rapid content drafting, sentiment analysis of employee feedback, and the creation of high-impact visual and video assets.
Author and edit content that captures the Director’s "voice" while maintaining an impeccable bar for professionalism.
Operational Excellence & Trust
Serve as the primary administrator for confidential leadership SharePoint sites (LL4+), ensuring secure access and content integrity.
Oversee security access and badge coordination for the IS IT strategy rooms (Rotunda Center).
Utilize BulkmailEx and Staffbase to manage and distribute high-priority communications from leadership maintaining strict adherence to quality, timing, and administrative support requirements.
Qualifications & Skills
5 + years in facilitating senior leadership meetings and managing group dynamics.
Strong ability to manage multiple high-stakes events and deadlines simultaneously.
Proven ability to use digital platforms (Teams, Viva Engage) to build community and drive conversation.
Advanced creative design skills and an eye for graphic design; experience with video or creative assets is a plus.
Exceptional writing and editing skills with the ability to capture an executive’s "voice."
Advanced knowledge of SharePoint (administration level), Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, Slido, BulkmailEx, and Staffbase.
Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging Generative AI, e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, to enhance writing, design, and operational workflows.
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including: • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases • Tuition assistance • Established and active employee resource groups • Paid time off for individual and team community service • A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
This position is a salary grade 7-8 and ranges from $86,600-$166,200. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.
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