Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. NRG is driven by the idea of a smarter, cleaner, digitally-enhanced energy ecosystem—and the possibilities that it brings to the world and to the more than 7.5 million customers we serve. Our impact in the energy space is tangible. The starting point, always, is our customers and what they’re striving to achieve—real paths to a brighter, sustainable future and more options for getting there with data, technology, and convenience. These are the drivers behind the range of solutions we deliver and the benefits they provide.
As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You’ll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success—take the lead in shaping your career development, goals, and future!
We are currently seeking to hire a Senior Manager of Internal Communications. In this role, you will be a key member of the communications leadership team and you will play a strategic role in shaping how we communicate across the organization, influencing not just communication but also how we build and maintain a strong, connected company culture. The selected candidate will help us build an internal communications strategy that keeps our employees engaged, inspired, and informed.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Partner closely with our executive leadership team to shape internal messaging strategies that drive company-wide initiatives (help them get their message across loud and clear—whether it’s exciting new strategies, big changes, stakeholder presentations, or company milestones)
- Serve as the champion for our employees, ensuring their voices are heard at the leadership level
- Keep a pulse on employee sentiment and make sure leadership addresses their needs through thoughtful and transparent communication
- Work with leaders across the organization to ensure communications are customized for each business unit while staying on-brand with the company voice
- Come up with cool and creative ways to keep employees engaged and connected to our mission through town halls, video updates, and digital platforms
- Spearhead communications during company changes so employees feel informed, empowered, and ready to roll with the punches
- Partner up with HR, DE&I, and business leaders to align messaging and create a consistent employee experience
- Implement tools to track how your communication strategies are working and tweak them to make sure they hit the mark
REQUIREMENTS:
- 7+ years of internal communications experience, ideally in a big company
- Proven know how to handle complex communications for a large, diverse workforce
- Top-notch writing and storytelling skills
- Ability to target and personalize messaging – even when your audience is more than 12k people
- Experience working with a variety of communication platforms, and have proven experience staying on top of communication trends
- You’re not afraid to be creative and think outside the box
- Strong leadership chops, able to lead cross-functional teams and collaborating across the org
- Comfortable managing communications in a matrixed environment where different teams have different needs
- Experience working in a dual-product or multi-segment business before is a plus
- Experience leading major communication initiatives related to company growth, mergers, or big changes is a plus
NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.