The Internal Communications Manager at Intelex is responsible for developing, governing, and executing an integrated internal communications strategy that enables employees to understand business priorities, navigate organizational change, and stay connected to Intelex’s culture and direction. This role partners closely with HR and senior leaders to ensure communications drive clarity, alignment, and engagement across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the internal communications strategy and annual editorial calendar aligned to business and people priorities.
- Establish and manage the internal communications operating model, including channel strategy, governance standards, intake and prioritization, and approval workflows.
- Serve as a trusted communications advisor to senior leaders; develop executive messaging including organization-wide announcements, scripts, presentations, and senior leader and all-employee meeting content.
- Enable effective leader and manager communication through clear message cascades, ready-to-use toolkits, FAQs, and talk tracks.
- Lead change communications for high-impact initiatives such as organizational changes, policy updates, system implementations, and business transformations.
- Create high-quality written and multimedia content for internal channels including email, newsletters, intranet content, webinars, leadership forums, and video scripts.
- Own and evolve internal communications channels and the intranet, ensuring content is accurate, accessible, well-governed, and relevant to employees.
- Partner cross-functionally with HR, IT, Legal, and business teams to plan and deliver timely, effective internal communications.
- Define internal communications KPIs and track reach, engagement, and channel effectiveness; use insights and feedback to continuously improve impact.
- Incorporate employee listening and engagement survey insights into communication planning and storytelling.
- Lead internal communications during sensitive or high-impact situations, ensuring messaging is timely, clear, and empathetic.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in internal or employee communications within a complex or distributed organization.
- Demonstrated experience building and scaling internal communications strategies, governance, and editorial operations.
- Strong change communications capability and experience supporting organizational or operational change.
- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
- Experience partnering with senior leaders and supporting executive-level communications.
- Experience managing internal communications platforms such as intranets (e.g., SharePoint), email systems, and collaboration tools.
- Strong planning, prioritization, and project management skills with high attention to detail.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
- Native-level proficiency in written and spoken English.
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About the TeamSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in internal or employee communications within a complex or distributed organization
- Demonstrated experience building and scaling internal communications strategies
- Strong change communications capability and experience supporting organizational or operational change
- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills
- Experience partnering with senior leaders and supporting executive-level communications
- Experience managing internal communications platforms such as intranets, email systems, and collaboration tools
- Strong planning, prioritization, and project management skills with high attention to detail
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion
- Native-level proficiency in written and spoken English
Fortive Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Fortive and has not been reviewed or approved by Fortive.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is fully paid for 12 weeks for all parents, with fertility coverage via Progyny and generous adoption/surrogacy support. Backup child and adult care plus inclusive eligibility extend support across diverse family structures.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple PPO and HSA medical options include telemedicine and second-opinion services, alongside robust mental-health access through Spring Health with no‑cost therapy sessions. The breadth of medical and behavioral health resources is highlighted as a strength.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) provides a competitive employer match each pay period, with an additional company retirement contribution after one year of service. Financial wellness tools and an employee stock purchase plan further bolster long‑term savings.
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What We Do
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions. We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions. We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact. At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference. At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone. At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating. Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
