Sr. Communications Manager

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ATI is seeking an experienced, energetic communications leader to serve as Sr. Manager, Communications for our Specialty Materials business. Based in Monroe, North Carolina, this role is embedded in a multi-site manufacturing organization serving demanding aerospace, defense and other critical applications. As a member of the business unit leadership team, you will advise leaders, connect with employees across sites and shifts, and lead communications that support business performance, engagement and change.  This role is based on site in Monroe, North Carolina, requires 25% travel to additional specialty materials locations and reports directly to the VP, Corporate Communications. 

This is a role for a strategic doer—someone who starts with the business need, understands where the organization is going and determines how communications can help get it there. You will counsel business unit leaders on what employees need to understand, believe or do differently, then turn that strategy into action. That means asking the right questions, challenging the initial request when needed and recommending the communications approach that best supports the business outcome. 

You will spend time with employees and operations to understand the business from the inside out. You will listen for what employees are experiencing, identify opportunities to strengthen understanding and connection, and help leaders communicate with greater clarity, consistency and impact. You will bring curiosity, initiative and sound judgment to the role—seeing opportunities, recommending what should happen next, staying embedded with key stakeholders and getting the work done.  

What You’ll Do 

• Build and execute an employee communications and engagement strategy that helps employees understand where the business is going, why it matters and how their work contributes. 

• Create meaningful opportunities for leaders to connect with employees, including town halls, site visits, small-group conversations, leader meetings and other forums. 

• Listen as actively as you communicate. Build feedback loops, conduct focus groups and spend time in operations to understand employee perspectives and bring relevant insights back to leaders. 

• Lead communications for business transformation and change, anticipating employee questions and stakeholder needs and helping leaders communicate with clarity and credibility. 

• Serve as a strategic communications advisor to the Specialty Materials Presidents and leadership team, connecting communications priorities to business strategy, operational goals and employee needs. 

• Translate complex business, operational and technical topics into straightforward, compelling communications for audiences ranging from the shop floor to senior leadership. 

• Equip leaders to communicate effectively by developing narratives, presentations, talking points, FAQs, meeting materials and other tools—and coaching leaders when needed. 

• Personally create high-quality communications. Strategy and execution live together in this role; you will write, edit, build presentations and develop content as readily as you develop the strategy behind it. 

• Partner across ATI Communications and other functions, representing Specialty Materials’ needs and perspectives while advancing enterprise priorities and maintaining ATI standards. 

• Support external storytelling and reputation, including social media, community engagement and media opportunities, in partnership with Corporate Communications. 

• Measure effectiveness and continuously improve, using employee feedback, communications data and business insight to understand what is working and where a different approach is needed. 

What You Bring 

• Significant experience in employee or business communications, with demonstrated success operating as a strategic advisor to senior business unit leaders. 

• Experience communicating with manufacturing, frontline, field or other deskless employee populations strongly preferred. 

• A collaborative, low-ego approach and willingness to move fluidly between advising, creating, facilitating and executing. 

• Strong business acumen and genuine curiosity—you want to understand how the business works, what matters to employees and what leaders are trying to accomplish before recommending a solution. 

• Demonstrated experience developing and executing communications strategies that support business priorities, organizational change and employee engagement. 

• Exceptional writing, editing and presentation skills, including the ability to make complicated subjects clear without losing their substance. 

• Confidence and judgment to offer a point of view, constructively challenge and work independently—with an emphasis on knowing when alignment and input are important. 

• A track record of taking initiative and turning ideas into results in a fast-moving, sometimes ambiguous environment. 

• Strong listening, relationship-building and influencing skills across levels and functions. 

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, business or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience. 

• Ability to travel up to 25%, primarily to Specialty Materials manufacturing locations. 

How You’ll Work 

You will be part of ATI’s Corporate Communications team while embedded deeply in the Specialty Materials business. That means you will represent two important perspectives at the leadership table: an understanding of the priorities and people of the business, and the expertise, judgment and enterprise perspective of Corporate Communications. 

ATI is a manufacturing company operating around the clock. Many of the employees you will support do not spend their workday at a computer. Building credibility means being where the work happens, so this is an onsite role based in Monroe, with a regular Monday–Friday presence and periodic early-morning, evening or shift-based engagements to connect with employees across our operations. 

Effective communications requires understanding how information moves across plants, shifts and teams—and adapting the message, channel, timing and leader support accordingly so important information does not simply get distributed; it gets understood. 

What Success Looks Like 

In this role, success means: 

• Leaders view you as a trusted thought partner—not simply the person they call when they need a communication. 

• Employees better understand the business, its priorities and how their work connects to them. 

• Leaders communicate more effectively and consistently across sites, shifts and teams. 

• Employee perspectives reach the leadership table through meaningful listening and feedback mechanisms. 

• Important changes are understood, adopted and reinforced through clear, credible communications. 

• Communications reach deskless and shift-based employees effectively, with evidence from participation, feedback and channel performance. 

• You use employee insight, communications data and business outcomes to continuously improve the approach.  When you see an opportunity to make those things happen, you take the initiative to move it forward. 

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