Internal Communications Leader - Commercial Engines and Services, CES

Job Description Summary

Reporting to the Head of Communications for CES, this role manages the strategy and execution of internal communications for the business, driving employee storytelling and engagement, alignment, and connection to CES’s business priorities. In partnership with the Head of Communications for CES this person will focus on translating business strategy - including FLIGHT DECK (GE Aerospace’s proprietary Lean operating model) and our Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost (SQDC) priorities - into clear, compelling messaging that reaches and resonates with employees across the business, including corporate and production / servicing site employees. This person will serve as the lead internal communications partner for the CES CEO and other senior CES leaders. This is a hands-on leadership role, located at GE Aerospace headquarters in Evendale, OH.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Internal Communications Strategy

• Develop and execute a comprehensive internal communications strategy for CES, aligned with the CES business and broader Corporate Affairs priorities.
• Translate FLIGHT DECK and SQDC principles and business strategy into messaging that is clear, consistent, and meaningful to employees at every level, including corporate and shop-floor employees.
• Build and manage an always-on editorial calendar and channel mix (regular all-employee meetings, leader to leader calls, announcement cascades, storytelling on Jetway, etc.).
• Measure the effectiveness of internal communications efforts and use data/analytics to continuously refine channel strategy, messaging, and cadence.

Executive Communications for the CES CEO

• Support the CES CEO on the drafting of all internal-facing communications, including presentations, scripts, talking points, and employee-facing messages.

• Develop and execute a consistent CEO communications cadence and voice across all internal touchpoints, ensuring alignment with business priorities and tone. This includes planning and execution of CES all-employee meetings (quarterly/town hall-style), including content development, run-of-show, logistics coordination, and post-event measurement.

• Partner with the CEO's office to plan and sequence major internal announcements.

Employee Engagement & Culture

• Lead programs that build transparency, trust, and two-way dialogue between leadership and employees, including regular pulse surveys, listening sessions, and feedback loops.
• Design and run employee engagement moments (recognition programs, milestone celebrations) that reinforce culture and connection to the mission.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Work closely with the entire CES communications team to ensure internal and external messaging are aligned and sequenced appropriately.
• Maintain close awareness of communications opportunities and needs for the CES production and MTO teams, ensuring corporate messaging is adapted and cascaded effectively.
• Partner with the CES Head of Communications and other members of GE Aerospace's communications team to localize company-wide messages for CES and ensure consistency with enterprise narrative and initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in internal/employee communications, including experience supporting senior executives, ideally in a large, complex, matrixed organization (industrial, aerospace, or manufacturing background a plus
  

Desired Characteristics

• Proven experience leading change management communications in partnership with HR.
• Experience managing and developing a team.

• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with multiple senior stakeholders.
• Strong writing and editorial judgment; experience with modern internal comms platforms and measurement tools,
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Established project management skills.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants.

Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.