Senior Manager, Communications

Senior Manager, CommunicationsThe Senior Manager, Communications is a senior individual contributor responsible for owning and executing Vesper's day-to-day communications operations across corporate, project-level, and commercial workstreams. This role manages the planning, quality, and timely delivery of communications content, supports ongoing cross-functional initiatives, and maintains systems and processes for internal and external messaging. The Senior Manager partners with Community Affairs, Development, Commercial, Legal, and executive leadership to ensure clarity, credibility, and strong alignment of Vesper's communications across all channels.Role RequirementsEducation: Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, English, marketing, or related field required.Years of Experience: 7 plus years of experience in communications, marketing, media relations, or a related field, with increasing ownership for communications execution and content development. Preference for experience in energy, infrastructure, project finance, or regulated industries.Additional Skills, abilities & knowledge:Demonstrated ability to model Vesper's values, Accountability, Respect, Courage, Collaboration, and Continuous Improvement, through day-to-day behaviors (e.g., flags risks early, communicates directly, involves the right stakeholders early, and documents and shares learnings).Proven ability to execute against a communications plan, manage competing deadlines, and deliver high-quality work productsStrong written and verbal communication skills, including drafting content for multiple audiences and advising leaders on messaging or positioningExperience in media relations, earned media, and rapid response, including drafting talking points and supporting issue managementProficiency in presentation development and visual design, including building professional slide decks and creating polished, on-brand collateral using PowerPoint, design software, and templating toolsJudgment navigating sensitive communications situations and maintaining confidentiality when requiredAbility to maintain and improve communications systems, content libraries, editorial calendars, and workflowsProficiency in digital communications, website management, social media, and analytics toolsCross-functional collaborator able to drive deliverables and ensure consistency across Development, Legal, Commercial, and PolicyExperience producing commercial or project marketing content, including project summaries, pitch decks, or technical collateral, preferredStrong organizational skills, able to coordinate external vendors or consultants and hold them accountable for quality, timeline, and budgetDemonstrated ability to operate with accountability and improve processes in a lean, rapidly changing businessResponsibilitiesManage the day-to-day execution of communications deliverables, including content planning, drafting, and coordinating approvals to meet deadlines and standardsOwn the consistent delivery of core messaging in support of corporate, project, and policy communications across all internal and external channelsDraft, revise, and finalize communications materials, including press releases, fact sheets, presentations, web and social content, and internal updatesLead the organization and maintenance of content libraries, templates, editorial calendars, and communications workflowsTrack communications needs and coordinate with Community Affairs, Commercial, and Development to ensure project milestones and initiatives are supportedSupport media relations activities by drafting talking points, Q&A, and rapid response messaging, and maintaining key media contact informationDrive execution of commercial marketing content, including development and delivery of project summaries, capability statements, and collateral supporting project offtake or financeLead Vesper's internal and executive communications function, including all-staff communications, town halls, and company-wide announcementsProduce presentation materials, talking points, and briefing documents for executive leadership and internal and external meetingsStandardize templates, messaging frameworks, and approval workflows to improve consistency and reduce turnaround time for both internal and external communications. Templates include PowerPoint presentations, letters, fact sheets, pitches, and moreCoordinate with Legal and Compliance on sensitive topics, ensuring all communications are accurate, risk-aware, and vetted appropriatelyMaintain relationships with external communications vendors, designers, or consultants, tracking deliverables and resolving issues as neededIdentify and implement process improvements for content development, approvals, and communications deliveryOther duties as assigned