Corporate Communications Manager

What You'll Do

As a critical member of Avalara's Corporate Communications team, you will support internal and external communications for our rapidly growing operations in India. You will report to our head of business communications in the U.S. and will work collaboratively to develop and implement communication strategies and tactics in India.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• You will Collaborate the team members and internal stakeholders to write and publish daily to weekly communications for Avalara's employees and people managers in India on theAvalara intranet. Relevant topic areas will include HR, IT, Payroll, and Workplace (office management).
• You will Support written communications for Avalara's General Manager of India operations, which may include emails, talking points, scripts, and presentations.
• Partner with Avalara's extended Corporate Communications team and PR agency partner in India.
• Contribute to the India public relations strategy and support the execution of the public relations plan in the region (in partnership with the PR agency partner in India).
• Prepare spokespeople for media opportunities and staff media briefings, as needed.
• Support coordination, planning, and execution of internal stakeholder meetings to drive alignment, present plans and timelines, and gain agreement. Work closely with partners from the People & Culture, IT, Security, and Finance organizations.
• Communicate accomplishments, unique company culture, and India perspectives to the global Avalara audience.
• Assist in developing and implementing new technical solutions to address challenges with employee communications and collaboration.
• Devise methods for gathering and sharing employee sentiments and feedback.
• Participate in the planning and execution of Avalara's annual company meeting and India Town Halls.
• Assist with occasional content writing for India social media channels on an ad hoc basis.

What You'll Need to be Successful

• 10+ years of experience serving companies with a globally dispersed workforce; preference for those with both internal and external communications experience
• Strong written and editorial skills, including impeccable English grammar and editing skills.
• Strong technical skills for material development programs (MS PowerPoint, Google Documents, and others) and communications platforms (Slack, Zoom, email, etc.). Familiarity with video tools is a plus.
• Excellent project management skills
• Experience and confidence in interacting with senior stakeholders.
• Media relations experience with business, technology, and trade media. B2B preferred.
• Experience writing content for social media preferred.

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Avalara is an AI-first Company

AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products.  Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability.

• You'll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.

• You'll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.

• You'll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.

How We'll Take Care of You

Total Rewards 

In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses. 

Health & Wellness 
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance. 

Inclusive culture and diversity 
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship. 

What You Need To Know About Avalara

We're defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We've already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - and we're not slowing down until we've achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.

We're bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we've designed, that empowers our people to win. We've been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

We're An Equal Opportunity Employer

Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don't want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

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