HR Communications Principal

As HR Communications Principal, you shape how MITRE communicates its people strategy to attract, engage, develop, and retain a mission-driven workforce. You partner with HR and CXA to translate complex people initiatives into clear, compelling narratives across channels. You lead enterprise-wide HR communications, aligning tone, branding, and change messaging with MITRE priorities. You drive employee engagement and trust by designing proactive, data-informed campaigns with real impact. This is a chance to influence culture and workforce transformation at scale.

• competitive benefits
• meaningful career development
• on-site work option (3 days/week)

• Serve as the senior strategic communications partner to Human Resources, ensuring alignment with MITRE priorities and governance.
• Lead the development and execution of a comprehensive HR communications strategy that supports MITRE's people strategy and business objectives.
• Align messaging with enterprise priorities, organizational change efforts, and workforce needs; advise senior HR leadership on high-visibility initiatives.
• Maintain consistent messaging, tone, and brand across HR channels and touchpoints; anticipate risks and opportunities.
• Lead communications for the full employee lifecycle and related programs; design integrated campaigns to boost awareness and engagement.
• Elevate employee communications through audience segmentation, channel strategy, storytelling, and personalization; advise on transparency and trust.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and HR leadership to promote employer value proposition and recruitment marketing.
• Oversee content highlighting culture, opportunities, and experiences across digital and internal channels; support recruitment messaging.
• Lead change management communications for workforce initiatives and enterprise HR transformation; craft leadership messages during change.
• Establish and evolve metrics to assess effectiveness; deliver insights to leadership for decision-making.

• Bachelor's degree in communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Human Resources, Marketing, or related field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in corporate or internal communications, HR communications, or employee engagement
• Proven success in developing enterprise-wide communication strategies and leading high-impact initiatives
• Excellent written, verbal, and executive communication skills; ability to translate complex topics for diverse audiences
• Experience advising senior executives and influencing cross-functional stakeholders in a large, matrixed organization
• Strong strategic planning, project management, and organizational skills; ability to manage multiple priorities
• Experience using metrics and analytics to evaluate communications effectiveness and guide decisions
• Discretion, sound judgment, and executive presence for sensitive/high-visibility initiatives
• On-site work requirement: minimum 3 days/week

• collaboration
• executive presence
• strategic thinking
• change management
• multi-channel campaign planning
• audience insights and analytics