Manager, People Communications

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
At Beyond Meat, we started with simple questions. Why do you need an animal to create meat? Why can’t you build meat directly from plants? Thus, we make plant-based meats that allow families to eat more, not less, of the traditional dishes they love while feeling great about the health, sustainability, and animal welfare benefits of plant protein. Our goal is to bring exciting change to the plate—and Beyond.
We are focused on raising the bar on talent and are dedicated to shaping an inclusive culture that drives excellence, innovation, and results by enabling talent acceleration and development, engagement, and the employee experience.
This full-time key position will have an opportunity to join one of the world’s fastest growing food companies in developing and executing a global people communications strategy. RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages design and execution of high-impact, innovative, engaging communications deliverables, including the company intranet, social media channels, emails, articles, presentations, events, videos, etc.
• Develop, manage, and operationalize a communications calendar to ensure proactive communication planning.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to lead on company wide people events and ongoing HR initiatives and programs to ensure information is timely and captures Beyond Meat's mission to help employees better connect.
• Develop and deliver messaging on complex, nuanced issues.
• Measure the effectiveness of communications messages and channels on an ongoing basis and make recommendations on how to improve.
• Assist with employee and candidate branding to help increase brand awareness, and support recruiting and engagement efforts.
• Drive forward Beyond Meat’s culture and business strategy by inspiring and aligning the team around our mission, values, and objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, or other associated field of study.
• At least 5 years experience working in/supporting Human Resources (HR)Experience working in a fast paced environment.
• Experience working for a global organization.
• Superior written and verbal communications skills, including visual storytelling and message simplification.
• Excellent judgment and people skills.
• Ability to work in multiple project streams, assimilate content and context to get up to speed on new projects quickly, and deliver under the pressure of deadlines.
• Self-directed with the ability to effectively achieve stakeholder buy-in and move projects forward.
• Excellent follow-through, follow-up and time management skills.

Beyond Meat is an equal employment opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, ancestry, veteran status, marital status, gender identify, sexual orientation, national origin, liability for military service, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. If you are interested in learning the status of your application, please note you will be contacted directly by the appropriate human resources contact person if you are selected for further consideration. Beyond Meat reserves the right to defer or close a vacancy at any time.