Our Client  is seeking a Communications Specialist 5 . The role reduces friction and increases execution velocity across the organization.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Business Management & Leadership Support:

• Serve as a trusted partner to marketing leadership, supporting planning, prioritization, and execution across key initiatives
• Drive Rhythm of Business (RoB), including leadership team meetings, agendas, follow-ups, and action tracking
• Partner across Product Marketing, Engineering, Finance, and Field to ensure alignment and forward momentum
• Step in to advance work independently (e.g., synthesize rough inputs, create first drafts, unblock teams, and drive next steps)
• Identify gaps, risks, and dependencies, and proactively bring solutions
• Context: Business management roles act as trusted advisors driving strategy, operations, and execution alignment across the organization

Internal & External Communications: Lead and execute internal communications strategy:

• Drive awareness and adoption of key initiatives (e.g., Azure Accelerate for Databases)
• Create and manage internal narratives across channels (emails, updates, leadership comms, field alerts)

Support external-facing communications:

• Draft social posts, blogs, and executive-ready messaging
• Ensure alignment with approved messaging frameworks and tone
• Build and maintain an editorial cadence aligned with business priorities
• Context: Executive comms roles include internal storytelling, external messaging (social, PR), and editorial calendar management across channels

Operational Excellence & Budget Support:

• Manage and track marketing budgets (interim responsibility), including spend visibility and coordination with finance partners
• Support execution of planning cycles, including quarterly priorities and tracking against goals
• Ensure adherence to team processes, governance, and compliance requirements