Communications Initiatives Program Manager

Communications Initiatives Program Manager

Date:
Feb 5, 2026

Job

Location:

Bellevue, WA, US, 98004

Remote and Hybrid Work Opportunities:
Hybrid (WA Based)

Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now.

PSE's Communications & Marketing team is looking for qualified candidates to fill an open Communications Initiatives Program Manager position!

Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.

Puget Sound Energy's Internal Communications team is seeking a Communications Initiative Program Manager to connect employees to our mission and their role in our clean energy transformation. In this role, you ll deliver consistent, timely messaging through diverse channels that celebrates contributions, links daily work to our strategy, and tells stories that build pride and belonging across our entire workforce. You ll also play a key supporting role in enhancing trust between leadership and employees through thoughtful meeting support, event coordination and targeted communications initiatives that build genuine connection and demonstrate leadership s commitment to listening and responding.

In this role, you will serve as a trusted communications advisor to partners across PSE, collaborating to identify goals and develop plans that drive employee engagement. You ll help internal customers navigate communication challenges with creativity and strategic thinking, while working with cross-functional teams to implement plans that inform and inspire our workforce.

A typical day will include:

• Writing, reviewing, and publishing compelling content across multiple channels, from executive messages to employee communications
• Supporting daily content needs while maintaining PSE s voice for diverse audiences, from office employees to field crews
• Identifying creative ways to connect employees with PSE s business priorities and testing new communication approaches that work for our unique workforce

The ideal candidate is a collaborative problem-solver who genuinely cares about helping others succeed. You approach each partnership with curiosity, asking thoughtful questions to determine what works best for that team or initiative. You demonstrate confidence as a subject matter expert while remaining open to growth. You re comfortable advising peers and leaders, contributing to strategic discussions with both expertise and fresh perspectives.

As an engaged team player, you participate proactively and aren t afraid of hard work or failure. You see challenges as opportunities to innovate, balancing big-picture strategy with tactical execution to ensure every communication moves us closer to our goals.

Develops and implements communications components and/or public outreach of strategic company projects, initiatives and issues, providing support to other initiative teams as needed.

Identifies opportunities to evolve PSE s communication strategies and approaches, including new technology, engagement strategies and processes.

Performs emergency and storm duties.

Performs other duties as assigned.

For internal communications work, this includes such things as:

• Partnering with internal departments to understand their communications goals and work to deliver on them through internal channels.
• Leading the development of internal communications pieces, such as emails, regular newsletters, internal web content and others, as needed.
• Leading the employee engagement work, including our employee volunteer program and employee giving campaign.

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, media, business innovation, marketing, strategic leadership/management or related field, and 5 years relevant work experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven experience in managing increasingly complex projects with cross-functional teams and in an ever-changing and fast-paced environment.
• Ability to manage projects, work with other…