Communications Manager - NorthStar Clean Energy

NorthStar Clean Energy decarbonizes the economy by providing clean energy and carbon management solutions to utility, municipal, commercial, and industrial customers enabling them to meet their sustainability and business goals. Additionally, we own and operate natural gas assets throughout the United States. To learn more about NorthStar Clean Energy, please visit www.northstarcleanenergy.com.

This position is with NorthStar Clean Energy, a CMS Energy company, and is not a position of employment with Consumers Energy.   

Job Summary

The Communications Manager will lead the development and execution of strategic communication and change management initiatives ensuring consistent, compelling messaging that aligns with NorthStar Clean Energy’s Mission and business priorities. This role focuses on crafting internal communications to foster open communication that drives employee engagement along with external communications and materials to enhance our brand presence with customers and prospects in the energy industry. The ideal candidate brings a proven track record in energy-related communication, with the ability to navigate complex technical topics and stakeholder dynamics.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage internal communications by processing and responding to inbound requests across the organization timely and accurately.
• Draft internal messaging for key events, including town halls, board meetings, lunch and learn sessions, annual company employee meeting to promote alignment and engagement.
• Plan and coordinate the internal newsletter, curating content that informs and inspires employees. This position may also assist in supporting localized plant newsletters and communications.
• Maintain the management of our intranet by optimizing its use for streamlined accurate communications.
• Develop external messaging for collateral (corporate brochure, one-pagers), website, and social media content highlighting NorthStar projects, capabilities and achievements.
• Create presentations for external events and origination requests, including pitch decks to support business development efforts.
• Prepare briefing documents and talking points for external events enabling effective representation of NorthStar Clean Energy’s position and expertise.
• Support RFP processes by developing external messaging and proposal messaging points that articulate value propositions clearly and persuasively.
• Draft all press releases ensuring they meet brand standards and amplify NorthStar Clean Energy organization.
• Conduct thought leadership research across trade and industry associations, submit pitch abstracts on behalf of NorthStar to position the company as an industry leader. 

What You Bring

• Exceptional writing skills — and the range to shift between technical, conversational, and strategic.
• A natural ability to connect with people at all levels of the organization.
• Experience with digital platforms (intranet, SharePoint, etc.).
• Curiosity and strategic thinking — you know how to turn complex concepts into stories that people get.
• Energy industry knowledge is a plus, but not required. 

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, PR, Marketing, or a related field (required).
• Master’s degree (nice to have).
• 7+ years of hands on experience in communications or similar roles.
• Experience developing major comms initiatives, crisis or incident communications, media relations, or customer marketing. 

Why You Should Apply

Because here, your work won’t just sit in a shared folder somewhere — it will help drive a company and an entire industry forward. You’ll get to collaborate with smart, passionate people who care deeply about what they do. And you’ll join a team that encourages innovation, creativity, and fresh ideas.

Why should you join our team?

At NorthStar Clean Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k with company match
• Paid parental leave
• Up to 13 paid Holidays
• Paid time off
• Educational Assistance Program

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: 

We, at NorthStar Clean Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women’s Advisory Panel (WAP), Women’s in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY, capable, Interfaith and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.

All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.