Director, Communications and Project Management JobPlano, TX
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At ZIPS Car Wash, we are dedicated to delivering more than clean cars—we create energizing experiences for our customers and growth opportunities for our people. We believe strong culture drives strong performance.
The Director of Communications and Project Management (C&PM) is responsible for leading ZIPS Car Wash’s internal communications strategy and overseeing the company’s portfolio of enterprise initiatives. This individual drives alignment between company messaging, operations, and strategic company priorities while serving as a gatekeeper for the project calendar and initiative pipeline, preventing overload, reducing initiative fatigue, and ensuring disciplined execution across all sites.
The Director of Communications and Project Management (C&PM) is responsible for leading ZIPS Car Wash’s internal communications strategy and overseeing the company’s portfolio of enterprise initiatives. This individual drives alignment between company messaging, operations, and strategic company priorities while serving as a gatekeeper for the project calendar and initiative pipeline, preventing overload, reducing initiative fatigue, and ensuring disciplined execution across all sites.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Communication Strategy
- Lead the approach to Field communications to ensure clear, consistent, and actionable messaging that drives alignment and consistent execution
- Develop and oversee communications channels to promote ZIPS’s culture and inspire engagement with the company
- Ensure consistent branding, voice, and quality across all channels
Project and Initiative Management
- Manage the company’s project calendar and initiative pipeline, prioritizing and sequencing rollouts to achieve business goals without overwhelming team members
- Partner with leaders from Operations and other support teams to ensure initiatives are Field-ready, sequenced appropriately, and supported with clear timelines and accountability
- Ensure company leadership has clear visibility into project status and outcomes
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Act as a liaison and source of truth for company leadership and Field team members
- Facilitate cross-functional meetings and ensure clarity and alignment on priorities and action items
- Drive collaboration across departments to improve execution and efficiency
- Produce engaging, inspiring, informative, and audience-appropriate content across all communications channels
- Create templates and resources for use by internal stakeholders
- Maintain the ZIPS internal communications writing style guide
Process Improvement and Optimization
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve communication workflows and project execution
- Develop documentation, procedures, playbooks, and standard operating procedures
- Help scale systems and processes to support company growth
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of experience in communications; experience in retail communications a plus
- 3+ years of leadership experience
- Bachelor’s degree in English, business, communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- Able to travel (up to 30%)
- Able to sit for long periods
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to adapt writing style to meet the needs of audiences of widely varying reading ability
- Excellent interpersonal, customer service, and negotiation skills
- Excellent organizational ability and attention to detail
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong supervisory and leadership skills with the ability to effectively train and mentor others
- Ability to prioritize tasks and delegate when appropriate
- Understanding of business and management principles
- Knowledge of the car wash industry and operations a big plus
- Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat
- Proficiency with other document creation software a plus
- Proficiency with video editing and production a plus