Senior Communications Strategist (Global Communications) - Carmel, Indiana (Hybrid)

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Senior Communications Strategist (Global Communications) - Carmel, IN (Hybrid)

At Allegion, we are driven by a bold vision: redefining safety while empowering our employees to thrive. When you join our team, you become part of a culture that values innovation, purpose, and excellence. This role offers the benefits of our dynamic hybrid work model—combining in-person collaboration for meaningful moments with the flexibility of remote work. Since hybrid arrangements can vary based on the needs of the individual, team and business, your talent acquisition partner will provide specific hybrid details about this role. 

We are committed to fostering a healthy work-life balance and building meaningful connections, ensuring you have the tools, resources, and support needed to excel in any environment. Together, we’ll unlock your potential and create a lasting impact. 

While this is the current structure and we currently have no plans to change, we reserve the right to make changes to the hybrid schedule as needed at the Company’s discretion. 

Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, etc.) for this employment position. 

Job Summary:

The Senior Communications Strategist is a key leader on Allegion’s Global Corporate Communications Team. This is a full-time, salaried exempt role that reports to the Director of Global Communications.

This individual is responsible for leading a variety of internal and external communication and marketing activities focused on promoting, protecting and uniting Allegion. The work is highly collaborative with the full Global Corporate Communications Team and with a set of internal clients spanning corporate functions to regional business units. 

The role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fluid, fast-paced environment, where you are encouraged to push the envelope of creativity and work in a collaborative, team-based model. The leader proactively identifies opportunities and advocates for them; counsels' senior executives and business teams and delivers aggressive communication goals and timelines. They are adept at navigating ambiguity, making high-level strategies and concepts tangible, and working with a broad range of business leaders, subject matter experts and creative talent.

The daily work balances multiple long-term and short-term priorities across a variety of individual, team and client initiatives. It is a hands-on role and comprised of strategic planning, facilitation and project management; translating conceptual ideas into use cases, storyboards, key visuals; creating activation tactics, marketing and digital collateral, videos and training materials; and supporting corporate thought leaders and content creators.

What You Will Do:  

• Serve as the key point of contact and communications advisor for a set of core internal clients, leading strategic communication plans for internal and external audiences that span: mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity, ventures, divestitures, thought leadership, business strategy, crisis communications, publicity, media and public speaking opportunities, brand strategy, key corporate events, employee engagement, talent attraction and more.

• Develop communications strategies and campaigns that promote, protect and unite Allegion as an innovator in our industry, with key audiences ranging from global employees, future talent, media, government, industry associations, communities, shareholders and analysts. 

• Produce and/or lead the development of holistic communications campaigns, talking points, messaging documents, event agendas and run of shows, presentations, press releases, articles, blog and social media posts, speeches, video scripts and story boards, and a variety of other content pieces that support executives’ and other company thought leaders’ strategic initiatives, as well as the overall Allegion business priorities.

• Manage major company events, guide production and