Senior Internal Communications Manager Location: Du...
Senior Internal Communications Manager
Location: Dunstable 3 days per week, 2 days per week from home or another location
Salary & Package: £69,000 - £74,000 + dependant on skills & experiences + car allowance + up to 30% bonus + healthcare + bens
Function: Internal Comms (People Function)
Are you ready to help shape the internal voice of a FTSE100 organisation and connect 35,000 team members to a powerful strategy, ambition and purpose? Whitbread PLC is looking for a Senior Internal Communications Manager who thrives in a fast-paced, high-impact environment and is passionate about storytelling, strategy and stakeholder engagement.
Whitbread PLC is one of the UK’s leading hospitality companies, owning some of the nation’s most-loved brands. Its portfolio includes Premier Inn, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table, and Cookhouse & Pub. The company operates over 900 hotels across the UK and Germany and runs hundreds of restaurants nationwide. As a FTSE100-listed business, Whitbread combines scale, quality, and purpose to deliver exceptional experiences for guests and team members alike.
Why this role matters
At Whitbread, we believe the best guest experiences start with the best team experiences. Internal Communications is at the heart of that belief. In this role, you’ll be part of the strategic force behind our corporate internal messaging-translating complex information into clear, compelling narratives that inspire pride, performance, and purpose across our business.
You’ll work directly with senior stakeholders, including our Executive Committee, to deliver communications that drive engagement, support transformation, and bring our strategy to life. From launching our refreshed Corporate Internal Comms Strategy to leading communications around financial milestones and change programmes, your impact will be felt across every corner of the organisation.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead strategic communications around business performance, financial updates, transformation, and cultural change.
- Develop and embed a unified messaging framework and internal comms playbook.
- Partner with senior leaders to deliver leader-led messaging and live events.
- Own and optimise our internal channels including SharePoint and intranet.
- Deliver high-impact virtual events around half-year and full-year results, trading updates, and more.
- Provide ‘always on’ comms support as part of our operational resilience model.
What we’re looking for
- A forward thinker with a strong work ethic, agility and flexibility.
- Proven experience in large corporate PLCs, ideally FTSE250, with an understanding of governance and compliance.
- A natural storyteller who can distil complex information into engaging, digestible messages.
- Someone who has led through change or transformation and understands the pace and nuance of internal comms in dynamic environments.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to provide counsel, support and influence at Executive level.
- Ideally experience of using MS365, SharePoint, Viva, and Teams.
What’s in it for you?
- A chance to help shape and embed corporate internal communications at Whitbread.
- Work alongside passionate professionals in a high-performing, values-led culture.
- Be part of a business that’s transforming and growing, with real opportunity to make your mark.
Ready to make an impact?
If you're passionate about internal communications and want to be part of a team that’s driving real change, apply now and help us connect our people to our strategy, our purpose and our ambition.
This is more than a job—it’s a chance to be part of an exciting internal communications journey with one of the UK’s most loved hospitality brands. You’ll have the freedom to innovate, the support to succeed, and the opportunity to make a real difference.
We are proud to have been recognised as a Top Employer for 14 consecutive years, voted a top apprenticeship employer by the Department of Education and Rate My Apprenticeship. This year we placed #10 in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index for our commitment to LGBTQIA+ inclusion at Whitbread and have been awarded as a Top 25 Exemplary Employer in the Investing in Ethnicity Parliamentary Matrix as the only hospitality company leading the way in terms of Inclusion.
We believe that everyone is unique and there should be no barriers to entry and no limits to ambition. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that values diversity and welcomes your application whatever your background or situation.
Under-represented groups such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities & members of the LGBTQIA+ community (those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans and non-binary or those who use a different LGBTQIA+ term), are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. Speak to us about workplace adjustments, part-time and flexible working. Where possible we will support this.
Job ref: 109341-4492
Advertised: 06 Oct 2025
Application closed: 13 Oct 2025
