Senior Communications Specialist
Company websiteamentum.com (Amentum, opens in new tab)
Base salary $115K to $161K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in McLean, VA
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- LocationMcLean, VA
- WorkplaceOn-site
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
Supports the Intelligence Community customer by leading strategic communications support, including the development, preparation, production, coordination, and editing of high-visibility products. Serves as an independent self-starter and communications SME who can plan and execute work with minimal oversight. Responsible for end-to-end support for strategic communications requirements, including logistics, writing, collection, coordination, and delivery of the Weekly Activity Report, as well as internal and external event support. Collaborates closely with design and web teams to ensure accurate, timely information flow across platforms and products.
Responsibilities
- Leads strategic communications support for customer requirements, including strategy and planning documents, leadership messaging, talking points, speeches, remarks, and executive communications.
- May own Weekly Activity Report lifecycle, including collecting inputs, drafting/editing content, coordinating reviews, managing version control, and delivering final products on schedule.
- Supports internal and external events by coordinating logistics, developing messaging and supporting materials, and producing post-event summaries or follow-on communications as needed.
- Serves as the primary author for fact sheets, articles, email messaging, newsletter content, marketing copy, website content, and other communications products, as required.
- Prepares assignments and drafts based on input from subject matter experts and leadership direction.
- Researches, writes, edits, formats, and conducts quality checks for products intended for hardcopy and electronic publication, including dissemination across multiple platforms.
- Ensures accuracy, consistency, readability, tone, and accessibility compliance appropriate to the medium and audience.
- Rewrites and refines submissions to improve organization, clarity, grammar, and flow while maintaining intent and tradecraft standards.
- Prepares and edits speeches, scripts, testimony materials, and formal statements for senior executives for live or recorded delivery.
- Advises and coaches leadership on messaging clarity and presentation delivery when requested.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and 18+ years of relevant experience, 10+ with a Masters or 24+ years of relevant experience without a degree.
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.
- Demonstrated experience producing executive-level communications, including leadership messaging, talking points, speeches, and written products for senior audiences.
- Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills with the ability to convey complex information clearly and simply.
- Proven ability to operate independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality products under time constraints.
- Experience coordinating across stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams, including design and web support.
- Familiarity with accessibility and publication standards and applying them to written and web-based products.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and collaboration tools (e.g., MS Teams, SharePoint).
- Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud tools to support content development and coordination.
Compensation Details:
$115K - $161KThe compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.
Benefits Overview:
Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off and holidays
Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
Educational reimbursement
Parental leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Tax-saving options
Disability and life insurance
Pet insurance
Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.
Original Posting:
09/16/2026 - Until FilledAmentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.
Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.
Source: Amentum on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
How this pay compares
Base floor $115,000, above 27% of the 40 Communications & Media roles in Virginia on this site; the other 73% list the same floor or a higher one. The employer's range is $46,000 wide, 40% of the floor. Observed open for 15 days so far (since Oct 24, 2026).
Pay in context
Among 40 Communications & Media roles in Virginia listed on this site, the median base floor is $122,050 and the middle half runs from $111,500 to $146,475. This role's floor ($115,000) is above 27% of them.
Base floors of 40 Communications & Media roles in Virginia
Table
| Floor band | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 55.0% | 22 |
| $125K to $150K | 25.0% | 10 |
| $150K to $175K | 15.0% | 6 |
| $175K to $200K | 5.0% | 2 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Base floor distribution of the cohort
- Formula
- count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
- Denominator
- 40 open postings with this job family in Virginia
- Sample size
- 40
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in the cohort
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
State against nationwide
Median base floor in Virginia vs nationwide
Table
| Value | postings | |
|---|---|---|
| Communications & Media, Virginia | $122,050 | 40 |
| Communications & Media, all states | $136K | 601 |
| This job's base floor (marked) | $115K |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Median floor, state vs nationwide
- Formula
- median published base floor of each cohort
- Denominator
- open postings of this job family
- Sample size
- 40 in Virginia; 601 nationwide
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in both cohorts
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
How Amentum pays
325 of Amentum's 442 live roles on this site list a higher base floor and 105 list a lower one. Across them the median floor is $133,000; the middle half runs from $115,000 to $165,000.
Base floors of Amentum's 442 live roles
Table
| Floor band | Share | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 38.2% | 169 |
| $125K to $150K | 23.1% | 102 |
| $150K to $175K | 17.4% | 77 |
| $175K to $200K | 11.8% | 52 |
| $200K to $225K | 5.9% | 26 |
| $225K to $250K | 2.0% | 9 |
| $250K to $275K | 1.4% | 6 |
| $275K and up | 0.2% | 1 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Employer base floor distribution
- Formula
- count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
- Denominator
- 442 open public roles at this employer
- Sample size
- 442
- Hidden when
- needs at least 5 roles
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- current
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Similar pay elsewhere
Other employers' Communications & Media roles in Virginia with the nearest published base floor to $115,000, one per employer.
- External Relations Manager, Customer Trust External Relations Amazon · base floor $115,600
- Senior Technical Editor AeroVironment · base floor $116,500
- Technical Writer, Intelligence Systems Anduril Industries · base floor $112,000
- Executive Communications Manager (Executive Speechwriter) Alliance Defending Freedom · base floor $119,800
- Junior Technical Writer Core One · base floor $120,000
This listingSenior Communications Specialist$115K to $161K
Sr. Intelligence Solutions Integrator$115K to $121K
Electrical Engineering Supervisor$115K to $120K
Project Operations Coordinator (J5)$115K to $125K
Junior Microsoft System Administrator$115K to $130K
Operations Support Manager$115K to $130K
Network Engineer$115K to $120K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior Communications Specialist (this listing) | $115K - $161K |
| Sr. Intelligence Solutions Integrator | $115K - $121K |
| Electrical Engineering Supervisor | $115K - $120K |
| Project Operations Coordinator (J5) | $115K - $125K |
| Junior Microsoft System Administrator | $115K - $130K |
| Operations Support Manager | $115K - $130K |
| Network Engineer | $115K - $120K |
Observed changes
No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Oct 24, 2026 (15 days ago).
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-09-16
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: US-VA-McLean
$115K - $161K
- Method
- Employer text, read with fixed rules and re-verified
- Checked
- Rule set
- us-base-v2
The pay passage appears in the employer's own job text. Fixed, deterministic rules located it, and the passage below was checked against the stored copy of the posting.
What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.
