Director of Corporate Communications

Deerfield, IL (On-site)

$180K/yr – $250K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive corporate communications strategy across global business lines, crisis management, and financial storytelling for a newly independent Vantive.

  • Must-have: 10+ years in corporate communications in healthcare or regulated environments
  • Standout: Experience leading crisis/issues management with cross-functional partners

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead external and internal communications for Vantive’s core business lines, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy and therapy-area priorities.
  • Partner closely with global commercial leaders to craft narratives that differentiate Vantive commercially and clinically across diverse markets.
  • Build integrated communications plans that support product launches, lifecycle milestones, digital initiatives, and partnerships.
  • Lead global issues and crisis communications program.
  • Develop scenario plans, messaging frameworks, and response protocols; advise senior leadership during emerging issues.
  • Strengthen enterprise readiness in collaboration with Legal, Quality, Regulatory, and Corporate Affairs teams.
  • Lead development of Vantive’s corporate financial and business strategy narrative as a newly independent company.
  • Support internal and external communication of corporate financial results, business performance updates, and enterprise milestones.
  • Partner with Finance, Legal and other executive team members to develop strategic messaging, Q&A, press statements, and financial disclosures as needed.
  • In partnership with Corporate Affairs and Global Strategic Marketing, build and scale an enterprise therapy awareness platform and media engagement strategy that increases understanding of vital organ therapies globally.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in corporate communications, preferably in healthcare, life sciences, medical technology, or a related regulated environment.
  • Strong blend of agency and inhouse experience is highly preferred.
  • Proven success in corporate financial communications, including public company norms, earnings cycles, and disclosure considerations.
  • Demonstrated excellence in media relations, crisis management, and issues communications.
  • Experience supporting commercial communications across multiple therapy areas or product lines, ideally global in scope.
  • Bachelor’s degree required.

Preferred

  • Strong blend of agency and inhouse experience is highly preferred.
  • Experience leveraging AI tools in content development, analytics, workflows, or audience engagement is a plus.

Benefits

  • US Benefits at Vantive
  • This is where your well-being matters.
  • Vantive offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles.
  • Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
  • Financial and retirement benefits include the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (“Aon PEP”), Vantive’s 401(k) retirement savings plan, to help you prepare for your future.
  • The Aon PEP is designed to help improve retirement outcomes by providing retirement resources more efficiently.
  • The plan offers a robust set of investment options, financial education, and a suite of resources to support your retirement goals.
  • We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
  • Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.
  • Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees.
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Vantive

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams globally. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. Today, Vantive’s people, solutions and services deliver over 1 million touchpoints each day to patients around the world. As we build on our legacy, we are focused on elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Our goal is to provide therapies that fit more easily into providers’ practices and patients’ lives. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

4.7K employees (194 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
98.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$17.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.1%
Direct
44.1%
Referral
10.5%
Social
8.4%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~4.8K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
170 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
1.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Post IPO Debt, 10 months ago

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