Vice President, Brand & Corporate Marketing Communications - Virtual

Deerfield, IL (Remote)

$210K/yr – $225K/yrSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and evolve Alight’s brand and the integrated communications function across corporate, PR/IR, internal, social, and leadership channels while building and guiding high-performing teams and governance.

Own enterprise brand strategy and governance
Lead PR/IR and executive communications
Develop global, high-performing teams across communications functions

Job Description

Responsibilities

Corporate Brand & Reputation
- Own and evolve Alight’s enterprise corporate brand strategy, including positioning, messaging architecture, brand identity, and brand governance.
- Lead reputation management efforts to strengthen trust with external stakeholders and employees.
- Ensure consistent application of brand standards across all corporate communications and channels.
- Lead evolution of the brand, and brand modernization efforts.
Public Relations & Investor Relations Communications
- Oversee Public Relations and Investor Relations communications strategy and execution.
- Drive proactive media engagement, executive thought leadership, and issues management.
- Partner closely with Legal, Finance, and executive leadership on earnings-related communications and market-facing narratives.
- Lead crisis communications and reputation risk management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
15+ years of progressive experience in marketing, corporate communications, or brand leadership roles.
7+ years of experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
Extensive experience leading enterprise brand, corporate marketing, or communications functions.
Proven success managing people, agencies, and complex, high-visibility initiatives.
Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and external stakeholders.
Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills.
Virtual-first environment with collaboration across global teams.
Highly visible role with regular interaction with executive leadership.
Occasional travel for leadership meetings, media engagements, and company events.

Preferred

Master’s degree or equivalent advanced experience.
Experience in B2B, professional services, technology, or regulated industries.
Direct experience partnering with investor relations and executive leadership teams.
Experience leading communications during periods of transformation or growth.

Alight Solutions

3.3 Glassdoor

Alight is a leading cloud-based human capital technology and services provider for many of the world’s largest organizations. Through the administration of employee benefits, Alight powers confident health, wealth, leaves and wellbeing decisions for 35 million people and dependents. Our Alight Worklife® platform empowers employers to gain a deeper understanding of their workforce and engage them throughout life’s most important moments with personalized benefits management and data-driven insights, leading to increased employee wellbeing, engagement and productivity. Learn how Alight unlocks growth for organizations of all sizes at alight.com.

Founded in 2017

Chicago, Illinois, USA

11K employees (252 in marketing)

www.alight.com

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