Responsibilities

• The Vice President (VP), Strategic and Integrated Communications plays a pivotal role in advancing Sutter Health’s brand and reputation, engagement initiatives, and mission-driven storytelling, and aligning these efforts across internal and external audiences.
• In close partnership with the System Vice President, Communications and Public Relations, this leader supports the strategic planning, operational rhythm, integration, and advancement of enterprise-wide communications priorities, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships.
• This role serves as a key integrator across the Communications function and in partnership with Brand, Marketing, Consumer Strategy, Human Resources and other enterprise leaders to deliver unified, high-impact communications that strengthen culture, elevate leadership visibility, and support business transformation.
• This VP plays a key leadership role in managing internal and executive visibility, messaging and engagement, ensuring clear and consistent communication of organizational priorities to internal stakeholders, including leaders, clinicians and employees.
• This leader partners across the full Communications team to drive integrated communications and implement scalable processes and operational improvements that deliver results.
• As a trusted advisor to senior executives, this role guides executive messaging, supports large-scale transformation and change initiatives, and stewards the voice of the organization in alignment with Sutter Health’s mission, values and long-term strategy.
• This position requires a collaborative, strategic thinker with exceptional judgment, executive presence, and the ability to lead through complexity in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

Requirements

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field.
• 10–15 years of progressive communications and public relations experience, preferably in healthcare or other complex, matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated expertise leading enterprise-wide strategic communications, including internal and executive communications, brand and reputation management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Proven experience developing and executing integrated communications strategies and campaigns across internal and external audiences.
• Experience supporting organizational transformation, change initiatives, and culture-building efforts, including aligning communications to business strategy and workforce engagement priorities.
• Demonstrated success leading communications for mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, or large-scale integrations, including transaction and integration communications.
• Proven ability to operate as an enterprise integrator, aligning messaging and efforts across communications, marketing, brand, digital and public relations functions.
• Strong experience building or advancing communications operating models, including editorial planning, messaging frameworks, and cross-functional processes that improve efficiency and consistency.
• Demonstrated ability to advise and influence senior executives, including developing executive messaging and supporting leadership visibility.
• Experience in content development, channel optimization, and digital/communication platform management.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in Business, Advertising, Communications, Economics, Marketing, Marketing Management, Public Relations, or a related field, OR equivalent experience.
• Advisory experience at the executive/C‑suite level.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package.