Director, Executive Communications

Responsibilities

• Develop the CVP’s communications strategy and lead execution of scalable plans that drive business impact and help grow the Forward Deployment Engineers (FDE) pipeline.
• Develop core messaging and narratives that bring the Frontier Co purpose and business priorities to life through creative, proactive storytelling for internal and external audiences.
• Shape executive messaging informed by the tech industry, Microsoft’s strategy, products, services, and culture, and build the case for communications recommendations that advance business priorities.
• Build an internal communications plan that keeps the team connected to its priorities and brings its progress to life for the broader Frontier Co organization and Core and Field teams, as appropriate.
• Serve as the single point of contact for the CVP’s internal and external speaking, traditional media, and social media requests. Partner with appropriate teams to triage requests, align them with strategy and team priorities, and ensure the positioning and tone are right for executive engagement.
• Create and align communications plans to RoB, business priorities and broader Frontier Co communications.
• Develop and execute a thoughtful social media strategy for the CVP, using an understanding of the social landscape to amplify her voice.
• Build alignment across teams and functions to advance the CVP’s communications priorities.
• Navigate differing perspectives and resolve issues thoughtfully to keep communications work moving.
• Manage competing priorities in a dynamic, evolving environment while maintaining quality and attention to detail.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Business, Business Administration, Marketing, or related field AND 6+ years communications, marketing operations, field operations, program management, project management, or related experience
• OR equivalent experience
• Master's Degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Business, Business Administration, Marketing, or related field AND 8+ years communications, marketing operations, field operations, program management, project management, or related experience
• OR Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Business, Marketing, or related field AND 12+ years communications, marketing operations, field operations, program management, project management, or related experience
• 6+ years of experience supporting senior executives in an executive communications role.
• 7+ years of executive/internal communications experience, marketing communications or speech management.
• Previous experience leading project teams and working with senior executives in fast paced, dynamic, often ambiguous environments.

Preferred

• Master's Degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Business, Business Administration, Marketing, or related field AND 8+ years communications, marketing operations, field operations, program management, project management, or related experience
• or Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Business, Marketing, or related field AND 12+ years communications, marketing operations, field operations, program management, project management, or related experience
• 7+ years of executive/internal communications experience, marketing communications or speech management.
• 6+ years of experience supporting senior executives in an executive communications role.

Benefits

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