4 months ago
Director, Global Communications
Cover Genius
San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)Full time$170K/yr – $230K/yr
Marketing jobs
2 marketing jobs
Director, Global Communications
San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)
$170K/yr – $230K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time
Posted 4 months ago
Top 1% of applicants do these two things.
The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.
Job Summary
Global PR leadership role focusing on cross-region alignment, agency governance, and crisis communications. Requires 10+ years in communications with global experience and San Francisco or New York base. Benefits include flexible work, stock options, and opportunities to influence thought leadership and brand reputation.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Global Agency Orchestration: The "Conductor": Serve as the primary point of contact for our global PR agencies. You will define high-level KPIs, manage multi-region budgets, and ensure agencies deliver elite-tier placements that move the needle on business objectives.
- Global Alignment: Bridge the gap between EMEA, APAC, and the Americas, ensuring a unified brand voice while empowering local teams to pivot their pitches for regional nuances.
- People Leadership & Influence: Team Mentorship: Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing communications team. You are responsible for their professional evolution and ensuring the department operates like a well-oiled machine.
- Executive Advisor: Act as a strategic counselor to our founders and executive team, coaching them for high-pressure media appearances and shaping their internal leadership voice.
- Elite Media Relations: Maintain a "gold-standard" network of journalists, analysts, and influencers across Fintech, Insurtech, and General Business sectors.
- Channel Synergy: Oversee our owned channels (Blog, LinkedIn) to ensure a seamless feedback loop where earned media "wins" are amplified into long-tail brand equity.
- One-Team Culture: Partner with the People Team to ensure our global wins and mission are communicated effectively to a decentralized workforce, maintaining a sense of community across time zones.
- Thought Leadership: Develop sophisticated platforms for our founders, including ghostwriting high-stakes op-eds, keynote scripts, and visionary internal memos.
- Crisis Management & Reputation Defense: Command & Control: Serve as the primary communications lead during global incidents. You are the "calm in the storm," drafting high-stakes statements for media and partners under intense deadlines.
- Infrastructure: Design and maintain the Global Crisis Communications Playbook, ensuring all regions are trained on escalation protocols and pre-approved messaging.
Requirements
- Experience: 10+ years in Communications, PR, or Journalism, with at least 3+ years in a people-management role.
- Industry Fluency: Deep experience in Insurtech, Fintech, or high-growth B2B SaaS is non-negotiable.
- Agency Pedigree: You’ve either come from a top-tier PR agency or have a proven track record of managing them from the client side.
- Global Perspective: You have successfully managed PR and communications across multiple international regions (AMER, EMEA, APAC).
- Location: Must be based in San Francisco or New York for close collaboration with the Global Leadership team.
Benefits
- Flexible Work Environment - Our teams are hybrid. We work from home on a Wednesday and Thursday and attend the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday with flexibility around start/finish times.
- Flexible PTO. Taking time out is important for our teams to enjoy life and stay fresh.
- Employee Stock Options - we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company.
- Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back.
- CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.
- Social Initiatives - pictures speak a thousand words!
Cover Genius
3.9 Glassdoor
Cover Genius is the global insurtech for embedded protection. Through XCover, our award-winning global distribution platform, we protect the customers of the world’s largest digital companies with seamless, end-to-end experiences. Licensed or authorized in over 60 countries and all 50 US States, Cover Genius enables partners to embed and sell multiple lines of insurance and other types of protection, resulting in an industry-leading post-claims Net Promoter Score (NPS) and more than 30 million happy customers. For more information, visit covergenius.com.
Founded in 2014
New York, New York, USA
503 employees (49 in marketing)
66% recommend to a friend
81% CEO approval
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
29.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.2%
Direct
35.9%
Referral
14.2%
Social
4.4%
Paid
1%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~530
Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
35 (7% of company)
Median Career Experience
18.5 years
Median Tenure
1.7 years
People
Founders / CEO
HR / Recruitment
Funding
Total Funding
$245.1M
Last Raise
$80M
Series E, 2 years ago
Funding History
- May 2024Series E • $80M
- Nov 2022Series D • $70M
- Sep 2021Series C • $72.8M