Principal, Corporate Communications, Insurance Lead

Responsibilities

• Own the development and execution of integrated communications strategies for the firm’s global insurance platform
• Serve as a trusted communications advisor to senior investment and business leaders, translating complex insurance and credit market dynamics into clear, compelling narratives for external audiences
• Drive proactive and reactive media relations—cultivating relationships with key financial, insurance, and trade journalists; developing messaging; and managing press engagement around transactions, earnings, and strategic milestones
• Lead executive communications efforts including thought leadership, speaking platforms, bylined articles, and high-profile announcements for senior leaders
• Coordinate closely with communications colleagues across regions to ensure consistency of messaging and alignment on cross-platform and cross-border initiatives
• Contribute to broader global corporate communications priorities, including high-stakes projects, emerging issues, and firm-wide campaigns as they arise
• Monitor the insurance, credit, and broader financial services competitive landscape to identify communications opportunities and inform positioning
• Play a central role in crisis communications and reputational risk management, providing counsel and rapid-response support when situations arise

Requirements

• 10–15 years of progressive experience in financial communications, with a portion spent in or around the insurance, reinsurance, or credit markets
• Direct experience in insurance-sector communications, including familiarity with regulatory dynamics, ratings agency processes, and the financial fundamentals of life, annuity, or reinsurance businesses
• Strong working knowledge of private credit and broader private markets (e.g., private equity, real assets, leveraged finance); experience at an alternative asset manager, investment bank, insurer, or top-tier financial communications agency strongly preferred
• Established relationships with financial and insurance trade media; demonstrated track record of securing high-quality coverage and managing sensitive press situations
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in business, finance, or communications a plus
• Strategic mindset—ability to see around corners, anticipate issues, and develop communications plans that advance business objectives
• Exceptional writing, editing, and message-development skills with the ability to distill complex financial and insurance concepts for diverse audiences
• Deep financial literacy—comfortable interpreting earnings, credit ratings, capital structures, and regulatory developments and translating them into communications strategy
• Executive presence and the confidence to advise, influence, and collaborate with senior leaders across investment, legal, and business teams
• Relationship builder who instinctively cultivates networks—across newsrooms, industry forums, and internal stakeholder groups