Responsibilities

• Advise executive and senior leaders on messaging, stakeholder considerations, timing, and delivery.
• Translate organizational strategy, decisions, and initiatives into clear and compelling communications.
• Anticipate communications needs, assess reputational implications, and understand stakeholder reactions related to major organizational decisions.
• Prepare executive communications, talking points, presentations, briefing materials, speeches, and organizational announcements.
• Counsel leaders on sensitive, high-visibility, and complex communications matters.
• Provide real-time communications guidance during organizational change, emerging issues, or periods of heightened external attention.
• Prepare executives for high-profile internal and external engagements and stakeholder interactions.
• Guide executive communications to reinforce organizational mission, values, brand, and strategic priorities.
• Lead communications planning for enterprise-wide priorities and major organizational initiatives.
• Advise departments on communications planning to coordinate messages, audiences, timing, and channels across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Public Affairs, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years’ of progressive experience in strategic communications, executive communications, corporate communications, public affairs, or a related field.
• Experience serving as a trusted communications advisor to executives and senior leaders.
• Experience developing communications strategies for complex, sensitive, or enterprise-wide initiatives.
• Advanced executive writing skills, including speeches, talking points, presentations, organizational announcements, briefing materials, and thought leadership content.
• Experience preparing internal and change communications.
• Experience advising on reputational risks, stakeholder reactions, crisis communications, or issues management.
• Experience supporting thought leadership and executive positioning.
• Experience working in a complex, matrixed, national, or decentralized organization.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional communications projects without direct authority.

Preferred

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience in nonprofit, healthcare, public health, policy, advocacy, or mission-driven organizations preferred.