Senior Communications Strategist - Enterprise and Executive

Responsibilities

• Proactive Strategic Consultation & Counsel (50%)
• Serves as a communications partner to the enterprise leadership, providing strategic counsel and support consistent messaging and execution.
• Engages leaders and key stakeholders early in the decision-making lifecycle to identify communication needs, assess business, policy and reputational considerations, recommend messaging approaches and reduce risk.
• Brings an enterprise lens to communication strategies to align and engage internal teams while creating compelling external narratives.
• Partners with Government Relations to translate complex policy and regulatory issues into clear, compelling communications for executives and key internal and external stakeholders.
• Develops communications strategies and plans in partnership with Government Relations to advance priority public policy initiatives and support effective engagement with policymakers, industry stakeholders and other influential audiences.
• Enterprise Storytelling & Narrative Leadership (30%)
• Connects enterprise priorities to compelling, differentiated narratives that build organizational alignment on enterprise value and a growth mindset.
• Supports public affairs communications around priority policy issues, helping connect the company's business priorities and enterprise narrative to broader conversations affecting agriculture, food and rural communities.
• Contributes to the development and maintenance of enterprise messaging architecture, applying structure and best practices, to support alignment during

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, English, or a related field.
• Experience: 7+ years of direct experience supporting government relations or public affairs communications, including policy communications, issues management and external stakeholder engagement.
• Strategic Acumen: Demonstrated ability to understand business priorities, provide communications counsel, recommend practical solutions, and navigate complex matrixed environments.
• Enterprise Mindset: Demonstrated ability to connect business and functional priorities, identify interdependencies and support consistent messaging across internal and external audiences.
• Communication Mastery: Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, with proven ability to translate complex business issues into clear, engaging narratives for executive-level delivery.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Demonstrated success collaborating with integrated teams spanning internal comms, government relations, PR, brand marketing, and agency partners to deliver integrated communication plans.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in Communications, Business Administration (MBA), or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting federal government relations, issues management or public affairs communications.
• Experience in agriculture, food, or other regulated and/or manufacturing sectors.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing a team of communication professionals. complex moments and transformations.