Senior Director of Strategic Communications & Change Management

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$200K/yr – $250K/yrSenior Level12+ years expFull time

Posted 16 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead global communications and change management for Zurich Cover-More's transformation, partnering with senior leaders, shaping strategic narratives, and driving adoption while leveraging AI to scale impact.

  • Own enterprise-wide comms and change plans across a global transformation.
  • Collaborate with executives and stakeholders across regions to ensure alignment and messaging consistency.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • You'll define and lead the strategic narrative that supports Zurich Cover-More's global transformation journey, ensuring alignment with our vision, priorities and business objectives.
  • You'll partner with senior leaders to translate complex business change into clear, compelling and engaging communications.
  • You'll design and deliver enterprise-wide communication and change management strategies that drive understanding, adoption and measurable business outcomes.
  • You'll oversee integrated communication plans, roadmaps and calendars, ensuring messaging is coordinated, sequenced effectively and aligned to the broader transformation agenda.
  • You'll create and refine high-quality communications content, including leadership messaging, strategic updates and change communications.
  • You'll work closely with Marketing, Brand and key stakeholders to ensure a consistent voice across internal and external communications.
  • You'll advise and prepare senior leaders for high-profile communications, media engagement and critical business moments.
  • You'll identify opportunities to leverage AI and emerging technologies to improve communication effectiveness, efficiency and scale.
  • You'll build and lead a high-performing communications team, developing capability and creating an environment where people can thrive.
  • You'll strengthen organizational change capability by introducing frameworks, best practices and ways of working that support successful transformation.

Requirements

  • You'll have extensive experience in strategic communications within large, complex organizations, ideally operating through significant transformation.
  • You'll bring a proven track record of leading communication and change strategies for large-scale, multi-year transformation programs.
  • You'll be highly skilled at building credibility with executive stakeholders and influencing at the most senior levels.
  • You'll have exceptional writing, editing and storytelling capabilities, with the ability to craft compelling narratives from complex information.
  • You'll demonstrate strong change management expertise and a history of delivering measurable adoption and engagement outcomes.
  • You'll possess outstanding project management skills and a passion for using AI-enabled tools and innovative approaches to enhance communications delivery.
  • You'll ideally have experience working across global, matrixed organizations and collaborating with stakeholders across different regions and cultures.
  • You'll bring at least 12 years' experience in strategic communications, preferably within financial services or another highly regulated industry.

Benefits

  • Job flexibility . We understand the importance of making sure that work fits into your life, not the other way around. Our hybrid approach ensures you can maintain work-life balance with the flexibility of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.
  • Career growth . This is an extremely exciting time for us at Zurich Cover-More, as we rapidly expand our business across the globe. We’re committed to helping our people thrive through a comprehensive onboarding experience, continuous professional development, and a supportive work environment that empowers growth at every stage of your career.
  • Take the time you need, for you and your community . We encourage you to take the time you need when you need it. We offer regular annual and personal leave benefits along with volunteer leave and a comprehensive paid parental leave scheme.
  • Investing in your health and your future. We offer a competitive high-deductible health plan, EAP programs and access to health and well-being activities along with 401(k) program with employer matching to help you plan for your future.
  • Diversity and inclusion . We respect who you are and thoroughly embrace diversity. Wherever life has taken you, we welcome you to bring your whole self to work. Just be you – because that’s exactly who we’re looking for.
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Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) is a leading global multi-line insurer founded more than 150 years ago, which has grown into a business serving more than 82 million customers in more than 200 countries and territories, while delivering industry-leading total shareholder returns. Our customers include individuals, small businesses, and mid-sized and large companies, as well as multinational corporations. The Group is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1872. ONE TEAM, ONE PURPOSEWe are Zurich, one global company, with one mission, one ambition, one set of shared values and a clear commitment to our stakeholders: our customers, our people, our shareholders, and the communities in which we live and work.You can find our community guidelines on: https://www.zurich.com/services/social-media

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