Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of integrated communications strategies that support organizational priorities, stakeholder engagement objectives, and mission outcomes.
• Serve as the senior strategic advisor on messaging, narrative development, communications planning, and audience engagement approaches.
• Develop enterprise messaging frameworks, communications playbooks, strategic guidance documents, and campaign roadmaps.
• Provide strategic counsel to leadership regarding communications risks, opportunities, stakeholder perceptions, and narrative positioning.
• Guide audience research, stakeholder analysis, behavioral insights, and communications assessments to inform strategy development.
• Lead the creation of strategic briefs, communications plans, creative briefs, messaging frameworks, and content direction for multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure consistency and alignment of messaging across digital, print, media, stakeholder engagement, and executive communications channels.
• Collaborate with creative, content, media, analytics, stakeholder engagement, UX, and program teams to ensure communications strategies are effectively executed.
• Evaluate campaign effectiveness and communications performance through the application of measurement frameworks, audience insights, and impact assessments.
• Support executive communications, leadership engagements, policy communications, and high-profile stakeholder initiatives.

Requirements

• Experience developing and leading strategic communications, public affairs, stakeholder engagement, behavior change, or integrated communications initiatives.
• Demonstrated success creating communications strategies that influence audience attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong understanding of communications planning, audience research, behavioral science principles, narrative development, and stakeholder engagement methodologies.
• Experience incorporating AI-enabled research, audience intelligence, and trend analysis tools into communications, engagement, and strategic planning efforts.
• Curiosity in technology landscape and how AI is changing communications.
• Experience advising senior leaders and stakeholders on communications strategy, messaging, risk management, and audience engagement.
• Exceptional strategic thinking, analytical reasoning, and problem-solving abilities.
• Outstanding writing, presentation, facilitation, and communication skills with the ability to distill complex issues into clear and actionable recommendations.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and collaborating across creative, research, analytics, stakeholder engagement, media, and account functions.
• Strong understanding of communications measurement, campaign evaluation, audience segmentation, and performance analysis.

Preferred

• Experience supporting federal government, Department of Defense, international development, public affairs, national security, or mission-driven communications programs is preferred.
• Knowledge of behavioral change communications, stakeholder engagement frameworks, audience intelligence, or strategic influence methodologies is preferred.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary and a benefits package designed to support your health, family life, financial wellbeing, and growth. Family & parental support
• 12 weeks’ full pay for Primary Carers and 6 weeks for Secondary Carers (after one year of service; return requirements apply for subsequent leave)
• Applies to birth, adoption, and surrogacy
• Up to 10 days’ paid fertility leave per year (5 per cycle)
• 2 days’ paid leave for new grandparents
• $2,500 annual interest-free parental loan
• $6,000 interest-free fertility treatment loan Healthcare & wellbeing
• Choice of three medical plans (HSA at $0 cost; EPO 75% employer funded; PPO 65% employer funded)
• 70% employer-funded dental and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, including an office closure between Christmas & New Year's