Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Vantage's first comprehensive proactive media relations strategy aligned with corporate growth, reputation, public affairs, and business objectives.
• Transform the company’s media engagement model from reactive response management to proactive narrative development and thought leadership.
• Establish annual media objectives, strategic priorities, and measurable outcomes that support business and reputation goals.
• Build a scalable global media relations function, including organizational design, operating model, governance, and agency management.
• Serve as Vantage's senior media relations spokesperson and advisor and a trusted counselor to executive leadership.
• Support major corporate announcements, transactions, milestones, events, and issues management activities.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key journalists, editors, producers, and influencers across business, technology, infrastructure, sustainability, policy, financial, trade, and local media.
• Create a systematic reporter education program that increases understanding of the data center industry, digital infrastructure, energy use, sustainability initiatives, economic impact, and community benefits.
• Establish Vantage as a trusted, credible, and accessible source for journalists.
• Identify, develop, and pitch proactive stories that demonstrate the value of data centers to local communities, economies, customers, and society.

Requirements

• Bachelor\'s degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Public Affairs, Political Science, Marketing, or related field required.
• 15+ years of progressive media relations, corporate communications, public affairs, or reputation management experience.
• Minimum 7 years of leadership experience managing teams and complex communications programs.
• Proven success building and leading proactive media relations programs in large, global organizations.
• Established relationships with national business media, trade media, technology media, and policy journalists strongly preferred.
• Experience working across global markets and matrixed organizations.
• Strong executive presence and ability to advise and influence senior leaders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of digital media monitoring and analytics platforms.
• Data center, digital infrastructure, technology, energy, telecommunications, industrial, real estate, or related sector experience preferred.

Preferred

• Knowledge of Associated Press (AP) Style strongly desired.
• Travel required is expected to be up to 25% but may increase over time as business evolves.
• Experience operating in complex, highly visible, highly regulated, politically sensitive, or scrutinized industries strongly preferred.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.