Own directorate-level communications strategy and execution, aligning priorities with enterprise goals while building trusted advisor relationships and coordinating cross-functional portfolios.

• Establish and maintain trusted advisor relationships with directorate leaders, researchers, communicators, and key stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary communications relationship lead for an assigned directorate, ensuring communications priorities align with directorate and enterprise objectives.
• Provide strategic communications counsel to senior leaders including, executive communications, presentations, talking points, reports, leadership correspondence, all-staff messages, and other high-visibility communications.
• Lead development, of integrated communications strategies and plans that support organizational priorities and business goals.
• Guide communications prioritization, service levels, and resource allocations based on strategic value, organizational impact and enterprise objectives.
• Maintain visibility into communications portfolios, priorities, budgets, timelines, and outcomes.
• Define and evaluate measures of communications effectiveness.
• Proactively identify communications opportunities, risks, and emerging issues and provide actionable recommendations.
• Foster transparency and collaboration by communicating proactively with directorate leadership, communications colleagues, and Communications leadership regarding priorities, progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead or coordinate communications planning and integration efforts that support leadership priorities and organizational objectives.

Requirements

• BS/BA and 9+ years of communications experience -OR- MS/MA and 7+ years of communications experience

Preferred

• Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisor relationships and deliver strategic communications counsel to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to translate organizational priorities and business goals into strategic communications approaches.
• Strong prioritization and decision-making skills, including the ability to balance competing demands and focus resources on highest-value opportunities.
• Experience coordinating complex communications portfolios, campaigns, or stakeholder engagement efforts.
• Strong judgment and discretion when handling sensitive, high-visibility, or high-risk communications matters.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decisions, drive alignment, and achieve outcomes without direct authority.
• Experience developing executive communications and supporting leadership engagement strategies.

Benefits

• Rockstar Rewards - Employees and their families are offered medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, robust telehealth care options, several mental health benefits, free wellness coaching, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, basic life insurance, disability insurance*, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, tuition assistance, relocation, backup childcare, legal benefits, supplemental parental bonding leave, surrogacy and adoption assistance, fertility support.