Director, Corporate Communications
Director-level role leading corporate communications strategy, team building, executive messaging, crisis response, and cross-functional storytelling for a fast-growing AI company. Requires 12-15 years experience and 5+ years people management.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build and lead a team of eight across various Corporate Communications functions
- Develop and implement comprehensive Corporate Communications strategies that align with organizational goals, values, and brand positioning across internal and external audiences
- Partner with executive leadership, people operations, product teams, and external stakeholders to craft clear, compelling messaging and materials that support business priorities, organizational changes, and market positioning
- Develop and execute rapid response muscle
- Oversee high-impact communications forums including executive speaking engagements, industry conferences, customer events, and internal leadership gatherings
- Lead AI integration for the communications team to enhance content ideation, creation, and scaling
- Oversee and optimize the corporate communications channel ecosystem—including earned media, owned channels, executive communications, and employee engagement tools—while innovating with emerging formats and technologies
- Lead cross-functional storytelling initiatives that connect daily work to Cohere's mission, amplify customer success stories, and elevate executive thought leadership in the marketplace
- Leverage data-driven insights and audience research to inform communications strategies that resonate with employees, customers, partners, investors, and industry influencers
- Direct crisis and issues communications preparedness and response across all stakeholder groups, coordinating with legal, executive leadership, and functional teams to protect corporate reputation and stakeholder trust
- Serve as the central communications hub, ensuring seamless integration and consistency between internal communications, external PR, marketing narratives, and executive messaging across all touchpoints
Requirements
- 12-15 years of experience in-house corporate communications, ideally within a fast-paced, high-growth tech or AI environment
- 5+ years of experience in people management
- Experience in pre-IPO communications
- Experience in policy and regulatory communications
- Exceptional writer with a talent for distilling complex, cross-functional topics into simple, compelling narratives
- Experience serving as a communications business partner or trusted advisor to senior leaders, executives, and people/human resources teams
- Highly organized and process-driven, with strong project management skills and a bias for action
- Comfortable navigating organizational dynamics and building strong relationships across all levels
- Thrives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and knows how to prioritize ruthlessly
Nice-to-Haves
- Scrappy, thrives in thinking “outside the box” and finds joy in marrying a problem to its solution
- Adept in pre-IPO communications
- Brings high levels of creativity to communications – in format, channel, and storytelling
Skills
Corporate Communications, Executive Communication, Crisis Communications, Policy Communications, Regulatory Communications, Internal Communications, Pr, Stakeholder Management, People Management, Project Management, Storytelling, Thought Leadership, Ai Integration
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