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CohereCohereSan Francisco, CA

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.

230k – 290k
Remote12+ YOECommunications

About the role

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 CommunicationsExecutive CommunicationCrisis CommunicationsPolicy CommunicationsRegulatory CommunicationsInternal CommunicationsPrStakeholder ManagementPeople ManagementProject ManagementStorytellingThought LeadershipAi Integration

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