VP, Corporate Communications

Job Summary: The Vice President of Corporate Communications is a communications leader reporting to the Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer and will be a member of the Kaiser Permanente enterprise and national communications leadership team. The position provides counsel to members of the National Executive team, leads multiple communication teams, and manages complicated, sensitive, and rapidly changing internal and external communications strategies and tactics on a wide range of internal and external topics that impact employee engagement, care delivery, operations, business performance, and Kaiser Permanente-s brand. This leadership position works directly with the highest levels of senior management and partners across every major part of the organization, to provide counsel and ensure the successful completion of communications strategies and tactics in support of Kaiser Permanente-s strategy. This leader is accountable for shaping and integrating communications in alignment with Kaiser Permanente-s mission, vision, values, brand and reputation. This Vice President role directly oversees the function-s communications experts in key areas - Business Performance, Finance, Enterprise Business Services, Ethics and Compliance, IT, Labor Relations & Labor Management Partnership, Quality/Care Delivery, Mental Health & Wellness, and Workforce. The Vice President builds connections across functions and markets ensuring that teams are working together effectively, communications strategies and messages are aligned, and key business and strategic priorities are receiving appropriate support. S/he is also responsible for helping connect the markets with the national teams to ensure message and strategy alignment. This position has budget accountability spanning communications employees, contractors, agencies, campaigns and programs. This position also serves as a back up to the Chief Communications Officer. Essential Responsibilities: The Vice President of Corporate Communications has a significant leadership role among Market and National Function leaders. The incumbent serves as a senior communications strategist, leader, and integrator who identifies and leverages communications best practices from within and outside of the organization, introduces new strategies for consideration to further promote and protect Kaiser Permanente-s brand and reputation, both internally and externally. This position leads the development of communications strategies, messages, and tactics that effectively communicate Kaiser Permanente-s position on any number of complex organizational programs and initiatives that support our long-term business strategies. The Vice President will lead through complicated issues across a number of highly sensitive topics, conflicting external / internal interests, internal complexities and organizational realities, media sensitivities, and political dynamics to help guide Kaiser Permanente-s messaging and communications strategies on a wide variety of topics. This position will lead (directly and indirectly) teams of national and market communications leaders, subject matter experts, and practitioners whose mission is to help create and manage appropriate communications materials, identify opportunities to promote Kaiser Permanente-s messages, and anticipate challenges and drive alignment across stakeholders. This position will work closely with the National Executive Team, Regional Presidents, CCO, Market Vice Presidents accountable for Communications and other senior leaders at the national and market levels to understand and be conversant with the business issues underlying the communications strategies that are being created. S/he must appropriately engage and leverage leaders to be effective representatives of our message and position. Basic Qualifications: Experience Minimum fifteen (15) years of experience in executive, corporate and employee communications, public/media relations, for a large, complex organization, at a management level. Minimum ten (10) years in progressively responsible leadership roles, ideally related to a health care setting and/or not-for-profit sector. Minimum ten (10) years experience in executive presentation and consultation. Education Bachelors' degree in journalism, public relations, communications or related field required. License, Certification, Registration N/A Additional Requirements: Experience in working in a largely organized workforce and preferred experience in Labor negotiation communications. Demonstrated track record in strategic communications deliverables with proven results. Experience managing large scale organizational change within large complex companies. Demonstrated effectiveness in interpersonal and communications skills, including excellent customer focus skills in prior roles and career accomplishments. Proven solutions and operational leader who leads by example through strong personal accountability, dedication, decisiveness, courage and conviction to the goals and objectives of Communications and Kaiser Permanente overall. Preferred Qualifications: Graduate degree highly desirable. COMPANY: KAISER TITLE: VP, Corporate Communications LOCATION: Oakland, California REQNUMBER: 1313567 External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.