Head of Corporate Communications

Responsibilities:

• Lead the corporate communications team, including public and media relations, social media, events, and investor and analyst communications 
• Drive positive coverage of Included Health
• Leverage both owned and earned channels to build and execute communications strategies around the company’s top priorities to drive positive coverage and stories that advance Included Health’s narrative and influence
• Build and implement executive communications and thought leadership programs to build awareness, influence and affinity forIncluded Health
• Guide Included Health’s conferences & events strategy and speaker & awards programs
• Develop media relations strategies in key markets and manage editorial calendars
• Lead development of all communications materials across pitches, news releases, bylines and contributed articles, fact sheets, talking points, blog posts, social media posts and executive briefing documents
• Work closely with our policy team to develop and drive communications programs that advance our advocacy initiatives
• Proactively identify and collaborate with third party influencers and organizations to amplify our messages 
• Manage the relationship with our external PR agency - ensure they meet key deliverables and goals
• Ensure website corporate background materials and press center are up to date

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional planning, organizational, and communication skills
• Superior written and verbal communication skills
• Strong collaboration skills, clear team player, can-do attitude
• Excellent deck and communication material development 
• Innovative and strategic thinker, with an eye to developing new solutions and tools
• Project management: Good at juggling multiple projects at once and recommending prioritization, timelines & processes to ensure all success criteria are met
• High Attention to Detail: well organized with the ability to work quickly with a high attention to detail to ensure quality work
• Strategic: Able to be innovative and strategic at a high-level as well as roll up your sleeves and get things done
• Creative: Ability to think outside the box to innovate new communications and PR strategies and tactics
• Comfortable in fast-paced, resource-lean environments

Education and Experience:

• 8-10 years of experience in marketing and communications, preferably having worked in-house.
• 5 years of experience in a leadership role with people management responsibilities
• Experience executing media campaigns, building relationships with media and working with executives
• Education: Bachelor’s degree 
• Demonstrated career progression from digital marketing through to multichannel planning roles.
• Strong preference for health tech or tech industry experience and/or healthcare/benefits experience