Vice President - Corporate
Primary Responsibilities:
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- Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, providing proactive counsel on crisis preparedness, response and recovery, including risk mapping, scenario planning, and real-time advisory.
- Lead employee engagement and workplace communications strategies that support culture-building, organizational change, leadership communications, and workforce advocacy.
- Guide clients on issues impacting corporate reputation-from workplace culture to governance, compliance, and emerging societal expectations.
- Provide strategic and tactical leadership in crisis simulation exercises, employee engagement campaigns, change communications, and leadership visibility programs.
- Manage multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, timely, and impactful solutions that address client needs while ensuring operational excellence and financial health.
- Mentor and develop junior and mid-level staff, ensuring growth, productivity, and alignment with Edelmans best-in-class standards.
- Contribute to Edelman IP by developing frameworks, thought pieces, and toolkits around crisis management, employee engagement, and workplace advisory.
- Drive organic growth by identifying new opportunities within existing client relationships and lead new business efforts in crisis, issues management, and employee engagement.
Key Qualifications:
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- 13+ years of experience, with significant expertise in crisis communications, employee engagement, workplace advisory, and organizational change.
- 8+ years of PR agency or consulting experience with exposure to managing high-stakes situations and C-suite stakeholders.
- Strong ability to inspire confidence at senior levels, navigate sensitive internal politics, and deliver calm, strategic guidance under pressure.
- Proven track record in employee communications, leadership messaging, organizational culture initiatives, and workplace transformation.
- Excellent instincts and judgment; ability to think strategically and execute nimbly in dynamic environments.
- Strong project management skills and ability to design and streamline processes for effective delivery.
- Exceptional people management experience, with a track record of developing talent and building high-performing teams.
- Confident presenter and facilitator, capable of leading workshops, townhalls, simulations, and group discussions.
Core Competencies:
- The ability to elucidate client needs, elevate their thinking and ensure a mutually beneficial professional relationship
- Ability to engage and inspire confidence at the C-Suite level
- The ability to navigate internal client politics with decorum and hold your own with tough clients
- The ability and desire to navigate complexity, exercise creative problem-solving skills and think on your feet
- Excellent instincts and judgment; grace under pressure
- Results-driven and solutions-oriented perspective
- Strong presentation skills and ability to lead group discussions while encouraging the thoughtful participation of others
- Exceptional project management skills with a passion for constant and iterative improvements/streamlining of operations and processes to make the group and your client teams more efficient and nimble
- Experience managing teams and helping junior and mid-level staff develop with their professional development and career pathing
