Senior Executive Communications Specialist

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Executive Communications Specialist to join our team and provide comprehensive support to the CEO, Chief of Staff, and key executive leadership. In this role, you will be responsible for developing executive messaging, creating an enterprise-wide communication strategy, and delivering impactful internal and external communications for our global public organization. This is a critical role that requires a self-starter with exceptional storytelling abilities and a deep understanding of corporate communication strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Collaboration: Work closely with the CEO, Chief of Staff, and other key executives to understand the company's initiatives, strategies, and key messages, ensuring alignment with the overall corporate vision.
• Communication Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive communication strategy that supports the CEO’s vision and enhances the company’s enterprise communication efforts.
• Message Crafting: Create clear, concise, and compelling executive and company messages for internal and external audiences, maintaining consistency in tone, style, and brand voice across all platforms.
• Content Development: Prepare and edit a wide range of communication materials, including executive scripts, executive presentations, memos, and speeches for internal and external engagements.
• Advisory Role: Serve as a strategic advisor to the executive team, providing guidance on communication best practices, crisis communication, and stakeholder engagement.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Sales, and Product, to ensure consistency and alignment in messaging across all go-to-market activities.
• Impact Measurement: Monitor and measure the effectiveness of communication initiatives, leveraging analytics and feedback to optimize strategies and tactics continually.
• Innovation: Stay current with emerging communication trends, tools, and technologies, and recommend innovative approaches to enhance communication effectiveness.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 10+ years of communications experience, preferably in a corporate environment within the technology industry.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, English, engineering, or a related field.
• Communication Skills: Excellent writing and storytelling abilities with the capacity to translate complex technical information into accessible language.
• Leadership Influence: Demonstrated ability to advise and influence senior leaders on communication approaches and messaging.
• Program Management: Strong program management skills with the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to changing priorities.
• Collaboration: Proven experience in cross-functional collaboration, with a proactive approach to working with diverse teams.
• Detail Orientation: High level of attention to detail and accuracy in all communication outputs.
• Professionalism: High level of integrity, discretion, and professionalism, particularly when handling confidential information.
• Impact You Will Have:Visibility and Influence: Enhance the visibility and influence of the CEO and executive leadership team through strategic communication and speaking engagements.
• Alignment and Consistency: Strengthen the alignment of executive communications with the company’s overall corporate vision and key messages.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Foster stronger relationships with key stakeholders by providing strategic communications advice and support.
• Operational Excellence: Contribute to the operationalization of the corporate narrative, ensuring it resonates with diverse audiences and supports the company’s growth and innovation goals.

Why You Should Join Us:

At our company, we prioritize our customers’ success above all, ensuring that every initiative delivers value and meets our commitments. We pride ourselves on engineering excellence, continually pushing the boundaries to deliver innovative solutions that address today’s challenges and anticipate the needs of tomorrow.

We foster a best-in-class environment, where our high-performing team is dedicated to growth and development in an ever-changing world. Determination is at the core of who we are; we face industry challenges head-on, with accountability guiding our every move. Despite our achievements, we remain humble, always open to feedback and new perspectives, adapting to stay ahead.

And, of course, we never forget to have fun. We cherish the strong bonds within our community, finding joy even in the most challenging tasks. If you’re driven by these values and eager to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to welcome you to our team.

About Guidewire

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.

Disability Accommodations and Guidewire’s Appeals Process. Guidewire provides accommodations to the hiring process to create a fair opportunity for candidates with disabilities to contend for open positions. Accommodation requests should be directed to [email protected]. If things do not go as hoped, we invite you to use our appeals process. Guidewire promises to independently review any denied accommodation and any decision not to offer you the position. The appeals process is the same in either case. Within five business days of receiving a notice of denial of an accommodation, or receiving a notice of your non-selection for a vacancy, e-mail [email protected] to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decision-maker to review the request and/or hiring decision, who will then notify you in writing of a decision within 10 business days.