Your Role

The Corporate Communications team supports Blue Shield of California's reputation with both internal and external audiences through employee engagement, media and executive visibility. The Senior Communications Manager will report to the Senior Director of Corporate Communications. In this role you will lead a team supporting the Chief Human Resources Officer and the People and Engagement function of the company.

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Serve as the communications lead for the People & Engagement team
• Partner with executive leadership and key stakeholders to design and implement strategic communications plans in support of Blue Shield of California priorities with the goal of establishing, advancing and maintaining a favorable corporate reputation with targeted audiences, including employees, providers, brokers, public officials, opinion leaders, regulators, consumers and media
• Create employee communications that provides clarity, confidence and connection to our mission, strategy and leadership team
• Design executive visibility programs to build our brand and reputation and develop message platforms to ensure we tell a consistent story
• Oversee, develop and/or support corporate communications campaigns and strategies on corporate priorities
• Drive creative discussions and develop creative briefs and concepts to execute across a variety of media (videos, webinar presentations, events/meetings)
• Interview, write and publish executive blogs, presentations and talking points
• Develop messaging to ensure we tell a consistent story
• Mentor other team members to learn, grow and contribute to a high-performing team

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires BS/BA with 10+ years' experience in strategic communications, including a demonstrated track record of providing advice and counsel to management, developing and executing successful communications strategies and programs (Advanced degree a plus)
• Requires strong interest in health care and the ability to create thoughtful, original content
• Requires broad understanding of all facets of communications, including knowledge and understanding of social media
• Requires ability to think strategically and create strategic and implementation plans that drive results
• Requires significant experience in creating or writing corporate information, including fact sheets, biographies, public reports, speeches, PowerPoint presentations and web content
• Requires exceptional interpersonal communication skills and senior client relationship management experience
• Requires solid project management skills with ability to develop and execute multiple end-to-end programs concurrently and with little oversight
• Requires executive presence, professionalism, and ability to influence and build partnerships at all levels
• Requires outstanding verbal and presentation skills
• Experience supporting human resources is preferred

Pay Range:

The pay range for this role is: $ 136400.00 to $ 204600.00 for California.

Note:

Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.