Director, Corporate Communications

About the role

This Director role involves shaping and executing Cohere's global communication strategies, aligning them with company goals and brand positioning. The position requires developing clear, compelling messages for various audiences, including internal teams, executive leadership, and external stakeholders. A key aspect is leading the integration of AI into communication workflows to enhance content creation and scaling, ensuring the company's narrative is consistent and impactful across all channels.

The successful candidate will build and lead a team of eight communications professionals, overseeing functions from executive speaking engagements to crisis management. This includes developing rapid response capabilities and directing communications preparedness. Collaboration with legal, executive leadership, and other functional teams is crucial to protect the company's reputation and maintain stakeholder trust.

Success in this role means effectively translating complex topics into simple, engaging narratives that resonate with employees, customers, partners, and investors. It involves leveraging data-driven insights to refine strategies, amplifying customer success stories, and elevating executive thought leadership. The Director will act as a central communications hub, ensuring seamless integration and consistency across all internal and external communication touchpoints.

The annual salary for this position ranges from $230,000 to $290,000 USD.

Skills that matter here

• in-house corporate communications: This role requires extensive experience in managing corporate communications within an organization, ideally in a fast-paced tech or AI setting.
• people management: The Director will be responsible for building and leading a team of eight communications professionals.
• pre-IPO communications: Experience in communications strategies for companies approaching an initial public offering is a key requirement.
• policy and regulatory communications: The role involves navigating and communicating around policy and regulatory matters relevant to the company.
• exceptional writer: The ability to distill complex topics into clear, compelling narratives is essential for all communications.
• project management skills: The role requires strong organizational and process-driven skills to manage various communication initiatives effectively.

Who this role suits

• You are a seasoned communications leader with a background in high-growth technology or AI environments.
• You thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving settings and can prioritize effectively to achieve results.
• You are highly organized, process-driven, and possess a bias for action.
• You are adept at building relationships and serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.

From the employer

As Director, Corporate Communications, you will:

• Build and lead a team of eight across various Corporate Communications functions
• Develop and implement comprehensive Corporate Communications strategies that align with organizational goals, values, and brand positioning across internal and external audiences
• Partner with executive leadership, people operations product teams, and external stakeholders to craft clear, compelling messaging and materials that support business priorities, organizational changes, and market positioning
• Develop and execute rapid response muscle
• Oversee high-impact communications forums including executive speaking engagements, industry conferences, customer events, and internal leadership gatherings
• Lead AI integration for the communications team to enhance content ideation, creation, and scaling
• Oversee and optimize the corporate communications channel ecosystem—including earned media, owned channels, executive communications, and employee engagement tools—while innovating with emerging formats and technologies
• Lead cross-functional storytelling initiatives that connect daily work to Cohere's mission, amplify customer success stories, and elevate executive thought leadership in the marketplace
• Leverage data-driven insights and audience research to inform communications strategies that resonate with employees, customers, partners, investors, and industry influencers
• Direct crisis and issues communications preparedness and response across all stakeholder groups, coordinating with legal, executive leadership, and functional teams to protect corporate reputation and stakeholder trust
• Serve as the central communications hub, ensuring seamless integration and consistency between internal communications, external PR, marketing narratives, and executive messaging across all touchpoints

You may be a good fit if you:

• Have 12-15 years of experience in-house corporate communications, ideally within a fast-paced, high-growth tech or AI environment
• 5+ years of experience in people management
• Are scrappy. You thrive in thinking “outside the box” and find joy in marrying a problem to its solution
• Are adept in pre-IPO communications
• Have experience in policy and regulatory communications
• Are an exceptional writer with a talent for distilling complex, cross-functional topics into simple, compelling narratives
• Have experience serving as a communications business partner or trusted advisor to senior leaders, executives, and people/human resources teams
• Are highly organized and process-driven, with strong project management skills and a bias for action
• Bring high levels of creativity to communications – in format, channel, and storytelling
• Are comfortable navigating organizational dynamics and building strong relationships across all levels
• Thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and know how to prioritize ruthlessly

FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AT COHERE ENJOY THESE PERKS:

• A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch.
• Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.
• RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme.
• 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent.
• Annual enrichment benefits:
• Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit.
• Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
• 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!)
• Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite.