VP Corporate Communications

Role Overview

• Develop and execute an integrated communications strategy aligned to company growth objectives, market positioning, customer engagement, and enterprise priorities
• Partner with the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and executive leadership team to shape and advance the company's corporate narrative
• Ensure consistent messaging across all internal and external stakeholder groups
• Establish communications as a strategic business function that drives enterprise value, market differentiation, and organizational alignment
• Build communications programs that support long term corporate objectives, including capital markets readiness, category leadership, and corporate reputation
• Lead all proactive and reactive media engagement strategies
• Build and strengthen relationships with national business media, healthcare trade media, technology media, industry influencers, analysts, and content creators
• Develop integrated earned media programs that elevate Cotiviti's visibility and thought leadership position
• Oversee issues management, crisis communications, reputation management, and executive communications support
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership during high profile corporate events, announcements, acquisitions, and business transformations
• Develop and execute executive communications strategies for the CEO and senior leadership team
• Drive speaking opportunities, media interviews, podcasts, conference participation, and thought leadership programs
• Build executive platforms that strengthen the company's visibility among customers, investors, policymakers, analysts, and industry stakeholders
• Create compelling content and narratives that position Cotiviti leaders as trusted voices on healthcare, artificial intelligence, interoperability, payment accuracy, quality, and healthcare infrastructure
• Own the enterprise social media strategy across all corporate and executive channels
• Build a modern content engine that leverages video, multimedia, executive content, customer stories, industry commentary, and real time market engagement
• Partner with Brand, Creative, and Digital teams to ensure social channels function as strategic business assets
• Establish measurement frameworks tied to engagement, audience growth, share of voice, and business impact
• Expand executive visibility and influence through coordinated social activation programs
• Lead enterprise internal communications strategy supporting organizational alignment, employee engagement, cultural transformation, and business performance
• Develop executive communication programs that connect employees to company strategy, priorities, and performance
• Oversee leadership communications, employee campaigns, town halls, culture initiatives, and change management programs
• Build communication frameworks that support a highly connected, informed, and engaged workforce
• Partner closely with Human Resources and executive leadership on employee experience initiatives
• Build and manage the company's formal spokesperson program
• Identify, train, and support executive and subject matter expert spokespeople across the enterprise
• Establish governance processes for media engagement, speaking opportunities, analyst interactions, and external communications activities
• Ensure message consistency and strategic alignment across all external representation of the company
• Lead and develop a high performing communications organization spanning external communications, social media, internal communications, content, and executive communications
• Establish operational rigor, planning processes, measurement frameworks, and communications best practices
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Manage agency relationships, external partners, budgets, and communications investments
• Hire, develop, coach, lead and retain top-tier talent, with a focus on building and improving a team and culture that is able to assist in employing best in class practices to support and drive high levels of internal and external customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, Business, or related field
• Advanced degree preferred
• 15+ years of progressive communications leadership experience
• Experience leading corporate communications for a large healthcare, technology, software, data, or highly regulated organization
• Demonstrated success advising CEOs and senior executive teams
• Significant experience across media relations, executive communications, thought leadership, social media, and internal communications
• Proven ability to lead communications through periods of transformation, growth, acquisitions, organizational change, or public company readiness
• Strong understanding of healthcare, technology, data, artificial intelligence, or enterprise software markets
• Exceptional writing, storytelling, presentation, and strategic communications skills
• Experience managing crises, complex stakeholder environments, and high visibility corporate issues
• Proven ability to build, scale, and lead high performing teams

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage
• 401(k) savings plans
• Paid family leave
• 9 paid holidays per year
• 17-27 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year