Senior VP, Corporate Communications & Strategy

Pathward, N.A.; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Pathward, N.A. is seeking a senior corporate communications leader to design and deliver integrated communications connecting our strategy, culture, priorities, and impact.

You will guide executives, shape enterprise messaging, and oversee external and internal communications programs across the organization. This role requires influencing across technology, operations, compliance, legal, and risk, with travel up to 10% for offsite meetings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work experience; Master's degree preferred.
• Typically, 12+ years with bachelor's or equivalent.
• Scope encompasses one or more corporate communications functional areas and enterprise communication policy.
• Decisions establish enterprise direction for messaging, reputation, channels, governance, and resource priorities.
• Work connects corporate strategy, culture, performance, and stakeholder expectations through integrated communications.
• Communication skills: ability to convey complex financial and technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Strategic thinking: align business initiatives with organizational goals and market opportunities.
• Stakeholder management: influencing and collaborating with executives, regulators, clients, and partners.
• Change leadership: guiding organizations through transformation, growth, and innovation initiatives.
• Cross-functional collaboration: working across technology, operations, compliance, legal, risk, and business teams.
• Project & program management: planning, organizing, and executing strategic initiatives.
• Data analytics: analyze data, identify trends, and support data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated internal and external communications strategies aligned with priorities and objectives.
• Advise executives on messaging, stakeholder engagement, reputation management, and planning.
• Develop enterprise messaging frameworks and narratives linking strategy to impact.
• Oversee media relations, PR, corporate announcements, and executive communications.
• Lead employee communications programs, campaigns, and events to reinforce priorities.
• Govern editorial calendars, content planning, approvals, and standards enterprise-wide.
• Direct corporate storytelling for enterprise, executives, employees, and external audiences.
• Create executive communications, including presentations, town halls, talking points.
• Lead communications for organizational change, transformation, initiatives, issues, and crises.
• Monitor communication effectiveness using audience data to improve channels and programs.
• Travel a few times a year for offsite meetings (up to 10%).
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Integrated communications

Executive messaging

Media relations

Stakeholder management

Change leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analytics

Program management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Pathward, N.A. is seeking a senior corporate communications leader to design and deliver integrated communications connecting our strategy, culture, priorities, and impact.

You will guide executives, shape enterprise messaging, and oversee external and internal communications programs across the organization. This role requires influencing across technology, operations, compliance, legal, and risk, with travel up to 10% for offsite meetings.