Strategic Communications Lead, Security & Resiliency

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Rochester (NY); Sur place; USD 250 000 - 350 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking an Executive Director to lead the external communications for the Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI) in New York.

You will shape strategy, counsel senior leaders, and coordinate with Corporate Responsibility Communications, Government Relations, and line-of-business teams to tell clear, credible stories. You will manage media relationships, oversee high-quality content across press materials, thought leadership, speeches, and briefings, and ensure consistent

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of progressive experience in external/strategic communications, including media relations and reputation management for complex, high-profile initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience at the intersection of defense/national security, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and supply chains, energy independence and resilience, frontier and strategic technologies (e.g., AI, cybersecurity, quantum), and/or pharma and healthtech—gained in financial services, government/public sector, an agency environment, or industry aligned to SRI’s focus areas.
• Proven ability to set and execute communications strategy that translates complex work—capital deployment (financing and/or investing), thought leadership, and policy engagement/public-private partnership activity—into clear, credible external narratives.
• Strong media capability: established experience managing senior media relationships, securing high-impact coverage, and navigating sensitive topics with sound judgment (including reactive/issues and crisis communications).
• Exceptional writing and editorial judgment; ability to distill complex geopolitical, industrial, energy, technology, and investment topics into clear, compelling content.
• Strong stakeholder management in a highly matrixed environment; able to partner effectively with senior leaders and cross-functional teams (including Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Government Relations).
• Excellent project management, prioritization, and operational discipline; thrives in a fast-paced, high-urgency environment.
• Analytical, strategic problem solver with high attention to detail and a strong risk mindset.

Responsabilités

• Lead development and execution of the external communications strategy for SRI, grounded in SRI’s focus areas (supply chain and advanced manufacturing; defense and aerospace; energy independence and resilience; frontier and strategic technologies; pharma and healthtech) and aligned to firmwide priorities.
• Serve as a trusted communications advisor to senior leaders, providing counsel on messaging, positioning, reputation management, and high-value engagement opportunities.
• Manage media relations, including proactive outreach and reactive issues management, and cultivate relationships with top-tier national, financial, trade, and defense/national-security media to strengthen the firm’s external profile.
• Develop and execute proactive communications campaigns around key milestones (investments, transactions, expansions, research, and thought leadership), ensuring credibility, precision, and message pull-through.
• Draft, edit, and oversee high-quality content across formats—press materials, thought leadership, executive remarks/speeches, briefings, op-eds, fact sheets, and talking points—translating complex capital-, investment-, and policy-related work into clear external narratives.
• Partner seamlessly with policy-focused colleagues in Corporate Responsibility Communications who lead SRI’s policy advocacy work, ensuring coordinated external communications across SRI’s core policy priorities and public-private partnership engagement.
• Collaborate with internal partners across lines of business, Government Relations, Legal, Compliance, and Risk to ensure accurate, timely, and disciplined communications.
• Monitor geopolitical, industry, and regulatory developments to inform messaging, anticipate issues, and identify strategic opportunities.
• Track and measure communications outcomes and the effectiveness of tactics; provide insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Support spokesperson preparation for media interviews, conferences, and speaking engagements; elevate executives and subject matter experts through an intentional visibility strategy.
• Build strong relationships with communicators across the firm to enable seamless coordination and consistent messaging.

Connaissances

External communications

Media relations

Strategic storytelling

Executive advisory

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Outils

PowerPoint

AI tools

Description du poste

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking an Executive Director to lead the external communications for the Security and Resiliency Initiative (SRI) in New York.

You will shape strategy, counsel senior leaders, and coordinate with Corporate Responsibility Communications, Government Relations, and line-of-business teams to tell clear, credible stories. You will manage media relationships, oversee high-quality content across press materials, thought leadership, speeches, and briefings, and ensure consistent