VP Corporate Communications

Boardwalk Pipelines; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardwalk Pipelines is seeking a Vice President, Corporate Communications for its Houston, TX office. The role provides strategic leadership for all enterprise communications, advising the CEO and executive leadership while aligning with Government & External Affairs, HR, Legal, and Operations.

You will lead executive communications, internal engagement, external media relations, and crisis communications, ensuring timely, clear, and credible messaging across stakeholders in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in corporate communications.
• Proven ability to translate complex topics into clear messaging.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the enterprise communications strategy aligned with business objectives and culture.
• Lead executive communications, including CEO messaging, Board presentations, speeches, and town halls.
• Direct internal communications to connect employees with company strategy, priorities, and culture.
• Lead external communications, media relations, and corporate storytelling to support business goals.
• Provide crisis and change communications planning and execution with cross-functional alignment.

Job description

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Boardwalk is a limited partnership operating in the midstream portion of the natural gas and natural gas liquids industry, providing transportation and storage services for our customers. Our 14,000 miles of pipeline and storage assets provide diverse market connectivity to producers and end-users who need reliable sources of natural gas for power generation, home heating or petrochemical feedstocks. We have the experience, knowledge, and flexibility to design service offerings and create system enhancements tailored to our customers’ needs throughout the 13 states in which we operate. As an organization focused on sustainability, we are committed to protecting the environment while delivering this energy source. This commitment is made to our customers, employees, and the communities in which we operate. We incorporate environmental stewardship, safety, and compliance into our day-to-day operations and seek to strengthen and support the communities we serve. Additional information about the company can be found online at www.bwpipelines.com.

We are currently looking for a VP Corporate Communications for our Houston, TX office.

Position Summary

The Vice President, Corporate Communications provides strategic leadership and direction for all enterprise communications, ensuring employees and external stakeholders receive clear, consistent, and impactful messaging that supports the company’s strategy, growth, culture, and reputation. Operating in a fast-paced, high-growth midstream energy environment, the Vice President serves as a trusted advisor to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team while partnering closely with Government & External Affairs, Human Resources, Legal, Commercial, Operations, Safety and Enterprise Resilience, and other business leaders to align communications with organizational priorities.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Communications Strategy

• Develop and execute the enterprise communications strategy aligned with business objectives, growth priorities, culture, and reputation.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO, Executive Leadership Team, and senior leaders on communications opportunities, risks, stakeholder impact, and message strategies.
• Translate complex business, operational, regulatory, legislative, organizational, and reputational topics into clear, compelling communications for diverse audiences.
• Establish enterprise communications priorities, standards, processes, governance, and channel strategies to drive consistency, quality, and effectiveness across the company.

Executive and Leadership Communications

• Lead executive communications, including CEO messaging, Board presentations, speeches, town halls, talking points, strategic announcements, and enterprise messages.
• Strengthen leadership visibility and credibility through clear, authentic, and timely messaging aligned with company priorities.
• Anticipate communications needs around major business initiatives, acquisitions, capital projects, leadership transitions, organizational changes, employee matters, and external developments.
• Partner closely with Human Resources, Legal, Operations, Commercial, Finance, Regulatory, Sustainability, Government & External Affairs, and other functions to align messaging and stakeholder engagement.

Internal Communications and Employee Engagement

• Direct internal communications that connect employees to the company’s strategy, priorities, culture, safety mindset, operating expectations, growth agenda, and organizational change.
• Develop communications plans for enterprise initiatives, acquisitions, capital projects, leadership transitions, engagement programs, and culture-building efforts.
• Improve the effectiveness of employee communication channels, ensuring information is timely, relevant, accessible, and actionable.
• Use feedback, metrics, and employee insights to continuously improve communications effectiveness, and partner with Human Resources to support employee engagement and leadership alignment.

External Communications, Media and Reputation

• Lead external communications, media relations, reputation management, thought leadership, digital communications, and corporate storytelling in support of business and stakeholder objectives.
• Develop clear external positioning that reflects the company’s role as an essential midstream energy infrastructure provider.
• Prepare messaging and response strategies for media inquiries, stakeholder issues, community matters, industry matters, and reputational risks.
• Partner with Government & External Affairs to coordinate messaging on regulatory, legislative, permitting, community, industry, and stakeholder initiatives.
• Provide strategic oversight of corporate brand positioning, identity, and reputation to ensure consistency across internal and external communications.

Crisis, Issues and Change Communications

• Lead communications planning and execution for crisis, emergency response, operational incidents, business continuity events, reputational matters, and sensitive employee or stakeholder issues.
• Develop and maintain crisis communications protocols, message templates, approval pathways, and readiness plans in partnership with Operations, Safety and Enterprise Resilience, Legal, and other leaders.
• Advise leaders during periods of change, ambiguity, heightened stakeholder attention, or reputational sensitivity to ensure communications are disciplined, timely, and credible.
• Conduct post-event reviews and continuous improvement efforts to strengthen communications readiness, response capabilities, and cross-functional coordination.

Team Leadership and Operational Excellence

• Develop and lead a high-performing team of six communications professionals, establishing clear roles, responsibilities, ownership, standards, and accountability.
• Establish operating rhythms, prioritization processes, and performance measures that enable the team to deliver high-quality, impactful work efficiently.
• Manage communications resources, budgets, digital channels, brand standards, tools, vendors, and external agency relationships to ensure quality, value, and alignment with business needs.
• Foster a culture of proactive planning, strong business partnership, disciplined execution, urgency, continuous improvement, and professional growth.

Key Relationships

• CEO and Executive Leadership Team
• Chief Human Resources & Corporate Communications Officer
• Board of Directors, as required
• Government & External Affairs