Vice President

Primary Responsibilities:

•  Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, providing proactive counsel on crisis preparedness, response and recovery, including risk mapping, scenario planning, and real-time advisory.
• Lead employee engagement and workplace communications strategies that support culture-building, organizational change, leadership communications, and workforce advocacy.
• Guide clients on issues impacting corporate reputation-from workplace culture to governance, compliance, and emerging societal expectations.
• Provide strategic and tactical leadership in crisis simulation exercises, employee engagement campaigns, change communications, and leadership visibility programs.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, timely, and impactful solutions that address client needs while ensuring operational excellence and financial health.
• Mentor and develop junior and mid-level staff, ensuring growth, productivity, and alignment with Edelman's best-in-class standards.
• Contribute to Edelman IP by developing frameworks, thought pieces, and toolkits around crisis management, employee engagement, and workplace advisory.
• Drive organic growth by identifying new opportunities within existing client relationships and lead new business efforts in crisis, issues management, and employee engagement.

Key Qualifications:

• 13+ years of experience, with significant expertise in crisis communications, employee engagement, workplace advisory, and organizational change.
• 8+ years of PR agency or consulting experience with exposure to managing high-stakes situations and C-suite stakeholders.
• Strong ability to inspire confidence at senior levels, navigate sensitive internal politics, and deliver calm, strategic guidance under pressure.
• Proven track record in employee communications, leadership messaging, organizational culture initiatives, and workplace transformation.
• Excellent instincts and judgment; ability to think strategically and execute nimbly in dynamic environments.
• Strong project management skills and ability to design and streamline processes for effective delivery.
• Exceptional people management experience, with a track record of developing talent and building high-performing teams.
• Confident presenter and facilitator, capable of leading workshops, townhalls, simulations, and group discussions.

Core Competencies:

• The ability to elucidate client needs, elevate their thinking and ensure a mutually beneficial professional relationship
• Ability to engage and inspire confidence at the C-Suite level
• The ability to navigate internal client politics with decorum and hold your own with tough clients
• The ability and desire to navigate complexity, exercise creative problem-solving skills and think on your feet
• Excellent instincts and judgment; grace under pressure
• Results-driven and solutions-oriented perspective
• Strong presentation skills and ability to lead group discussions while encouraging the thoughtful participation of others
• Exceptional project management skills with a passion for constant and iterative improvements/streamlining of operations and processes to make the group and your client teams more efficient and nimble
• Experience managing teams and helping junior and mid-level staff develop with their professional development and career pathing