Vice President, Corporate Communications

Vice President, Corporate Communications

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Circana is a leading provider of technology, AI, and data solutions for consumer packaged goods companies, manufacturers, and retailers. Our predictive analytics and Liquid Data® platform help clients measure market share, uncover consumer behavior, and drive growth—powered by six decades of expertise and an expansive, high-quality data set.

At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives.  We’re a global company dedicated to fostering inclusivity and belonging. We value and celebrate the unique experiences, cultures, and viewpoints that each individual brings. By embracing a wide range of backgrounds, skills, expertise, and beyond, we create a stronger, more innovative environment for our employees, clients, and communities. With us, you can always bring your full self to work.  Join our inclusive, committed team to be a challenger, own outcomes, and stay curious together. Circana is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work®. This prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Circana. Learn more at www.circana.com.

What will you be doing?

The Vice President of Corporate Communications will lead the planning and execution of enterprise communications programs that help employees and stakeholders understand, engage with, and act on Circana’s most important business priorities. Reporting to and partnering closely with the Chief Communications Officer, this leader will translate M&A, HR, organizational change, and global initiatives into coordinated communication strategies, stakeholder playbooks, leader materials, and measurable engagement plans.

Key Responsibilities:

Enterprise Strategy & Change Communications

- Lead communications planning and execution for M&A integration, HR initiatives, organizational changes, operating model updates, and global enterprise programs, ensuring leaders and employees receive clear, timely, and actionable information.

- Build the workplans, stakeholder maps, message architectures, editorial calendars, approval processes, and measurement approaches needed to execute consistently across regions and functions.

- Manage the strategic partnership between Corporate Communications and HR, serving as the primary point of alignment on talent, culture, org-design, and employee-experience initiatives to ensure integrated planning and consistent messaging.

Leadership Engagement

- Lead communications support for events, leadership visits, town halls, and engagement programs, ensuring clear sequencing and consistent enterprise messaging.

- Write speeches, video scripts, discussion guides, and talking points for senior leaders, translating business priorities into clear, audience-ready messages.

Reputation, Issues & Governance

- Partner with senior communications leaders to ensure internal, leadership, and stakeholder communications are aligned with Circana’s corporate narrative, reputation priorities, and business strategy.

- Support M&A and Legal workstreams by partnering with Legal to develop disciplined stakeholder communications for litigation-related, regulatory, and disclosure-sensitive matters, ensuring materials are aligned, appropriately reviewed, and managed with discretion.

- Serve as a trusted communications partner to HR, M&A, regional, and business stakeholders, providing counsel on message strategy, employee impact, timing, risks, and execution.

- Maintain communications governance, standards, and best practices that reinforce execution discipline and clear decision-making across complex initiatives.

- Use employee insights, channel analytics, feedback loops, and post-initiative retrospectives to evaluate communications effectiveness and continuously improve clarity, engagement, and adoption.

Requirements

- 10+ years of experience in strategic corporate communications, ideally within fast-paced, highly regulated industries such as information services, financial services, or technology.

- Proven success leading multi-stakeholder communications for mergers, acquisitions, or organizational transformations.

- Experience coordinating with external communications, including PR, legal, HR, M&A, strategy, and leadership.

- Experience supporting Legal-driven and issues-management workstreams, including litigation, regulatory, disclosure-sensitive, response protocol, and employee-facing stakeholder communications.

- Strong writing and storytelling skills with the ability to translate complex information into clear, concise messaging.

- Demonstrated ability to work under tight timeframes, manage through ambiguity, and influence across functions and levels.

- Executive presence and discretion.

- Demonstrated background supporting senior leadership communications, including executive messaging, leader visibility, and speechwriting programs.

- Sound judgment on communications matters, with the conviction to advise employees at all levels, from entry-level to C-suite, while building productive colleague relationships.

- Experience working across global teams and regions.

- Experience using data, feedback, and employee insights to measure and improve results.

- Strong project management skills.

- Highly conscientious, with strong attention to detail.

- Bachelor’s degree in communications, business, or related field (MBA or relevant graduate degree a plus).

Circana Behaviors

Beyond technical skills, experience, and role-specific attributes, these shared behaviors are fundamental to our culture and success. We seek individuals who consistently demonstrate and champion these behaviors in their daily work:

- Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions.

- Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.

- Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.

- Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.

- Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for continuous improvement.

- Champion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy, respect, and integrity.

- Commit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.

Location: This position can be located in the following area(s): Remote (US) with a preference for candidates located in the Eastern or Central time zones. Candidates outside those regions may still be considered if they can consistently work Eastern/Central business hours to support collaboration with key stakeholders.

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. The salary range for this role is $180,000 - $200,000 USD. This role is also eligible for bonus pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

An offer of employment may be conditional upon successful completion of a background check in accordance with local legislation and our  candidate privacy notice . Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.

You can apply for this role through the Circana careers website or Intranet site for internal candidates. This role is subject to AI-assisted screening. Circana uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess resumes for alignment with job requirements by helping locate details in resumes that relate to the job description.

This position is expected to remain open for approximately 30 days and may close earlier if sufficient qualified candidates are identified.

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