Senior Director, Business Communications

Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Senior Director, Business Communications to join our Communications team.

Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full stack technology platform and a focus on serving our members. We started Oscar in 2012 to create the kind of health insurance company we would want for ourselves—one that behaves like a doctor in the family.

About the role

The Senior Director of Business Communications will be responsible for building the Business Communications practice in the Oscar Communications organization. This leader will oversee communications for Oscar’s key business lines: Oscar Insurance and +Oscar (learn more about +Oscar here). The Senior Director of Business Communications will serve as a strategic counselor for Oscar’s senior leaders and as the team expert on integrated communications that accelerate business and company growth priorities. 

The Senior Director of Business Communications will promote and elevate Oscar’s businesses in the market and with our people. This role will be responsible for crafting and executing a holistic and dynamic communications strategy that will optimally position Oscar’s businesses with key audiences and partners, serving as a catalyst for continued expansion in category awareness, brand love, and business growth. The Business Communications leader will partner closely with leaders across the Communications team, including External Communications on B2B and B2C-focused earned media, owned media channel activations, financial communications, and corporate thought leadership. This leader will also partner with Internal Communications on leadership and employee activations. 

In addition, the Senior Director of Communications will work closely with P&L and cross-functional leaders. This role will also be responsible for working downstream with functional experts to ensure business communications execution is consistent, effective, on-brand, and compliant across internal and external campaigns, community activations, and sales enablement.

You will report to the Vice President, Communications.

Work Location: 

Oscar is a blended work culture where everyone, regardless of work type or location, feels connected to their teammates, our culture and our mission. 

If you live within commutable distance to our New York City office ( in Hudson Square), you will be expected to come into the office at least two days each week. 

This is a hybrid role. You will work part of the time in the New York City office and part of the time work-from-home/remote. #LI-Hybrid

Pay Transparency:

The base pay for this role in the states of Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York is: $192,000 - $252,000 per year. You are also eligible for employee benefits, participation in Oscar’s unlimited vacation program, and annual performance bonuses.

Responsibilities

• Develop Oscar’s Business Communications function, leading a growing team of communicators and incorporating best practices in communication and across the healthcare technology industry (people, processes, expectations, work product). 
• Partner closely with Oscar Insurance and +Oscar business leadership, and other senior executives, to map dedicated business line communications strategies aligned with company strategy evolution and in support of highest priority business growth objectives. 
• Drive in-market and national external communications campaigns promoting the value of Oscar Insurance’s and +Oscar’s products and services, including cut-through-the-clutter content, data, and stories leveraging earned, owned, and paid media channels to reach key B2B and B2C stakeholders and client prospects. 
• Develop tailored executive thought leadership platforms, including presentation, event, networking, written, and social media (emphasis on LinkedIn) opportunities, to show the innovative perspectives of our Oscar Insurance and +Oscar leadership.
• Partner closely with Brand, Sales, Growth Marketing, and Product Marketing teams to unearth new story and campaign ideas. Strategically time communications across the business lifecycle with audiences that matter — driving prospect engagement throughout the sales funnel. 
• Work hand-in-hand with the External Communications team to drive earned press coverage with priority national and local outlets, keep the market up-to-date on our latest news, and proactively identify opportunities to highlight Oscar’s businesses in relevant stories – increasing visibility, share of voice, and positive sentiment for Oscar Insurance, +Oscar, and our company. 
• Partner with the Internal Communications team to drive scaled leader enablement, team-based, and broader employee rollouts, further activating our people as carriers of our business line messa