Director, Americas Consulting Communications and Engagement Leader

Location: New York, Washington, Hoboken, McLean, Iselin

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Director, Americas Consulting Communications and Engagement Leader

 

The opportunity

EY is seeking a creative, strategic and highly motivated executive to lead and deliver communications programs that drive positive reputation, relationships and growth for the Consulting service line.  Working directly with the Americas Vice Chair of Consulting, this is a great role for a seasoned communications team leader with a proven track record of building effective executive, internal communications and employee engagement strategies, and in developing compelling communications programs that enhance an organization’s culture, drives growth, strengthens reputation and builds the brand. If you are a connector and a builder who thrives in roles where the work combines strategic thinking with rapid response, creativity and collaborative problem-solving, you’d do well leading the internal communications team aligned to EY’s large, diverse and fast-moving Americas Consulting service line. This role requires experience managing complex, campaigns that engage and inspire corporate employees around a company’s mission, leadership principles, business objectives, and other service line priorities.

 

Your key responsibilities

You’ll be expected to set the communications strategy for Consulting, manage the day to day internal communications function for Americas Consulting. You will be responsible for building and cultivating strong trusted advisor relationships with key internal stakeholders to provide communications support to meet approved business goals and objectives. As a trusted advisor to the Consulting practice and a member of the BMC leadership team, you will liaise with Global Consulting and other \US BMC Leaders to drive consistent messaging and provide strategic and impactful communications that engage and inform more than 25,000 Americas Consulting professionals. You will be responsible for devising and executing an internal communications strategy and plan, managing a team of 5 or more people and agency teams, overseeing the internal communications & engagement budget, advising leadership and reporting on the results and value derived from communication efforts.

 

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to develop a comprehensive, targeted and streamlined communications and content strategy, including annual communications plans, calendars, timelines and budgets to meet strategic objectives
• Advise and work closely with Americas consuting leader on messaging, channel mix an doverall communications objectives.
• Provide direction for our distinctive Consulting at EY communications for internal audiences
• Demonstrated experience in creating impactful change management messaging platforms
• Develop, streamline and create email messages, daily articles, webcasts, video and audio messaging, internal communication campaigns, etc.
• Ability to present complex ideas and anticipate potential challenges. Leveraging experience, insight and creativity to influence others to consider innovative solutions by presenting alternative ideas
• Demonstrated teamwork and leadership skills, including the ability to select, manage and develop a team of internal communications professionals
• Leverage extensive experience and deep insight to deftly advise and influence leadership on the optimal use of communications and channels, share best practices, build the business and create a shared and inspirational vision
• Technical: Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Results-driven: Delivers on EY’s, Consulting’s and BMC’s strategic priorities; aligns communications with EY’s goals and communicates the Consulting value proposition.
• Talent development: Proactively develops others; sees learning, feedback and development as a critical input to delivering exceptional client service to BMC clients; seeks to inspire.
• Be a point of integration: Enables knowledge sharing throughout Consulting, BMC and EY; has the ability to synthesize information from others; connects all facets of the business when initiating, developing and implementing Communication programs; helps the business address its big issues; serves as an organizational connector.
• Problem sol