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VP, External Affairs - California Region at Comcast
Livermore, United States
Job Descrption
Job Summary
The Vice President of External Affairs role is part of the California Senior Leadership Team and works closely with key stakeholders to provide advocacy and messaging strategy in California. This includes working with key stakeholders such as local, legislative, and regulatory. The VP of External Affairs is responsible for directing local external affairs activities including government affairs, community impact, media, and public relations.The VP of External Affairs works as both a strategist and business partner across the entire California Region and influences the broader division and company. The most significant role to be played is that of a growth partner, expanding our network, increasing brand sentiment, and driving awareness.
Job Description
Core Qualifications:
- 15+ years of government affairs and senior media/public relations experience with global, highly competitive companies.
- Preferred working experience with city and county administrative processes and procedures.
- Extensive experience in local and state political environments and media markets, and preferably established relationships with political, community and media leaders in key Comcast markets.
- Demonstrated experience building and leading a high-performing government affairs, external affairs, and communications team responsible for media relations, government relations, external partnerships, and community impact.
- Strong knowledge of business and ability to build and develop strong partnerships with each internal stakeholder. Understanding their organizations and how each partnership can be mutually supportive.
- Understand the evolving technology landscape (web, mobile, social) and effectively articulate a vision of what to expect on the horizon and its impact.
- Ability to apply performance management rigor, to hire, mentor, coach and develop direct reports and other high-potential managers to be the best that they can be, while ensuring they are in the right roles.
- Ability to create cohesive messages for customers, employees, and key stakeholders.
- Demonstrated understanding of customer needs and sentiment to leverage insights into messages that “delight” our customers.
- Works effectively cross functionally in a matrixed organization.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience in public relations or crisis management preferred.
- Establishes issue advocacy and positioning strategies for effective outreach and partnership with internal and external stakeholders to drive business priorities.
- Collaborates to ensure that all investments and activities within or adjacent to government relations, external communications, and community impact are aligned and targeted to maximize resources and to ensure the company “speaks with one voice” on its key issues and initiatives.
Compensation
Primary Location Pay Range: $300,804.67 - $451,207.00Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.
The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.
Education
Bachelor's DegreeWhile possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.Certifications (if applicable)
Relative Work Experience
15 Years +Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Comcast will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
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