Corporate Communications Lead-Commercial Excellence

Job Description

This role is hybrid out of our Northbrook or Chicago office (3) days a week

UL Solutions is seeking a Business Communications Advisor to join its Global Communications team. This seasoned communications strategist serves as an effective counselor, influencer and best practice advocate to senior leaders. They are responsible for designing and executing customized, integrated communications strategies that deliver business results.

This position works in close collaboration with colleagues across the global Communications team and key leaders across businesses and corporate functions.

You may be a great match for this role if:

• You enjoy variety, staying curious and helping others embrace change.
• You thrive through ambiguity and rise to and are energized by every challenge.
• You are skilled at asking the right questions to write rich and compelling content to inform, inspire, engage and drive the right action(s) from stakeholders.
• You are strategic and solutions minded. You address challenges by thinking differently and creatively. You are proactive and bring latest ideas.
• You embrace data and effectively use it to inform strategy and influence leaders.
• You can see the “big picture” and connect the dots across the organization to ensure consistency and mitigate risk.
• You remain focused, yet flexible in an ambitious, fast-paced, evolving and growth-minded environment.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Build and cultivate strong relationships with senior leadership, subject matter experts and additional stakeholders both inside and outside our global organization.
• Lead development and execution of multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder communications strategies for critical initiatives and programs across the organization
• Partner with key leaders to develop content that will inspire, influence, engage and drive action in alignment with the company’s ambition and business objectives. Examples include but are not limited to quarterly corporate-wide meetings and team townhalls, leader communications, news, employee stories, corporate events, M&A and other strategic initiatives.
• Work cross-functionally with other team members to align on communication goals, channel strategy and messaging.
• Partner with in-house visual communications resources or outside agencies to develop complementary digital assets for internal and external use.
• Develop and manage content for communications channels, including but not limited to SharePoint, social media, corporate newsletter, intranet, UL.com, email, Annual Report, and more.
• Measure reach/effectiveness of communications; Establish benchmarks and leverage results to inform strategic communications plans.
• Performs other duties as directed.
  
  

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field, plus minimum 7 years of related experience.
• Creative, strategic thinker and storyteller with exceptional writing and editing skills (AP Style) who can effectively communicate what we need stakeholders to know, feel, and do.
• Must have experience translating complex ideas into simple, authentic and compelling communications.
• Strong capabilities in building and cultivating relationships with senior leaders.
• Can effectively influence, change perceptions and drive adoption by serving as the voice of Communications in cross-functional workstreams or other collaborative environments.
• Proven experience designing effective communication for organizations undergoing transformation and significant organizational change.
• Excellent presentation skills and executive presence.
• Experience managing and using a wide array of communications tools and channels.
• Consistently demonstrates accountability, is proactive, motivated, agile and a self-starter.
• Proven ability to lead and engage across functions and geographies.
• Demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects, delivering high quality and unmatched customer service.
• Familiarity with communications technology including (or similar to) SharePoint, Microsoft suite, Airtable, Poppulo is preferred.
• Experience in a B2B professional services environment is preferred.
• Experience working in a global communications role for a complex matrix organization across regions is highly preferred.
• May be required to work outside normal business hours on occasion.
  
  

Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $100,000 to $130,000 and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 20% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).

About Us

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.