Vice President - Communications & Stakeholder Engagement
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Dairy MAXDairy and agriculture
Dallas, Texas, United StatesFull-TimeVp
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Job Details
- Experience
- 12+ years of progressive communications, corporate affairs, public relations, or related experience, including significant executive-level leadership responsibility.
- Required Skills
- Stakeholder management
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, public relations, agriculture, business, or a related field.
- Advanced degree preferred.
- 12+ years of progressive communications, corporate affairs, public relations, or related experience.
- Significant executive-level leadership responsibility.
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise communications, reputation and issues management, executive counsel, and high-performing teams.
- Experience in agriculture, dairy, food, commodity organizations, associations, checkoff organizations, agribusiness, or a related field is strongly preferred.
- Proven ability to build trust and communicate effectively with farmers, employees, boards, media, and industry stakeholders.
- Strategic communications and reputation leadership that connects communications decisions to enterprise outcomes.
- Executive presence and influence, with the ability to advise CEOs, boards, senior leaders, farmers, and industry stakeholders.
- Agriculture and dairy acumen, including credibility with producers and understanding of the agricultural ecosystem.
- Exceptional writing, storytelling, and presentation skills; ability to make complex strategy, data, and issues clear.
- Strong judgment in sensitive, high-profile, or rapidly evolving situations.
- Collaborative, accountable people leadership and the ability to lead through change and drive alignment.
- Ability to travel regularly in support of farmer engagement, industry events, organizational priorities, and executive needs.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute an enterprise reputation and communications strategy aligned with Dairy MAX's mission, priorities, and desired stakeholder perceptions.
- Steward Dairy MAX's corporate and stakeholder brand, voice, positioning, and strategic narrative across leaders, teams, channels, and audiences.
- Monitor emerging issues, public sentiment, and industry trends; lead media relations, issues management, and crisis communications.
- Translate Dairy MAX's strategy, investments, programs, partnerships, and results into clear communications for key stakeholders.
- Build understanding and trust with dairy farmers through authentic, two-way engagement.
- Lead internal, organizational, and change communications in partnership with the CEO, ELT, and HR.
- Lead executive communications, including board materials, presentations, speeches, talking points, and stakeholder briefings.
- Advise leaders on stakeholder perspectives, emerging priorities, organizational readiness, and communications needs.
- Set the vision, priorities, operating model, and standards for the Communications and Farmer & Industry Relations functions.
- Build and coach high-performing teams; oversee partners, agencies, budgets, channels, and technology for both functions.
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