CEO Communications Strategist

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How will you make a difference to PMI?

The CEO Communications Strategist is a highly execution-focused communications professional responsible for preparing the CEO for both internal and external engagements through high-quality presentations, briefing materials, and executive-ready messaging. This role sits within the PR + Communications team and partners closely with the CEO’s Chief of Staff, translating direction from the CEO, Chief of Staff, and CMO into polished, timely deliverables.

This is a hands-on, operational role with ownership of the day-to-day execution of CEO communications. Responsibilities include managing engagement preparation workflows, coordinating inputs and approvals, and building and maintaining PowerPoint presentations end-to-end. The role also partners across Marketing to support CEO involvement in key moments—such as product launches, integrated campaigns, and podcast appearances—working closely with Campaign + Content Delivery, Brand Marketing, PR, and the CEO’s administrative team to ensure alignment on timing, messaging, and logistics.

What you’ll bring to the role

• CEO presentation development (PowerPoint) and design: Own the creation, revision, and final production of CEO decks across engagement types (e.g. All Hands, external event engagements, owned events, etc.). Develop narrative arc, slide structure, tight messaging, and executive-level polish; ensure brand-consistent visual design and maintain templates/slide libraries.
• CEO engagement readiness and briefing materials: Prepare the CEO for engagements through high-quality briefing docs including objectives, audience context, key messages, talk tracks, FAQs/Q&A, backgrounders, and run-of-show notes; ensure materials reflect CEO voice, business priorities, and appropriate nuance.
• Engagement operations and administration: Maintain a CEO communications tracker (upcoming engagements, deliverables, deadlines, owners, approvals, final versions). Manage stakeholder inputs, review cycles, and version control; coordinate fact-checking and approvals with Marketing, PR, Legal, HR, Product, and Finance as needed.
• Marketing coordination for CEO moments: Coordinate CEO involvement in Marketing moments such as product launches and campaign tentpoles, ensuring sequencing, channel alignment, and readiness in partnership with Campaign Delivery and Integrated Marketing teams.
• Owned content support (e.g. The Shift Code): Coordinate with Content Delivery on episode planning needs, timelines, CEO prep materials (talking points, guest briefs, themes), and recording logistics; partner with the CEO admin and Chief of Staff to lock scheduling and prep windows.
• PR + Comms collaboration on CEO opportunities: Partner with PR to evaluate and activate opportunities where CEO participation advances business priorities (media, podcasts, speaking). Support with briefing materials, messaging, and prep documents, and ensure alignment to broader narrative and reputational considerations.
• Sensitive topics and executive judgment: Navigate nuanced and sensitive topics with maturity, discretion, and business acumen. Identify risks early (tone, ambiguity, misalignment, factual gaps), recommend solutions, and execute communications with confidentiality and calm urgency.

Role Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, English, Public Relations, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5–7+ years of experience in executive communications, corporate communications, PR, or similarly execution-heavy roles.
• Demonstrated experience supporting senior executives (CEO or equivalent) with high-stakes engagement preparation, messaging, and briefing materials.
• Advanced PowerPoint expertise with a proven ability to produce executive-level decks quickly (story + design + polish), including frequent updates and last-minute changes.
• Experience coordinating across multiple teams and approval stakeholders under tight deadlines.
• Experience supporting marketing launches, integrated campaigns, or owned content programming involving senior executive participation preferred.
• Possible Travel up to 30% if needed.

What you can expect from us

We value and nurture an environment of inclusivity and diversity, and a culture of communication and collaboration. Your health, safety and well-being come first, and we believe that you should have time for your work, but you should also have time for you..

Join us and you’ll get

• an excellent total package, with compensation and benefits based upon your geographic location.

• skill development opportunities, to help you grow now and into the future.

• access to a global network, to enrich your professional experience.

• flexible options to help balance work time and your time

• award and bonus opportunities. The salary offer will be based on several factors, including the candidate’s demonstrated skills, qualifications and relevant experience.

Let’s help make the world work better for everyone. Apply today! Project Management Institute, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.