[KIT-list] Director, Corporate MarCom - East Coast (Remote - East Coast, NY)

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

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brion.wikes@ivalua.com


Director, Corporate Communications - MarCom

This position can be located in: Pittsburgh / New York / Montreal, Atlanta, North Carolina, (East Coast)

We have a GREAT story to tell!
Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/ivalua/jobs/2592798

Ivalua is a fast-growing leader in the rapidly growing Spend Management software market and recent "unicorn." Founded in 2000, with dual headquarters in Redwood City, California, and Orsay, France, Ivalua has maintained both profitability and the industry's highest customer retention rates, at over 98%. Recognized as a leader by Gartner and other analysts, Ivalua's Source-to-Pay suite is leveraged by hundreds of the world's most admired brands to effectively manage all spend and all suppliers, increasing profitability, lowering risk, and improving employee productivity.

Ivalua is accelerating investment to further grow market share and looking for top talent to join our team. Do you thrive in high growth, fast-paced, and data-driven environments? Do you enjoy working with innovative technologies? Is customer success in your DNA? Then Ivalua may be the right place for you.

To further accelerate growth Ivalua is hiring rapidly and seeking a Communications Director, who will play a critical role in our future success. Reporting to the CMO, you will drive our global communications strategy to build and protect the Ivalua brand.

What you will do:

You will be tasked with increasing brand awareness, elevating our status as a vendor and employer, promoting our customers' success, and educating our target market. In particular, your responsibilities will include:

Brand storytelling:

You are a great writer, that can learn our story and effectively communicate it.
Quickly learn our target market's needs and lingo, and how Ivalua uniquely empowers its customers to succeed
Author bylines, press releases, blogs, articles, etc. that effectively convey the Ivalua message and resonate with our target market
Review and edit content written by other employees, contractors, and agencies, ensuring all content published is of high quality and consistent with our message

Market analysis:

You love to stay abreast of market developments and keep the company informed
Assess current events and the potential impact on Ivalua, informing relevant stakeholders and adjusting our strategy as appropriate
Identify opportunities to tie our message to current events to increase coverage
Track and assess competitor messaging / communications, keeping the company informed of important developments
PR agency management. Ensure we have the right agencies supporting us globally and we maximize their impact
Evaluate PR agency performance and coach or make changes as necessary
Guide overall agency priorities and efforts
Inform agencies of developments, ensuring their efforts are aligned with Ivalua's strategy and each other
Coordinate global and local press releases
Media relations. Build and manage the right media relationships.
Identify iessential media contacts and build direct relationships.
Proactively pitch stories for media coverage
Internal Communication: Partner with our Chief HR Officer to support communications to employees and build our brand as an employer
Customer evangelism. Get to know our customers and ensure we promote their successes
Build relationships with customer advocates
Stay abreast of customer developments and opportunities to promote
Coordinate customer media activity
(This position is not focused on Analyst or Investor relations.)

Travel:

Some out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be expected for company events and to coordinate with marketing team members, customers or agencies.

Experience:

10+ years total marketing experience with a focus on communications
Experience assessing and managing multiple PR agencies across the globe
Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to effectively tell a story using various formats
Solid understanding of regional differences and experience localizing messages for specific markets in North America, Europe & Asia
Communications experience in a high growth, public enterprise SaaS company
Solid understanding of the global business media landscape. Existing tier 1 media relationships a plus
Self-starter who actively tackles challenges
Ability to build relationships with customers, agencies and employees and work collaboratively with globally distributed teams
Language: Native English language skills a must. Fluency in French preferred
Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to juggle many competing priorities simultaneously
Bachelor's Degree required. Masters Degree in communications or related field preferred.
Strong proficiency in MS Office suite
Domain expertise in Spend Management, procurement or supply chains is a plus
French language skills is a plus

Watch the Ivalua Video: https://vimeo.com/363634218

Join Ivalua today and procure a great future for your career!


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