The Vice President of Corporate Affairs will lead business growth and strategy, providing C-Suite counsel, managing communications for technology and financial services sectors while mentoring teams.
We are seeking a Vice President with deep expertise in Corporate Communications, with an emphasis on enterprise technological transformation and financial services, to join and help expand our Corporate Affairs East team.
This senior role requires a visionary strategist and trusted counselor who can anticipate challenges, navigate complexity, and develop forward-looking solutions. The ideal candidate will have the confidence of the C-Suite, thrive in a fast-paced environment, embrace a tech-forward, data-driven mindset, and demonstrate the ability to lead across industries—particularly financial services, banking, asset management, fintech, and technology—while building, inspiring, and mentoring high-performing teams.
As VP, you will bring strategic and financial communications leadership to some of the world’s most recognized brands. You will serve as both a driver of business growth and a guardian of reputation, trust, and performance storytelling.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a senior leader within the Corporate Affairs East practice, with responsibility for business growth, team leadership, and client strategy.
- Provide C-Suite-level counsel on corporate positioning, transformation narratives, market shifts, regulatory issues, financial disclosures, ESG, and crisis management.
- Lead integrated corporate affairs programs across technology and financial services clients, ensuring the highest level of strategy, execution, and measurable outcomes.
- Drive national business and financial media relations, building and leveraging relationships that advance clients’ corporate and financial narratives.
- Partner with clients on reputation management, investor and stakeholder communications, and thought leadership strategies.
- Identify and pursue new growth opportunities, drawing on deep insights into clients, industries, competitors, regulation, and the economy.
- Oversee financial management of accounts, including forecasting, profitability, and multi-million-dollar budgets.
- Shape the strategic direction of the practice, collaborating with senior leaders across geographies to strengthen positioning and expand offerings.
- Champion talent development, including mentoring and advancing future leaders in the Corporate Affairs team.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in Corporate Communications / Corporate Affairs, with strong exposure to financial services and technology sectors.
- Proven success leading complex, multi-stakeholder programs for Fortune 1000 companies.
- Significant agency leadership experience, with a record of driving growth, building client portfolios, and managing large teams.
- Demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted advisor to the C-Suite and senior executives.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- Expertise in financial services communications, including knowledge of banking, insurance, fintech, asset/wealth management, regulatory environments, and financial media.
- Strong background in corporate reputation, financial disclosure positioning, ESG communications, and crisis management.
- Exceptional writing, presentation, and communication skills; proven success in winning new business.
- Deep relationships with national business and financial press and a track record of shaping corporate narratives that influence markets and stakeholders.
- History of mentoring and developing senior and junior talent, with a commitment to diversity, inclusion, and building collaborative teams.
ABOUT US
Zeno Group is the fiercely independent and global, integrated communications agency, born from PR. We bring together the boldest and brightest talent to help clients across industries and sectors unleash the power of strategic communications. Guided by our "Fearless Pursuit of the Unexpected," we push the boundaries to achieve real business value and societal impact for clients. Winner of the industry’s most coveted awards including the 2024 PRWeek U.S. Outstanding Large Agency of the Year, 2023 PRWeek Purpose Agency of the Year, 2022 PRWeek Global Agency of the Year, 2022 PRovoke Best Large Agency to Work For in North America and a three-time winner of PRWeek’s Best Places to Work. Zeno has also been previously recognized by the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Zeno is a DJE Holdings Company.
ABOUT OUR BENEFITS
Healthy, happy employees make Zeno better, so we have programs that support physical, mental and financial wellness. Our culture and benefits are designed to promote flexibility, celebrate diversity and support work/life balance. We offer a variety of medical, dental and vision insurance with prescription plans, as well as short and long-term disability. Our Be Kind to Your Mind program focuses on mental health, providing a paid subscription to Headspace and access to mental health providers and other services through a best-in-class employee assistance program. Employees are encouraged to bring their authentic self to Zeno and participate in our employee resource groups which build communities for sharing and support. And while we love our work, we believe in the restorative power of time off with generous vacation, paid holidays and self-care time. Employees are supported in their pursuit of financial wellness with a 401(k) plan, pretax flexible spending accounts, tuition assistance, life insurance and free access to a certified financial coach. And our unique ZenoFit program provides a monthly allowance to fund activities in your personal life that bring you joy and keep you healthy. These and other benefits are available to non-temporary employees in the US.
Zeno Group is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage racially and ethnically diverse people, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, parents, individuals with disabilities and members of any and all protected classes to apply.
Top Skills
Corporate Communications
Financial Services
Technology
Zeno Group New York, New York, USA Office
140 Broadway, New York, NY, United States, 10005
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