Executive Communications Director- Office of the CEO

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

A senior, embedded communications leader within the Office of the CEO, accountable for owning and shaping the CEO’s voice, narrative, and high-stakes communications across all audiences and contexts. This role is ideal for a high-judgment, low-ego strategic advisor who proactively shapes executive messaging, collaborates seamlessly across teams, and protects narrative coherence under pressure.

This is a hybrid role, requiring in-office presence aligned with the CEO’s schedule, as well as the flexibility to travel as needed to support executive engagements, conferences, and key events.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Establish and steward the CEO narrative and message architecture, ensuring consistency, clarity, and impact across all communications.
• Serve as the primary drafting and synthesis engine for CEO-facing communications in close partnership with External, Internal, and Philanthropy Communications teams.
• Advise the CEO and Chief of Staff on language, tone, positioning, and narrative strategy.
• Create and own high-stakes content including remarks, speeches, memos, scripts, op-eds and support CEO communications for Board meetings.
• Partner closely with communications and philanthropy teams to prepare the CEO for media interviews, public appearances, and high-profile donor and stakeholder engagements.
• Work with Internal Communications to shape CEO engagement and communications for internal audiences, strengthening alignment, culture, and enterprise-wide clarity on priorities.
• Lead end-to-end briefing strategy for CEO engagements across internal, external, and donor-facing audiences.
• Provide rapid, high-judgment communications support in partnership with Communications, Legal, and Government Relations during reputational, regulatory, and crisis situations.
• Translate complex healthcare, research, and policy topics into compelling messages for a diverse range of audiences.
• Use internal and external data and insights to shape clear, persuasive, and credible storytelling.
• Build strong working relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders to align messaging and communication priorities.

Your qualifications should include:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, or a related field required; Master’s degree strongly preferred.
• 10 years of experience in executive communications, speechwriting, or advisory roles, ideally supporting a CEO or other senior public leader.
• Deep experience translating complex healthcare, research, or policy topics for diverse audiences.
• Strong data-informed storytelling skills and comfort using operational and policy data in narrative form.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and strategic framing abilities.
• High discretion with strong political judgment and emotional intelligence.
• Ability to shape a consistent core narrative while tailoring it to resonate with different audiences based on stakeholder insights
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Strong relationship-building and executive influence skills.
• Comfort preparing materials for high-pressure environments and representing the CEO’s voice with confidence and precision.

If you are a strategic communicator who thrives in high-visibility environments and wants to help shape the voice of an organization transforming the future of cancer care, we encourage you to apply today.

City of Hope employees’ pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.