Vice President of Communications

We’re looking for a Vice President of Communications to make Maven one of the most recognized, trusted, and culturally relevant brands in women’s and family health Maven has spent more than a decade changing how women and families access healthcare Today, we serve millions of members through employers, health plans, and directly as consumers—and we’re entering a new chapter where the opportunity to build Maven’s brand as one people know, trust, and want to be part of is as significant as the opportunity ahead for our business Reporting to the Chief of Staff in the Office of the CEO, you’ll lead communications across consumer and corporate PR, social media, executive communications, employer brand, internal communications, and external influence You’ll shape how Maven shows up everywhere from the New York Times and Today Show to Instagram and TikTok, LinkedIn, industry conversations, and our own company meetings You’ll turn our products, members, providers, clients, research, data, and point of view into stories that break through; create cultural moments; and build a community of advocates who help establish Maven and its leaders as defining voices in women’s health Maven’s global communications strategy across consumer and corporate communications, earned media, social media, executive communications, employer brand, internal communications, and external influence A consumer and corporate earned-media strategy that makes Maven part of the cultural conversation around women’s health, fertility, pregnancy, parenting, menopause, weight and metabolic health, and the changing expectations consumers have of healthcare—building relationships across consumer, lifestyle, health, business, technology, and culture Communications-led moments and campaigns around Maven’s products, research, partnerships, data, members, and point of view that break through, create conversation, and build brand awareness Clinical storytelling that turns Maven’s research, outcomes, proprietary data, provider expertise, and member experiences into compelling stories that build trust and differentiate Maven with consumers, employers, health plans, and the broader healthcare community A customer, member, provider, and partner advocacy engine that identifies Maven’s strongest advocates and turns their experiences into earned media, social content, events, peer conversations, case studies, and stories that build both brand and business Maven’s external influence strategy, including events and convenings, conferences, speaking opportunities, awards, and relationships with the creators, researchers, policymakers, industry leaders, and institutions shaping women’s health Maven’s organic social strategy, building a distinctive voice and point of view rather than simply distributing company news—and understanding how social, creators, executives, members, and earned media can work together to make ideas travel Executive communications and thought leadership for the CEO and executive team, including speeches, media, social, opinion pieces, and major events Maven’s corporate narrative, reputation, and employer brand, ensuring we tell a clear, differentiated story about what we’re building, why it matters, and what it means to build a career here Internal communications, including company-wide meetings, major announcements, and leadership communications that help employees understand where we’re going, why, and what matters most A high-performing communications organization that moves quickly, has exceptional standards, listens closely to the conversations happening around Maven and women’s health, and measures success by impact—not activity Benefits Weekly breakfast, lunch, and get-togethers 401K matching for US-based employees (immediately vesting) Annual professional development stipend and access to a personal career coach through Maven 16 weeks 100% paid parental leave, flexible time upon return, and $1.5K/mo for 2 months, new parent stipend (for Mavens who’ve been with us at least six months) Whole-self care through wellness partnerships Maven for Mavens: access to the full platform and specialists, including care for everything from mental health, reproductive health, family planning, pediatrics This is a strategic and deeply hands-on role for someone with exceptional taste, instincts, judgment, and writing ability—someone who can see the story before everyone else does and knows how to make it matterYou’ve spent 10+ years building brands and shaping narratives through communications, with leadership experience at a high-growth consumer, technology, or healthcare company—or another environment, such as a major political campaign, where you learned how to shape public conversationYou understand what makes a story travel, what journalists and consumers care about, and how brands earn attention rather than simply buy itHigh standards, exceptional taste, intellectual curiosity, low ego, and a bias toward actionYou’re an exceptional storyteller and writer who can turn a complicated healthcare product, clinical study, business strategy, or cultural shift into a simple narrative people rememberYou’ve built executives into distinctive public voices. You’re comfortable challenging and advising a CEO, know when to enter a conversation and when not to, and can capture someone else’s voice rather than imposing your ownYou have strong consumer instincts, regardless of where you’ve built your career. You understand the difference between communicating with an industry and creating something ordinary people notice, care about, share, and rememberYou understand how to protect a brand as well as build one, with experience navigating sensitive issues and crises with excellent judgmentYou have strong media relationships and a track record of generating sustained, high-impact earned coverage through ideas, trends, data, people, and cultural moments—not just announcementsYou know how to create moments, not just respond to them—and understand how members, customers, providers, communities, events, and advocates can carry a brand further than corporate communications aloneYou’re both strategic and deeply hands-on. You can develop the strategy and then rewrite a headline, pitch a reporter, edit a CEO post, or shape an all-hands narrative yourselfYou know how to measure communications beyond impressions and press hits, connecting the work to brand awareness, consumer consideration, reputation, advocacy, talent, and business outcomesYou understand modern communications beyond traditional media, with strong instincts around social, creators, influencers, podcasts, events, communities, and emerging channels #J-18808-Ljbffr Maven Clinic