VP, Global Head of Communications

We are seeking a visionary, strategic, and highly collaborative Global Head of Communications to lead our global communications function. The leader will shape and drive all enterprise, executive and business communications strategies and efforts to strengthen our reputation, engage stakeholders, and advance our business and brand across internal and external audiences.

The ideal candidate will bring a bold communications vision, a thoughtful perspective to a diverse range of topics and issues, a track record of influencing and supporting business strategy, and the ability to be agile and lead through complexity, change, and opportunity. This individual will partner closely with the CEO, CMO, CFO, and CHRO and key business leaders to ensure communications are aligned, forward-looking, and mission-driven.

Location: Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (relocation assistance available)

Reports To: EVP, Chief Marketing Officer

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Communications Leadership

• Develop and execute a comprehensive, global communications strategy that supports business priorities, enhances reputation, and drives stakeholder trust.
• Evolve the company’s communications platform and messaging to align with the company’s strategic priorities and brand.
• Act as a strategic communications advisor to the CEO and executive team on all matters of corporate narrative, media positioning, and communications risks.
• Serve as steward of the company’s voice, ensuring consistency, clarity, and authenticity across channels and audiences.

Executive Communications

• Shape and oversee executive messaging across major forums including Town Halls, Global Leadership Meeting, and other forums.
• Partner with the CEO, CFO, and business leaders to craft impactful narratives that reinforce vision, performance, and values.
• Work with CEO on internal and external communications, including speaking opportunities, internal employee forums, board communications, media, etc.

Investor Communications Partnership

• Work in close partnership with the CFO, Investor Relations and the CEO to shape and evolve the company’s investor narrative.
• Ensure alignment between financial performance, strategy articulation, and brand reputation.
• Support earnings call preparation, shareholder letters, and investor day communications, M&A communications.

Media & Public Relations

• Lead global media relations, including press releases, media outreach, and executive visibility.
• Serve as primary spokesperson or senior escalation lead as needed during high-impact media events or issues.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key journalists, industry influencers, and thought leaders.
• Guide and manage agencies to deliver high-quality work that reflects the company’s strategy, voice, business and goals.

Events Partnership

• Lead an events team to deliver a positive experience and ROI for external customer-facing events.
• Work in partnership with the Marketing leaders on their event plans and objectives.
• Oversees the successful execution of external events, from budgeting, negotiating contracts, planning to on-site management.

Internal & Employee Communications

• Inspire and inform a global workforce through strategic internal communications aligned with culture, change, and business priorities.
• Support executive visibility and alignment through town halls, company intranet, and other leadership cascade tools.
• Elevate internal communications using modern and new methods to increase understanding of company priorities, reinforce strategy and values, invite participation, and improve employee engagement.

Brand and Marketing Collaboration

• Partner with the CMO and Brand leader to ensure alignment between brand strategy and communications narratives across paid, owned, and earned channels.
• Partner with Marketing teams to launch products/solutions through storytelling, press releases, media outreach, and high-impact earned channels.

Issues & Crisis Management

• Lead enterprise response to reputational issues, crisis events, and sensitive situations with strategic thought, clear guidance, and control.
• Ensure the organization is prepared through robust crisis communication planning, risk monitoring, and stakeholder alignment.

Team Leadership & Culture

• Lead and mentor a high-performing, globally distributed communications team.
• Lead with strategy, and guide team on priorities that will make the highest impact.
• Foster a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous learning across all communications disciplines.
• Operate as a collaborative enterprise leader, modeling partnership and influence across functions and geographies.

Qualifications:

Experience & Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Liberal Arts or equivalent, MBA preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in corporate communications, business line communications, or public relations— with at least 5 years at the senior executive level.
• Proven success in leading integrated communications strategy for a global company, ideally within a public company of similar scale and complexity.
• Experience in health-related fields.
• Experience with modern and novel communication tools, including AI, social media and other methods to reach a large and diverse employee base and significant frontline employee population.
• Demonstrated experience partnering directly with CEOs, CFOs, CHROs, CMOs, and other executive stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating with Investor Relations, CEO and CFO to deliver high quality earnings and investor communications.
• Ability to navigate complex issues, bring clarity to a situation, and serve as a trusted advisor under pressure.
• Expertise in building and evolving corporate narratives that resonate across stakeholder groups — from employees to investors, media, and regulators.

Leadership Attributes

• Visionary strategist with the ability to translate complexity into compelling, credible communications, share with others, and bring people along.
• Mission-driven, with a passion for healthcare and life sciences.
• Passion for storytelling, stakeholder engagement, and amplifying purpose through communications.
• Strong executive presence and interpersonal savvy; capable of influencing at the highest levels.
• Agile leader, with the ability to act quickly and navigate day-to-day requests against strategic priorities.
• Collaborative, enterprise-minded leader who fosters alignment across diverse stakeholders.
• Skilled at leading high-performing teams, building followership, and developing future talent.

Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  Casual, PRN & Part Time employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan only. For more detailed information, please click here. 

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law. 

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