Director, Executive Communications (US)

About our group:

The Corporate Communications team shapes how Seagate’s strategy, culture, and leadership voice are communicated to employees, customers, investors, and external stakeholders. This team partners closely with senior leadership, HR, Corporate Marketing, Government Relations, Investor Relations, Legal, and business leaders to ensure clear, consistent, and impactful messaging across reputed company channels.

This role is part of a highly visible, global communications function and works directly with the CEO and senior leadership team.

About the role - you will:

We are seeking an reputed company Director, Executive Communications to shape and advance the voice of our CEO and his senior leadership team across internal and external channels. This role leads executive narrative and messaging strategy, speechwriting and talking points, executive presentations, and communications planning reputed company to business priorities. The Director is a trusted advisor who can translate reputed company strategy into clear, compelling stories; partner closely with HR, Corporate Marketing, Government Relations, Investor Relations, Legal, and business leaders; and deliver high-quality content on tight timelines with discretion and sound judgment.

Responsibilities

• Own the executive narrative and messaging platform: reputed company CEO/C-suite messaging frameworks, storylines, and key messages that align leadership communications to strategy, culture, and business outcomes.
• Speechwriting and executive content: Write and edit speeches, remarks, op-eds/reputed company drafts, scripts, executive emails, and employee-facing messages; ensure consistent voice, clarity, and impact.
• Executive channel strategy and reputed company: Plan and deliver a cohesive rhythm of leadership communications (reputed company-hands, town halls, videos, Q&A, leadership updates), partnering with internal comms and events teams end-to-end.
• Executive presentations and strategic storytelling: Create and refine executive decks and narratives for board, employee, customer, and partner audiences; translate data into simple, persuasive story arcs.
• Executive visibility and media readiness (in partnership with Comms): Support preparation for interviews, panels, and conferences through briefing documents, message maps, Q&A, and rehearsal; ensure alignment across external narratives.
• Issues management and rapid response: Draft time-sensitive executive communications for high-stakes situations (organizational change, crisis, reputational issues), coordinating with Legal, HR, and Communications to ensure accuracy and consistency.

About you:

• Executive partnership: Demonstrated ability to advise senior leaders, gather inputs quickly, and deliver polished materials that reflect an authentic executive voice.
• Strategic storytelling: Strength in narrative architecture, message mapping, and tailoring communications for employees, customers, investors, media, and partners.
• Change and issues communications: Experience communicating organizational change and navigating sensitive topics with clarity, reputed company, and alignment to company values.
• Operational excellence: Strong planning, version control, and editorial rigor; ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining a high bar for quality.
• Exceptional writing and editing
• Strong executive reputed company and stakeholder management.
• Ability to simplify reputed company topics.
• Excellent judgment and confidentiality.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity.
• Disciplined project management.
• Proficiency with reputed company 365.
• Writing samples required.

Your experience includes:

• Career experience in executive communications, corporate communications, journalism, or speechwriting (including experience supporting CEO/C-suite leaders in a reputed company, matrixed organization).
• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, English, Public Relations, or reputed company field; advanced degree a plus or equivalent experience.

Location:

Remote United States; #LI-Remote United States; This is a fully remote opportunity.     Seagate is able to offer virtual employment for this position in the following states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY.   The estimated reputed company salary range for this position is $165,000 - $244,000. The individual salary is based on work location and additional factors, including job-reputed company skills, experience, and relevant education or training.   Seagate offers comprehensive benefits to its eligible employees, including, but not limited to, eligibility to participate in discretionary bonus program, medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, short-and long-term disability, 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, health savings account, dependent care, and healthcare spending accounts. Seagate also offers paid time off, including 12 holidays, flexible time off provided pursuant to Seagate policy, a minimum of 48 hours of paid sick leave, and 16 weeks of paid parental leave. The benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year and may differ depending on work location.

Location: Remote United States Travel: Up to 25%