Director, Communications - Peaks Region

Job Description

The Director of Communications is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing strategic communications that promote Intermountain Health's mission, vision, values, reputation, and brand. This role leads internal and external communications, crisis communications, media relations, social media, branding initiatives, and community relationships, ensuring consistency and quality across all channels. The Director oversees high-priority strategies, works with a broad scope across departments and functions, and covers a broad geographical area.

This position collaborates with stakeholders at multiple levels, supports cross-functional teams, and manages high-visibility, high-profile work often in support of senior leaders. The Director also oversees a portfolio requiring significant decision-making authority and provides strategic counsel and communications leadership in direct partnership with the Region VP of Mar Com and Region President.

The Director of Communications is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing strategic communications that promote Intermountain Health's mission, vision, values, reputation, and brand. This role leads internal and external communications, crisis communications, media relations, social media, branding initiatives, and community relationships, ensuring consistency and quality across all channels. The Director oversees high-priority strategies, works with a broad scope across departments and functions, and covers a broad geographical area.

This position collaborates with stakeholders at multiple levels, supports cross-functional teams, and manages high-visibility, high-profile work often in support of senior leaders. The Director also oversees a portfolio requiring significant decision-making authority and provides strategic counsel and communications leadership in direct partnership with the Region VP of Mar Com and Region President. This role serves as a trusted strategic advisor to the Region President and Region Executive Team, serving as the Mar Com liaison and as the main point of contact for communication matters for the Region President.

This leader coordinates and strategizes with Region Executive Team members including the Region President, Market Presidents and ambulatory care leaders. The Peaks Region Mar Com Director will oversee functions, work and caregivers across the Peaks Region and in partnership with the Enterprise, Canyons and Desert Regions oversee community relationships and internal communications. In addition, the position will closely coordinate and collaborate with other departments (e.g. Government Affairs, Community Health, Operations, Marketing, Branding, Media Relations, Children's Health, etc.)

and community leaders to ensure community involvement, reputation, the handling and involvement with crisis issues, traditional and social media, etc. The position will report to the VP of Mar Com for the Canyons, Desert and Peaks Regions.

Intermountain Health's Peaks Region spans Colorado and Montana, requiring a leader who can effectively build relationships and advance communications strategies across diverse markets and communities. Candidates based in or near the Denver metropolitan area, with the ability to regularly partner in person with region leadership and attend meetings in the Broomfield area, are preferred.

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the Region President and Region Executive Team, providing counsel on community relations, public affairs, reputation management, stakeholder engagement, and sensitive issues that may carry significant organizational, political, or community impact.
• Lead and manage a team of communications professionals, providing strategic guidance, feedback, and coaching, while overseeing a comprehensive portfolio of work with significant decision-making authority.
• Develop and direct integrated communications plans that align with and advance Intermountain Health's strategic goals, priorities, and initiatives, ensuring the execution of high-priority strategies and ROI.
• Direct and strategize crisis communications planning at hospitals and clinics, ensuring support for multiple functions and teams within both acute and ambulatory care.
• Provide strategic communications support and guidance to senior leaders, departments, and teams across the organization, fostering collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Strategically enhances Intermountain Health's…