Vice President, Media Relations, Global

## Vice President, Media Relations, Global Apply:
Remote - US:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
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** About Vantage
** Vantage powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.
** Position Overview
**** This position will be based remotely in the United States.
** The Vice President, Global Media Relations will establish and lead Vantage's global media relations function, creating a proactive, narrative-driven media strategy that advances business objectives, strengthens corporate reputation, and positions Vantage as the leading voice in the digital infrastructure industry.

Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, this newly created leadership role will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive global media strategy across top-tier business media, trade media, policy and regulatory media, technology media, sustainability media, and local media markets where Vantage operates. The role will focus on building meaningful relationships with journalists, editors, producers, analysts, and influencers while educating media stakeholders on the critical role digital infrastructure and data centers play in enabling economic growth, innovation, sustainability, and a modern digital world.

The Vice President will lead efforts to identify and address misinformation and disinformation about the data center industry in the media, proactively shape public narratives, and create opportunities that demonstrate Vantage's value to customers, communities, policymakers, and society. This leader will work closely with executive leadership, public policy, government affairs, sustainability, operations, development, and regional marketing teams to ensure consistent, strategic engagement across media channels and stakeholder audiences.

Initially focused on North America, this role will build and lead a global team supporting North America, EMEA, and APAC, with plans to grow the function to approximately four team members over the next 18 months.

The ideal candidate is an experienced communications executive with deep media relations expertise, strong journalist relationships, excellent news judgment, and a proven track record of shaping narratives in complex, highly scrutinized, or highly regulated industries.
** Essential Job Functions
** Global Media Strategy & Leadership
* Develop and execute Vantage's first comprehensive proactive media relations strategy aligned with corporate growth, reputation, public affairs, and business objectives.
* Transform the company's media engagement model from reactive response management to proactive narrative development and thought leadership.
* Establish annual media objectives, strategic priorities, and measurable outcomes that support business and reputation goals.
* Build a scalable global media relations function, including organizational design, operating model, governance, and agency management.
* Serve as Vantage's senior media relations spokesperson and advisor and a trusted counselor to executive leadership.
* Support major corporate announcements, transactions, milestones, events, and issues management activities.

Media Relationship Development
* Develop and maintain strong relationships with key journalists, editors, producers, and influencers across business, technology, infrastructure, sustainability, policy, financial, trade, and local media.
* Create a…