Global Director – Strategic Communications

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Global Director of Strategic Communications developing infrastructure for local environmental voices amid changing media landscapes. Elevating and coaching local stakeholders across various countries and contexts to mainstream conservation efforts.

Posted 7/29/2026full-timeRemote • New York, Texas, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in strategic communications, crisis response, and network orchestration, with a strong focus on building relationships and capacity across diverse teams. Proficient in navigating an AI-driven media landscape while maintaining media credibility and political fluency.

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Strategic Communications JudgementCrisis Response Protocol DevelopmentNetwork OrchestrationMedia-Operator CredibilityAI and Media Change

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Soft Skills

Builder InstinctCoaching OrientationPolitical FluencyTemperament

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Public Influence CapabilitySpokesperson MethodologyRapid-Response CapabilityNarrative TestingMedia MonitoringIntelligence GatheringCross-Network Learning

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build OCH's central strategic communications and public-influence capability.
Define what good Air Game work looks like across the network.
Work directly with country teams in the early phase to develop their strategies.
Develop a network-wide spokesperson methodology.
Build a rapid-response capability so credible local voices can become part of relevant breaking stories in a timely way.
Create shared infrastructure for narrative testing, media monitoring, intelligence gathering and cross-network learning.
Position OCH's voices, stories and data for an AI-shaped media environment.
Help country teams map and build relationships with the outlets, validators, think tanks, creators and platforms that reach their audiences.
Lead on developing crisis response protocols.
Manage a budget focused mainly on developing capacity and skills across the network.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Senior strategic communications judgement.
Media-operator credibility.
Builder instinct.
Coaching orientation.
Political fluency.
Network orchestration.
AI and media change.
Temperament.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A competitive remuneration package, including health insurance, pension contributions and other benefits appropriate to the successful candidate's location.