Director, Enterprise Communication (Durham, NC)

Fortrea•Durham, CA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Enterprise Communication develops and leads enterprise-wide communication team and strategies that advance Fortrea’s business priorities, strengthen employee understanding, and support consistent, credible messaging across the organization. This role partners with senior leaders, functional stakeholders, and Corporate Communications colleagues to translate complex business topics into clear, engaging communications for global audiences. Success requires strong judgment, executive presence, excellent writing, disciplined planning, and the ability to manage sensitive information in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, English, marketing, business, or a related field.
Fortrea may consider relevant and equivalent experience and successful project outcomes in lieu of educational requirements.
Exceptional writing, editing, message development, presentation development, and storytelling skills for executive and employee audiences.
Demonstrated ability to advise senior leaders, influence stakeholders, manage ambiguity, and make sound decisions under tight timelines.
Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities, approvals, and deliverables across global teams.
Experience using Microsoft 365 tools, intranet or employee communication platforms, content planning tools, and communication measurement approaches.
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools to support content development, research, editing, and communications strategy while maintaining quality, accuracy and brand standards.
English fluency required; additional language proficiency is beneficial for global stakeholder engagement.
Minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in corporate communications, internal communications, executive communications, public relations, or related communication roles.
Experience developing communication strategies and materials for senior leaders and global employee audiences.
Experience supporting change, transformation, crisis, issues, or highly sensitive business communications preferred.
Leadership experience managing complex projects, cross-functional workstreams, agencies, vendors, or direct reports.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in communications, public relations, business, journalism, or a related field.
Experience in health care, life sciences, clinical research, pharmaceutical services, or a regulated global business environment.
Experience with employee engagement, leadership visibility, culture communications, investor-related communications, or media-sensitive topics.
Demonstrated ability to simplify complex business topics and create clear, credible narratives for global audiences.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute integrated enterprise communication team and strategies that support Fortrea’s business priorities, culture, transformation initiatives, and leadership agenda.
Serve as a strategic communication advisor to senior leaders, providing counsel on messaging, stakeholder engagement, sequencing, tone, and channel strategy.
Create executive-ready communications, including press releases, media briefing documents, leadership messages, talking points, scripts, presentations, Q&A documents, intranet content, and employee announcements.
Lead communication planning for enterprise programs, organizational changes, business updates, culture initiatives, and issues that require coordinated messaging across audiences.
Partner with business unit, functional, HR, legal, investor relations, and external communication colleagues to ensure messages are aligned, accurate, timely, and audience appropriate.
Manage communication calendars, editorial plans, approvals, and measurement approaches to improve visibility, consistency, and impact across communication channels.
Use data, feedback, and business context to evaluate communication effectiveness and recommend improvements to content, channels, and stakeholder engagement.
Maintain confidentiality and sound judgment when handling sensitive business, people, financial, regulatory, or reputational topics.
Support crisis, issues, and change communications as needed, including rapid message development and stakeholder coordination in coordination with the crisis communications leads.
Perform all other duties as needed or assigned.