Director, People Connections

Advocate Health • Milwaukee, WI

1d • $75 - $121 • Remote

About The Position

The Director of People Connections shapes how Advocate Health’s People & Culture vision comes to life across the organization. This highly visible role partners with executive and cross-functional leaders to translate complex priorities into clear, compelling communications that build understanding, strengthen engagement, and support meaningful change.

The role leads communications and activation for the Chief People & Culture Officer and the People & Culture Leadership Team, helping create a consistent, connected teammate experience across a complex organization. It combines enterprise strategy with hands-on communications execution and works with leaders across People & Culture to advance organizational priorities and business objectives.

This is a full-time remote role with a Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. schedule and 40 hours per week. Some planned travel is required. The role is based in an approved remote state listed in the posting. The position may involve exposure to weather and road conditions during travel and work in a normal office environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of strategic communications experience, with a strong focus on internal or HR communications, change management, or employee engagement.
• Demonstrated experience advising senior executives and partnering with cross-functional leaders across HR, Legal, Operations, and Marketing.
• Enterprise mindset and ability to operate effectively across complex, matrixed systems.
• Strong judgment when navigating enterprise risk, sensitive matters, and ambiguity.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and executive communication skills.
• Strong consultative and advisory presence with senior leaders.
• Deep expertise in change communications and transformation storytelling.
• Ability to simplify complexity and communicate with empathy and clarity.
• Comfort moving between strategy and execution.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• High level of judgment, discretion, and attention to detail.
• Ability to travel as needed, with potential exposure to weather and road conditions.
• Ability to operate all equipment necessary to perform the job and work in a normal office environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting complex, large-scale organizations; healthcare or frontline workforce environments preferred.
• People leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead the People & Culture communications and activation strategy, aligning it with organizational priorities, business objectives, and the People & Culture vision.
• Develop and execute the annual communications, engagement, and executive visibility plan for the Chief People & Culture Officer and People & Culture Leadership Team.
• Partner across People & Culture to align communication priorities, messaging, and activation efforts in support of enterprise goals and a consistent teammate experience.
• Advise executive HR and enterprise leaders on messaging for teammate initiatives, organizational change, mergers and acquisitions, brand evolution, and operating model evolution.
• Lead communication strategies for large-scale People & Culture transformation efforts, integrations, acquisitions, and workforce initiatives.
• Translate complex priorities into clear, compelling content that supports leadership accountability and teammate understanding.
• Write and produce internal communications for the Chief People & Culture Officer, including talking points, speeches, newsletters, PowerPoint presentations, leader toolkits, and other materials.
• Create and maintain a library of stories that celebrates teams, amplifies People & Culture, and reinforces a unified message across the function.
• Coordinate planning and content development for People & Culture leadership advances, town halls, PCLT fireside chats, rounding tours, roadshows, and other engagements, partnering with the VP, Leadership Activation and Chief of Staff.
• Partner across PCLT to identify opportunities to elevate People & Culture successes through external award submissions and support their identification, drafting, and submission.
• Define success measures for People & Culture communications and use data, feedback, and insights to inform decisions and demonstrate enterprise impact.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Competitive compensation, premium pay for select circumstances, incentive pay for select positions, and opportunity for annual increases based on performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director