Position Overview

As a Communications Lead Senior within PNC's Marketing and Communications team, you will guide and deliver external content and communications that position PNC Technology as a key driver of business growth and a cornerstone of PNC's Brilliantly Boring brand. This role requires a savvy strategist and trusted advisor with broad communications expertise and strong executive presence. The Communications Lead Sr. partners closely with business leadership, leveraging data-driven insights and marketplace analysis to influence outcomes and shape the organization's narrative. This leader orchestrates complex communications initiatives, manages key partnerships, and ensures alignment, clarity, and accuracy of messages across all channels and audiences. The role proactively identifies strategic opportunities, develops and influences communication strategies, and coordinates activities with agencies, third parties, and internal business partners. The Communications Lead Sr. demonstrates a strong understanding of topics, programs, and initiatives across multiple areas of focus, serving as a trusted advisor to the organization and engaging other parts of the business to support the overall strategy.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Demonstrates strong influencing skills and excels in client relationship management, collaborating effectively across teams while navigating organizational dynamics with savvy and professionalism.
• Develops and executes strategic plans, applying strong problem-solving abilities, business acumen, and effective prioritization to manage multiple initiatives and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Provides broad and deep subject-matter expertise to guide decision-making, support cross-functional partners, and ensure high-quality execution.
• Delivers effective communications across organizational channels, including copywriting, editing, media relations, external channel management, and storytelling, ensuring clarity, consistency, and engagement with diverse audiences.

PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description

• Establishes the strategic direction for communications while providing leadership and guidance on key initiatives, content/channels, and the prioritization of work on the team.
• Effectively partners with business leadership teams to develop communication strategies; plans, researches, and develops content for complex communications initiatives.
• Identifies issues and opportunities, serves as trusted advisor to organization on all aspects of communication, and engages other parts of the organization to ensure strategic alignment, clarity, and accuracy of message.
• Leverages data-driven insights to provide strategic guidance to business leadership, influencing outcomes and decisions to best support the business strategy. Ensures data collected is synthesized and leveraged effectively to provide appropriate insights.
• Implements and oversees activities including coordination with legal, compliance, finance, risk and other key partners. Leads partnership with agencies, third parties and internal business partners to coordinate development and execution of programs/initiatives.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred Skills
Branding, Change Management, Creative Process, Design Thinking, Digital Marketing, Media Relations, Prioritization, Strategic Communication Planning, Strategic Planning

Competencies
Business Acumen, Collaborating, Copywriting and Editing, Effective Communications, Effectiveness Measurement, Influencing, Media Channel Management, Organizational Communications, Organizational Savvy and Politics, Planning: Tactical, Strategic, Storytelling

Work Experience
Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry relevant experience is typically 8+ years. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education
Bachelors

Certifications
No Required Certification(s)

Licenses
No Required License(s)

Pay Transparency

Base Salary: $80,000.00 - $165,600.00

Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data and on individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business and/or individual performance.

Application Window

Generally, this opening is expected to be posted for two business days from 05/13/2026, although it may be longer with business discretion.

Benefits

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.

In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com.