Options Clearing Corporation

Principal, Transformation Communications & Business Partnerships

Options Clearing Corporation$154K — $226K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong communications judgment and advisory skills for navigating change and ambiguity
  • Excellent writing and verbal communication skills tailored for transformation messaging
  • Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives effectively
  • Experience with market-facing or regulated business functions preferred
  • Collaboration skills across various communications disciplines
  • Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced regulatory environment

Responsibilities

  • Support internal communications and change-management plans
  • Lead communication for transformation workstreams, partnering with project teams
  • Develop comprehensive communication materials for transformation initiatives
  • Act as a liaison for business partners, providing informed communication counsel
  • Maintain systems and processes for strategic partnerships with leaders
  • Collaborate on enterprise content calendars and communications playbooks
  • Analyze data and stakeholder feedback to improve communication strategies

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with up to 2 days of remote work
  • Tuition reimbursement for continued education
  • Student loan repayment assistance
  • Technology stipend for remote work connectivity
  • Generous PTO and parental leave
  • 401k employer match
  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision
Full Job Description
*****THIS POSITION IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR VISA SPONSORSHIP*****

To be considered for this position, applications and resumes are accepted only through our careers site by directly applying to the posted job. We do not accept unsolicited resumes or sales solicitations from staffing agencies. Any OCC employee wishing to submit a referral must do so through their Workday account. Any resume submitted outside of an active job posting will not be considered for employment.

What You'll Do:

The Principal, Transformation Communications & Business Partnerships is a senior communications role that leads internal engagement and change communications in support of OCC's transformation, while serving as a trusted communications advisor to several business teams. Working closely with the Managing Director and Executive Principal, Strategic Business Partnerships, this individual translates enterprise strategy and narrative into day-to-day execution for the teams they support, ensuring OCC's transformation, growth initiatives and stakeholder engagement are communicated with clarity, consistency and impact.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

Transformation Communications
  • Support the development and execution of internal communications and change-management plans to advance OCC's transformation initiatives ensuring colleagues understand what is changing, why it matters and what is expected of them.
  • Serve as the day-to-day communications lead for transformation-related workstreams, partnering with Organizational Change Management and project teams to align messaging, timing and channels.
  • Develop toolkits, FAQs, leader talking points and manager cascades that translate enterprise transformation priorities into department- and team-level relevance and action.


Strategic Business Partnerships
  • Serve as a day-to-day point of contact for business partners, providing communications counsel informed by OCC's strategy, culture, regulatory environment and stakeholder landscape.
  • Maintain and administer the systems, processes, and tools used to establish and sustain strategic partnerships with business leaders across the organization.
  • Partner with Communication Leadership to explore and pilot expanded engagement strategies with external partners and policymakers as the model matures.


Communications Integration and Ecosystem Support
  • Partner with the Communications Leadership to maintain and execute elements of the enterprise content calendar and communications playbooks, ensuring consistency across the teams supported.
  • Coordinate with Communications functional leads (internal, external, creative) to ensure the work of supported business areas connects to the broader integrated model and enterprise narrative and translate stakeholder feedback into actionable recommendations.
  • Compile data, insights and stakeholder feedback and translate them into actionable recommendations that refine communications strategies and demonstrate the value of the communications function.


Supervisory Responsibilities:
  • None


Qualifications:

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.
  • Strong communications judgment and advisory skills, with the ability to counsel business leaders through change, ambiguity and fast-moving situations
  • Excellent writing, editing and verbal communications skills, particularly for change and transformation communications, with the ability to translate strategy into audience-relevant messaging
  • Experience supporting complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives - such as organizational change, or market and regulatory engagement - with the ability to manage several concurrent workstreams
  • Experience partnering with market-facing or regulated business functions (e.g., clearing, operations, member/client services, compliance) a plus
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate and coordinate across multiple communications disciplines
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment


Technical Skills:
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
  • Proficiency in communication technology, AI and design platforms including SharePoint, Slack, Poppulo, Salesforce, Adobe Express preferred


Education and/or Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism or English, OR in a related discipline OR an equivalent combination of education and private/public sector experience
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in a communications, marketing or public relations role in the public or private sector, or with an agency
  • Fintech, financial services or insurance industry experience preferred
  • Demonstrated experience with change/transformation communications and supporting business functions that engage market participants, clients or regulators
  • Experience supporting or administering measurement frameworks for communications functions
  • Change management experience required; regulated industry experience preferred


Certificates or Licenses:
  • None


Benefits

A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:
  • A hybrid work environment, up to 2 days per week of remote work
  • Tuition Reimbursement to support your continued education
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance
  • Technology Stipend allowing you to use the device of your choice to connect to our network while working remotely
  • Generous PTO and Parental leave
  • 401k Employer Match
  • Competitive health benefits including medical, dental and vision


Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together for more information.

Compensation
  • The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. If hired at OCC, your final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience and/or education.
  • In addition, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
  • We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a substantial benefits package as noted on www.theocc.com/careers
  • All employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are based on various factors, including, but not limited to, company and individual performance and are not guaranteed.


Salary Range
$154,500.00 - $226,300.00

Incentive Range
18% to 25%

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.

Step 1
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Step 2
You will receive an email notification to confirm that we've received your application.


Step 3
If you are called in for an interview, a representative from OCC will contact you to set up a date, time, and location.


For more information about OCC, please click here.

About Options Clearing Corporation

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is a clearinghouse for equity options and futures options. It was founded in 1973 and is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The company provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 16 exchanges and trading platforms for options, financial futures, security futures, and securities lending transactions. OCC is owned by its member firms, which include most of the major options trading firms in the United States. The company's mission is to ensure that the markets it serves are stable, transparent, and fair, and to protect investors and the public interest.
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