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Job Description
The Senior Communications Advisor, Stakeholder Engagement is a senior individual contributor role responsible for shaping, modernizing, and executing communications that support the full range of external stakeholder audiences within the Stakeholder Engagement function — including providers, regulators, brokers, agents, consultants, and employer groups.WhatYouDo
Enterprise Stakeholder Communications Strategy
Serve as a communications advisor across provider, regulator, broker, agent, consultant,andemployeraudiences, ensuring messaging supports enterprise priorities, affordability goals, and business credibility.
Develop forwardlooking communications strategies that prepare external stakeholders for policy, product, operational, and market changes.
Translate complex business decisions into clear, credible, and disciplined stakeholder communications that reduce confusion and friction, tailored to the needs of each audience.
Environmental Conditioning & Trust Building
Proactively shape the external environment to build trust across stakeholder audiences and protect enterprise reputation.
Anticipate areas of confusion, resistance, or risk among stakeholder groups and develop communications strategies to address them before issues escalate.
Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders including Legal, Compliance, Government Affairs, Provider Network and Sales, to ensure alignment and consistency.
Modernization & Strategic Evolution
Supportthe future of stakeholder communications by advancing more intentional, prioritized, and impact-focused approaches that strengthen engagement and deliver greater value.
Identifyopportunities to enhance tools, channels, and processes, recommending ways to simplify, modernize, andoptimizecommunications to better meet evolving stakeholder needs and expectations.
Cross-Functional Leadership
Operate effectively across Marketing, Sales Enablement, Business & Product Communications, and other Communications functions without direct reporting authority.
Influence outcomes throughexpertise, credibility, and sound judgment rather than positional power.
Ensure smooth handoffs and coordination across stakeholder audiences.
Showcase knowledge and experience of multiple communications disciplines (executive communications,publicrelations, internal communications) withdemonstrateddepth in more than one area.
Enterprise Narrative Support
Contribute to enterprise affordability communications as they relate to provider, regulator, broker, agent, consultant, and employer audiences.
Ensureall messaging is grounded in business reality, credible to each audience, and aligned with broader enterprise narratives.
Help connect systemlevel affordability strategies to what external stakeholders need to understand and communicate confidently.
What You Bring
Bachelor's degree or advanced degree (whererequired)
5+ years of experience in relatedfield.
In lieu of degree, 7+ years of experience in related field.
Bonus Points
Extensive experience in enterprise communications, stakeholder communications, or a closely related discipline.
Strong strategic instincts and the ability tooperateindependently with sound judgment.
Comfort working in a structure with high accountability and limited direction.
Ability to balance empathy for stakeholders with discipline around enterprise priorities.
High tolerance for ambiguity andanability to drive clarity where it does not yet exist.
WhatYouGet
The opportunity to work at thecutting edgeof health care delivery with a teamthat9sdeeply invested in the community
Work-life balance, flexibility, and the autonomy to dogreat work
Medical, dental, and vision coverage along withnumeroushealth and wellness programs
Parental leave and support plus adoption and surrogacyassistance
Career development programs and tuition reimbursement for continued education
401k match including an annual company contribution
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Where Youll Work
Our Hybrid Flex approach is built on presence with a purpose giving you flexibility to work remotely with intentional in-person connection that supports a workplace that9s flexible, connected, and future focused.
In a Hybrid-Flex role, you9ll work in the office at least two days a week for collaboration and connection. In a Remote Flex role, you9ll work virtually, with a few in-office visits each year for meaningful moments that matter.
Whether your role is Hybrid Flex or Remote Flex depends on the nature of the work and distance from our Durham headquarters. We welcome candidates from outside the local area and in any states listed on this job posting. Onsite expectations will be discussed during the interview process.
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Salary Range
At Blue Cross NC, we take great pride in a fair and equitable compensation package that reflects market-price and our starting salaries are typically planned near the middle of the range listed. Compensation decisions are driven by factors including experience and training, specialized skill sets, licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs.Our base salary is part of a robust Total Rewards package that includes an Annual Incentive Bonus*, 401(k) with employer match, Paid Time Off (PTO), and competitive health benefits and wellness programs.
*Based on annual corporate goal achievement and individual performance.
Skills
Communication, Communication Strategy Development, Marketing Communications (MarCom), Media Communications, Media Management, Media Relations, Message Development, Public Relations (PR), Social Media Communications, Strategic Communication PlanningAbout Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
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