Acumatica

Vice President of Communications

Acumatica$240K — $260K *
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strategic thinker with a strong ability to shape messaging and positioning strategies.
  • Proven results-oriented self-starter with multi-tasking skills in a fast-paced environment.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a strong media presence.
  • Adaptable project manager capable of juggling multiple priorities effectively.
  • Minimum 15+ years of relevant communications experience, ideally in a B2B software context.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a comprehensive earned-media strategy for corporate and product news.
  • Build and maintain relationships with journalists and serve as a company spokesperson.
  • Create an analyst relations strategy including briefings and research submissions.
  • Enhance brand perception through communications programs and executive speaking opportunities.
  • Own and evolve Acumatica's corporate narrative and messaging framework.
  • Lead communications for senior executives, including speeches and thought leadership pieces.
  • Oversee corporate social media strategies, ensuring timely audience engagement.

Benefits

  • Healthcare benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents.
  • 401(k) plan with company match for retirement savings.
  • Flexible time off and sick leave to support work-life balance.
  • Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Basic life insurance coverage provided by employer.
Full Job Description
Acumatica is looking for an energetic VP of Communications to drive and execute public relations, analyst relations, and corporate communications to achieve brand and communications goals. This is a full-time position reporting to the CMO. Essential Responsibilities/Objectives: Media Relations: Develop and execute a comprehensive earned-media strategy encompassing corporate and product news, customer success, executive thought leadership, and proactive storytelling. Build and maintain strong relationships with business and technology journalists, editors, and other influential voices. Serve as a company spokesperson, prepare executives for media engagements, and ensure timely, accurate responses to emerging issues. Establish clear measures for coverage quality, message pull-through, share of voice, and reputation impact. Analyst Relations: Develop and execute a focused analyst relations strategy that builds understanding of Acumatica's business, product innovation, customer value, and competitive differentiation. Identify priority analysts and influencers; manage briefings, inquiries, evaluations, research submissions, and product demonstrations; and maintain a high-touch engagement cadence. Partner closely with Product Marketing, Product Development, and other teams to deliver clear, evidence-based narratives, translate analyst feedback into actionable insights, and selectively develop analyst-led research and thought leadership content. Brand Perception and Awareness: Develop communications programs that strengthen Acumatica's visibility, credibility, and market reputation. Advance executive speaking opportunities, corporate storytelling, awards, external communications assets, and other initiatives that demonstrate customer value and market leadership. Collaborate with Brand, Marketing, and cross-functional teams to develop communications that consistently reinforce the company narrative, positioning, and standards. Writing and Message Development: Own and evolve Acumatica's corporate narrative, messaging framework, and priority storylines. Write and edit press releases, thought leadership articles, presentations, broad-reach employee and partner communications, and content for relevant corporate, press, and event pages. Integrate customer and partner evidence into news and thought leadership campaigns, and keep messaging current and aligned across leadership, Marketing, Sales, Product, and other teams. Use AI-enabled tools thoughtfully to support research, drafting, editing, and workflow efficiency while maintaining human review, accuracy, confidentiality, and a distinctive Acumatica voice. Executive Communications: Develop and execute communications strategies for senior executives, including speeches, presentations, talking points, thought leadership pieces, and executive social content. Provide trusted counsel on messaging, positioning, audience needs, media interactions, and public appearances. Lead content development for priority company moments, including Acumatica Summit, all-company meetings, partner community webinars, roadshows, and other executive engagements. Social Media Management: Oversee corporate and executive social media strategies that strengthen brand visibility, thought leadership, and audience engagement. Collaborate with agency partners and internal teams to maintain a consistent, timely, and audience-relevant presence across priority platforms. Use channel analytics, social listening, and emerging-issue monitoring to improve performance and inform broader communications strategies. Editorial and Content Quality Oversight: Lead the editing and writing function to maintain clear, accurate, consistent, and high-quality communications across channels. Establish editorial standards, review and approval processes, and practical quality controls for both human- and AI-assisted content. Ensure communications reflect the company's messaging, tone, accessibility standards, and business priorities. Communications Budget Management: Own and manage the public relations, analyst relations, content, social media, and communications program budget. Lead annual planning and forecasting, manage agency and vendor relationships, evaluate program effectiveness, and allocate resources to the initiatives with the greatest strategic and business impact. Qualifications Who you are... Strategic thinker: Build messaging and positioning strategy for the company, including key differentiation and value propositions. Results-oriented. Self-starter with excellent multi-tasking skills. Must be able to work independently in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment. Communicator. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Adaptable. Strong project management capabilities to drive multiple projects/priorities simultaneously. Experienced. Minimum of 15+ years relevant communications experience. Previous experience with a B2B software company preferred. BS degree or equivalent required. Additional Information For this role, the salary range is $240,000-260,000 annually. This range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job and may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant elements. At Acumatica, certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role. Benefits/perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Acumatica and the country where you work. US-based employees gain access to healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents), employer paid Short-Term/Long-Term Disability and Basic life coverage, 401(k) plan with company match, Flexible time off, sick and safe leave, among others. Videos To Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxgUkS_VHQ4

About Acumatica

Acumatica is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) software company that provides a suite of integrated business management applications. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. Acumatica's ERP software is designed for small and medium-sized businesses and includes modules for financial management, distribution, manufacturing, project accounting, and customer management. The company has received numerous awards for its software, including being named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Core Financial Management Suites for Midsize, Large, and Global Enterprises.
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