Vice President, Culture & Communications

About the Hiring Group

We are seeking an accomplished and strategic Vice President, Culture and Communications to lead an integrated enterprise portfolio spanning culture and belonging, employee experience and listening, learning and leadership development, organizational development, internal and executive communications, RTI Insider, and Community Affairs. This highly visible leadership role will shape how employees experience RTI, how leaders communicate and engage, and how the organization builds the culture and capabilities required to advance its mission and strategy. The Vice President will champion a One RTI culture that strengthens connection, inclusion, trust, and shared purpose across the institute. By aligning culture, communications, employee experience, and organizational development, this leader will help employees understand how their work contributes to RTI's mission, strategy, values, and impact. The Vice President, Culture and Communications will lead the portfolio's teams and hold accountability for enterprise strategy, operating plans, budget, talent, service delivery, and measurable outcomes, while serving as a trusted advisor and influential partner to senior leaders across the organization.

What You'll Do

Culture and Organizational Development

• Sets and delivers an integrated enterprise strategy for culture, belonging, employee experience, learning and development, leadership development, and organizational development, aligned with RTI's strategic plan, People Strategy, values, and employee value proposition.
• Advances a One RTI culture by strengthening inclusion, trust, connection, leadership effectiveness, career growth, organizational capability, and team performance.
• Leads employee listening and organizational assessment, translating data and stakeholder insight into clear priorities, interventions, and measurable improvements in culture, employee experience, and organizational health.

Internal Communications

• Sets the strategy and provides oversight for internal, executive, and employee communications and RTI Insider, ensuring clear, timely, coordinated, and audience-relevant communications.
• Advises executives and leaders on communication strategies, leadership messaging, employee narratives, and engagement approaches that connect employees to RTI's mission, strategy, decisions, values, and impact.
• Partners across Human Resources, Corporate Communications, and the institute to align communication priorities, channels, and resources and deliver a coherent employee experience.

Community Affairs

• Leads RTI's Community Affairs strategy, including charitable giving, memberships and sponsorships, community partnerships, employee volunteerism, and communications supporting community impact.
• Establishes a long-term, measurable approach that advances RTI's mission and demonstrates meaningful commitment to the communities in which employees live and work.

Portfolio Leadership

• Leads the Culture and Communications leadership team and is accountable for portfolio strategy, operating plans, budget, talent, governance, service delivery, and measurable outcomes.
• Builds an integrated, high-performing team; develops leaders and talent; aligns resources and capabilities with institute priorities; and applies relevant leading practices and technologies to improve outcomes.
• Serves on the HR executive team and as a trusted advisor to the Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer and other senior leaders on matters within the portfolio.

To succeed in this role, you will bring strong business acumen, sound judgment, and exceptional consulting, facilitation, and problem-solving skills. You will translate data and employee insights into practical improvements and navigate complex challenges with curiosity, creativity, and a growth mindset. Digital agility is essential, along with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and relevant communications, learning, listening, analytics, and collaboration platforms.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's Degree and 20 years of directly related experience, Master's degree and 15 years of directly related experience, or a PhD and 10 years of directly related experience.
• Demonstrated experience in two or more of the following: Successful development and delivery of culture programming and organizational development in an organizational transformation context.
• Leading organizational communications to include internal and executive communications, employee communications, and integrated communications planning, intranet, and employee value proposition.
• Senior leadership across an integrated portfolio that includes culture and belonging, employee experience, learning and leadership development, organizational development, internal communications, and/or Community Affairs in a complex organization on a growth trajectory.
• Expertise in culture, employee experience, organizational development, leadership development, and internal, executive, and employee communications.
• Proven ability to set enterprise strategy, translate it into operating plans and measurable outcomes, and manage budgets, governance, resources, and service delivery.
• Demonstrated success advising C-suite and senior leaders and translating complex issues and varied inputs into clear decisions, communications, and organizational action.
• Experienced in internal communication partnerships.
• Experience leading multi-channel employee communications, including an enterprise intranet or comparable digital platform, and Community Affairs programming, including giving, sponsorships, partnerships, and volunteerism.