Corporate Communications Lead - Executive Visibility & Thought Leadership

JOB DESCRIPTION
Chicago or Northbrook, Illinois, United States (Hybrid 3 Days a Week On-Site)
At UL Solutions, you'll have the opportunity to work for a safer world, using your corporate communications experience and expertise to elevate the external profile of a global leader in the testing, inspection, and certification industry.
We are hiring a Corporate Communications Lead, Executive Visibility & Thought Leadership, reporting to the Director of Executive and Business Communications. This role drives proactive external visibility for senior business leaders by translating complex technical topics related to global megatrends (energy transition/electrification, AI/digitalization and sustainability) into high-impact thought leadership, executive positioning and engagement opportunities.
The Corporate Communications Lead will also manage select internal communications for the business, providing strategic counsel and communications support for business- or enterprise-wide change-management and business-transformation programs.
The ideal candidate is a seasoned and versatile communications professional and writer with experience in corporate media relations, executive communications and speechwriting, social media strategies, and internal corporate communications. A journalism background is a plus but not required. In-house corporate communications experience is essential.
This position enables senior leaders to engage effectively with customers, industry, government, and academic audiences across key business verticals. This hybrid role requires working from the office three days per week.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead executive visibility programs for senior business leaders and technical experts, including media placements and speaking engagements aligned to priority verticals.
• Develop message architecture and storylines that translate business priorities and technical content into clear, credible external narratives.
• Develop executive briefings, talk tracks, interview preparation materials and other assets that ensure leaders are ready, confident and message-aligned.
• Collaborate closely with Corporate Communications' agency partner to support external thought-leadership opportunities tied to business priorities.
• Partner with contributed-content team to support development of bylined articles and trade-media thought leadership.
• Coordinate with External Communications to ensure engagements, materials and messaging are consistent with outreach plans and approved guidance.
• Use established decision-making and escalation guidelines to determine when activities can proceed and when additional leadership alignment is required.
• Track and report on executive visibility activity and outcomes in support of monthly vertical updates.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven experience supporting senior leaders (VP/SVP/EVP or equivalent) with executive communications, thought leadership or external visibility programs.
• Ability to synthesize complex technical subject matter into concise, externally relevant messages for diverse audiences.
• Excellent writing and editing skills across executive communications formats (e.g., speeches, talking points, briefing documents, social media posts, etc.).
• Sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive topics.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• 7+ years of corporate communications experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Business, or a related field.

What you'll experience working for ULS
UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we're still leading the way. From day one, we've blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.
That's where you come in - because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem-solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.
This is more than a job. It's a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today - and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you'll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.
Everyone here is unique. But we're also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.
Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future - one where everyone benefits.
Join UL Solutions to be at the center of safety. To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com
Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $120,000 to $150,000 and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 20% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).
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ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.