Vice President-Communications Channel Strategy

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies

• 10+ years of experience in communications, digital strategy, integrated marketing, or corporate reputation roles, preferably in financial services, technology, or other complex B2B environments
• Demonstrated success developing multi-channel communication strategies for global organizations
• Deep understanding of owned, earned, shared, and paid channels, with expertise in social platforms, web ecosystems, media strategy, and content distribution
• Proven experience architecting large-scale integrated campaigns and cross-functional workstreams
• Experience designing content systems, taxonomies, or structured content models in complex, compliance-sensitive environments strongly preferred
• Strong analytical mindset with experience applying insights to optimize performance
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills; ability to influence senior leaders and manage complex matrices
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and agency partners in high-pace, high-stakes environments
• Basic understanding of artificial intelligence concepts, with curiosity and enthusiasm for learning how AI tools can improve the processes and drive efficiency; hands-on experience with AI tools and implementing AI-powered solutions is a plus

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; preferably in communications, marketing, journalism, business, or a related field.

Responsibilities

The Vice President, Communications Channel Strategy will lead the development and execution of Moody’s channel strategy, ensuring seamless integration across paid, owned, earned, and shared media to amplify enterprise storytelling and enhance audience engagement. As the architect of scalable, AI-driven content systems and workflows, the VP will design frameworks that enable personalization, automation, and governance at scale. This position blends strategic vision with operational excellence, leveraging data insights to optimize channel performance while collaborating with internal and external teams to deliver impactful, unified communications.

• Build and govern Moody’s corporate channel strategy across social, website, paid media, email, multimedia, events, and internal communications.
• Define channel roles, sequencing, and audience alignment across owned, earned, paid, and shared channels.
• Partner on audience development and innovation for new channels and formats.
• Architect enterprise content systems, including taxonomies and workflows for scalable, AI-driven personalization and governance.
• Collaborate on integrated, multi-channel campaigns aligned to enterprise priorities and narratives.
• Use analytics to guide optimization of channel mix, campaign effectiveness, and audience engagement.
• Manage external agencies and drive operational excellence across major initiatives.
• Cultivate cross-functional partnerships while mentoring contributors to foster collaboration and creativity.

About the Team
The Corporate Affairs team shapes and protects Moody’s global reputation by delivering strategic storytelling, brand experiences, and enterprise communications. This role partners across Corporate Affairs, Marketing, HR, and business units to build a cohesive, insight‑driven channel ecosystem that elevates Moody’s voice and drives meaningful engagement with priority audiences.

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $151,300.00 - $219,400.00, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email accommodations@moodys.com. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications

For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.