Director of Internal Communications, Virta Health
$171.3-196.9k
+ Equity
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Diabetes reversal treatment
Job no longer available
Diabetes reversal treatment
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$171.3-196.9k
+ Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To reverse diabetes and obesity in one billion people.
Role
Who you are
- 8-12 years of experience in internal or corporate communications, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity
- Proven success of leading internal communications in high-growth environments and the requirements, challenges and opportunities of transitioning from private to public
- Knowledge of SEC restrictions and disclosure requirements as they relate to internal and external communications during IPO preparation
- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills across multiple formats (email, Slack, live presentations, etc.)
- Strong executive presence with the ability to advise and influence C-suite leaders
- Deep understanding of change management and culture-building principles
- Experience managing and evolving comms cadences and channels at scale
- High EQ, bias for clarity, and a sharp intuition for what employees need to hear, and how they need to hear it
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Director of Internal Communications to lead the strategy, systems, and storytelling that keep Virta aligned as we scale beyond 1,000 employees and advance toward IPO readiness
- In this role, you’ll own company-wide internal messaging, support executive and cross-functional communications, and build campaigns that connect employees to our mission and to each other
- You’ll play a critical role in reinforcing our culture, enabling clarity during change, and ensuring that every employee understands where we’re going, how we’ll get there, and why it matters—especially as we navigate the complexity of IPO preparedness
- Strategic Comms Planning: Develop and execute an internal communications strategy that supports organizational priorities and readiness for complex, high-impact milestones as the company scales
- Executive Enablement: Partner with the CEO, C-suite, and senior leaders to craft clear, consistent messaging for all-company updates, key initiatives, and sensitive change management
- Milestone & High-Sensitivity Comms: Lead employee communications for major company milestones and high-sensitivity initiatives, ensuring teams are informed, aligned, and confident in what’s ahead
- Change & Culture Comms: Design and deliver communications that support cross-functional changes, such as org design, process shifts, and tool rollouts, while reinforcing our values and desired culture; also lead comms for internal events including retreats, offsites, DEI gatherings, hackathons, and employee interest groups
- Regulatory Alignment: Partner with Legal and Finance to ensure internal messaging is aligned with SEC guidelines and disclosure requirements during IPO preparation and beyond
- Channel Management & Cadence: Own the rhythm of all-hands meetings, executive Q&As, internal newsletters, Slack channels, Notion hubs, and other touchpoints to maintain a consistent drumbeat of communication
- Manager Enablement: Equip people leaders with templates, talking points, and toolkits to cascade important updates effectively and empathetically
- Team & Voice Amplification: Help create systems and campaigns that elevate employee voices, celebrate team and cross-functional wins, and strengthen team identity across the organization
- Feedback Loops: Design and lead feedback mechanisms to understand employee sentiment, measure clarity and resonance of key messages, and continuously refine internal communications for greater impact
- First 90 Days
- Establish a scalable comms framework that includes cadence, channels, ownership, and voice; audit existing channels, cadences, and message quality
- Partner with Legal, Finance, and HR to establish messaging guardrails and pilot sensitive, business-critical communications, supporting leadership in delivering aligned and compliant messages
- Create a comms toolkit for managers to support consistent message cascades
- Launch updated internal communications rhythm (e.g., revamped All-Hands, refreshed Slack approach, internal town halls)
- Introduce metrics to track comms effectiveness and build a feedback loop with key stakeholders to refine strategy
Our take
Much of the care for type 2 diabetes has been based on control and prevention, rather than a direct reversal of the issue. Virta Health is changing that, providing patients with personalized treatment plans, virtual monitoring and patient care.
Instead of depending upon medication, which often needs to be increased over time, the company is tackling the problem at its root and taking a fundamentally different approach that is better for the patient, and more economical for insurers. Among enrolled patients in its clinical trial at one year, 60% achieved diabetes reversal.
While platforms like Vida Health also serve similar markets, the large number of prediabetic (88M) and diabetic (30M) Americans presents a significant opportunity for growth. Along with its significant funding round in 2021 fueling its efforts to expand the reach of its telehealth-powered diabetes reversal treatment. Positioning the company for widespread adoption and continued success in addressing this critical healthcare challenge.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2021
$133m
SERIES E
Dec 2020
$65m
SERIES D
Total funding: $373m
Company benefits
- Remote-first work environment with ability to work from home
- Flexible work hours & time off policy
- Virta pays 99% of all employee health insurance premiums, and 75% for all dependents
- Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Enroll in the Virta treatment for free and give a discount to friends and family
- Internet, home office, learning & development stipends
- Employee Resource Groups like Parents of Virta, Ladies of Virta, and Virtans for DEI
- 401K and ROTH contribution opportunities
Company HQ
Civic Center, Denver, CO
Leadership
Sami Inkinen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked on Microsoft’s strategy team for MS Office, and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company within the software, telecommunications, and government sectors. Co-founder of online real estate marketplace Trulia, serving as its COO until its IPO and eventual sale to Zillow Group.
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