Vice President of Corporate Communications, OneTrust
$220.9-331.3k
+ Equity stock options
AI-ready governance platform
Job no longer available
AI-ready governance platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$220.9-331.3k
+ Equity stock options
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable innovation through the responsible use of data and AI.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s/master’s degree in journalism, communications, or a related field
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in a senior management role and relevant experience in Executive Communications, Public Relations and Internal Communications
- Proven track record of working with senior executives and creating and implementing successful Corporate Communication strategies and programs
- Advanced writing, editing, and presentation skills, as well as project management and client management skills
- Strong collaborator working across multiple functions to achieve best outcomes for customers and the company
- Leadership skills that motivate the team and inspire talent development and high-performance and high productivity
- Significant experience in positively handling communications issues and collaborating with cross-functional teams and outside agencies
- Experience handling and navigating crisis communications to ensure minimal disruption to the business and minimal reputational harm
What the job involves
- As a vice president of corporate communications and public relations, you develop strategies for public relations, manage our annual Trust profession survey and report, improve brand awareness, set internal communications strategy, develop internal communications plan, lead executive communications, ensure consistent messaging across all our platforms and assist with storytelling at the company narrative level
- You will direct and monitor the performance of the external communications team, perform proactive business media outreach, create annual media relations plans, and as needed act as a spokesperson for the company
- Your responsibilities also include leading crisis communications working closely with other functions based on the situation, assisting with or writing speeches for executives, providing strategies about corporate interests, and developing plans for inspiring employee engagement
- You will establish metrics and measurement plans to monitor the effectiveness of corporate communications, leverage data and market research, and provide proactive and reactive advice
- Develop and implement a strategic communications plan to enhance the company’s visibility, increase brand awareness, and communicate the company’s priorities with external stakeholders, and engage our target audiences
- Create a public relations strategy that will enable leadership to maintain and boost important relationships with targeted, external audiences, including the media and influencers
- Direct communications efforts in risk/crises management, corporate positioning and customer relations efforts
- Identify challenges and communication issues within the organization and propose effective solutions
- Work with the leadership team to recognize internal and external communications opportunities and solutions and define and execute suitable strategies to support them
- Serve as a representative and lead point person on media interactions that help promote the organization
- Supervise the communications team by mentoring, coaching, and providing feedback, as well as holding them accountable by conducting performance reviews and overseeing their development
- Ensure good media coverage and a favorable public image of the company by formulating and maintaining a proactive media relations plan, with a focus on engagement with key journalists and publications
Our take
It's becoming clear that as businesses rapidly adopt AI, governance is struggling to keep up. Companies are moving from a handful of tools to potentially hundreds of AI agents, creating new challenges around oversight, data use and risk. As privacy and security concerns grow, organizations are realizing that scaling AI without proper control can introduce just as many risks as opportunities.
That's where OneTrust comes in, with its "AI-powered governance platform" helping organizations track how AI systems operate, what data they access and how it's used. Rather than relying on static compliance checks, it focuses on continuous, real-time monitoring, building on its foundations in privacy, consent and risk management to give companies greater control over complex AI environments.
With more than 14,000 customers, including over half of the Fortune 500, OneTrust is entering a key phase of growth. Under new CEO John Heyman, the company is leaning into the idea that AI governance will become a core business need. As adoption accelerates, OneTrust is positioning itself as a central player in helping enterprise scale AI safely and responsibly.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2023
$150m
LATE VC
Apr 2023
$50m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- Compensation: Top talent deserves top pay. Our competitive total packages include pay equity for all and bonuses.
- Mental Health & Support: Through a mental wellbeing platform and 14 weeks of parental bonding leave, inclusive of adoption, you can feel supported through all of life’s biggest changes.
- Time Off: Everyone needs time to rest and recharge. We offer flexible PTO, company recharge days, and volunteer time off globally. You’ll also have generous company holidays and paid sick days.
- Flexibility: Embrace a hybrid working model with opportunities to collaborate and celebrate in person and virtually. Click here to learn more about our location strategy and hybrid workplace model.
- Career Development: Become an expert in trust intelligence with our robust onboarding bootcamp and by earning industry certifications paid for by us.
- Employee Recognition: We celebrate our accomplishments the best way we know how – together. Our Values Spotlight Awards recognize teams across the company for their contributions.
Company HQ
Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta, GA
Leadership
Kabir Barday
(Founder & Board Member)Kabir founded OneTrust in 2015 and served as the company's CEO until 2026. Previously, he spent 2 years at VMware as a Senior Product Manager and Director of Product Management.
John Heyman
(CEO & Board Member)Prior to joining OneTrust in 2026, John was the CEO at Snap One for nearly 11 years and Radiant Systems for 6 years.
Blake Brannon
(Chief Product & Strategy Officer)Blake joined OneTrust in 2017 as CTO, moving into the role of Chief Product & Strategy Officer in 2021. Prior to OneTrust, he spent nearly 10 years at AirWatch by VMware as a Global Director of Sales Engineering and as VP of Product Marketing.
Digvijay Lamba
(Chief Product & Technology Officer)Prior to joining OneTrust in 2025, Digvijay served as the CTO at Firebolt Ventures and Alteryx. He also founded Lore IO and served as the company's CEO for nearly 5 years.
Michael Schanker
(CMO)Prior to joining OneTrust in 2025, Michael spent over 5 years at Coupa Software in various roles, including SVP of Strategic Marketing, EVP and CMO. He was also and Advisor and Head of Growth & Marketing at Remix as well as the Head of Marketing at OpenGov Inc.
Guido Torrini
(CFO)Alongside serving as the CFO at OneTrust, Guido is also the Chief Financial & Operating Officer at DDN. Previously, he was the CFO at Celonis and Wellhub.
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