A role is listed only if it scores 70% fit or higher against your target lanes
(AI adoption / transformation and internal communications, director level and up). Everything below that is dropped, not hidden.
Apply goes to the employer’s own application page wherever one could be verified against their applicant system; otherwise to the link from the alert email.
New on every tile: 🔍 Found via — the intake channel that actually surfaced the role, so you can see which alert is earning its keep. Backfilled 2026-09-04 by re-reading the alert emails themselves: of the 59 tiles, 34 came from a LinkedIn job alert, 13 from a LinkedIn scrape sweep (12 Apify, 1 token-free), 1 from a Glassdoor digest, and 11 could not be attributed to a named provider — those are marked “provider not recorded” rather than guessed. From this run forward the channel is captured at sweep time, so nothing new lands unattributed.
Sunday 2026-09-13 run — 5 new tiles, and one thing that needs you.⚠ The Apify LinkedIn sweep did not run: every call came back “Monthly usage hard limit exceeded”, which is a spend cap on the Apify account rather than a scrape failure, so all eight keyword searches were blocked before they started. Raising it is a billing action and it is yours to make. Today’s intake is therefore Gmail and USAJOBS only — 50 threads, 54 messages read in full, 347 posting slots, plus 1,544 federal announcements — and it still produced five, so the loss is real but not fatal. The pick of them is Airbnb’s Internal Communications Lead: remote-US, $160,000–$200,000, and the only tile this board has carried where every duty is employee-audience with no media-relations half competing for the seat — and the assignment is “internal communications partner to a set of VP-level leaders, with a particular focus on AI and data science”, which is your two lanes in one sentence. The trade is grade: it is a senior individual-contributor seat, not a Director with reports. T. Rowe Price has stood up an entire Global Distribution AI organization — roughly ten requisitions posted off one org design on 10 September — and its Director, Applied AI joins the Director, AI Enablement & Ecosystem seat already on this board: $159,000–$272,000 in the named Maryland tier, hybrid in Baltimore 35 minutes away, and not a single hard blocker in the posting. LPL Financial’s VP, AI Enablement & Productivity Tooling is the closest content match of the run — it asks for enterprise rollout plans with “communications, training, support models, and change management strategies to drive adoption” and names Copilot adoption programs in its preferred qualifications — but its work arrangement is stated nowhere at all, and the only location named is Fort Mill, South Carolina. One recruiter question decides whether that tile is worth anything. HSBC is on the board despite failing the geography rule, deliberately: $250,000–$325,000 and the best Lane B mandate this board has surfaced — mobilising and engaging the entire US employee population, with media relations explicitly delegated to a team rather than owned — but it is hybrid in Manhattan with no D.C. alternative, so it is a relocation decision, not a commute, and it closes 25 September. The referral check ran in your own verified account today across all five employers, and two paths are worth using: at Airbnb your shared connection into the company’s DC-Baltimore staffer is Matt Glassman, who messaged you on LinkedIn two days ago and whose thread is still unread; at LPL, Brice Stokes holds the adjacent seat (VP, AI Digital Enablement) and could answer the remote question in one sentence. No new applications and no new rejections — nothing has been submitted in six days, and there is still no interview, no screen and no employer recruiter approach anywhere on this account. Federal deadlines are now the tightest thing on the board: the U.S. Senate Technology Adoption role closes tomorrow, the VA SES and the NRC role close 18 September, both USPTO announcements 21 September, and NOAA — already a tile here — 22 September.
Saturday 2026-09-12 run — 10 new tiles, and seven of them are here because a deploy failed two days ago.The single most important thing on this page: the 10 September run built seven verified tiles, passed every gate, and never shipped — that session lost outbound network entirely, so the live board stayed frozen on the 9 September build and seven roles you had never seen sat in a sandbox that was then discarded. All seven were re-verified at source today before publishing and all seven are still live: no closures, no salary changes, no arrangement changes, no new deadlines. Three of them are better documented than they were — Takeda’s band ($212,000–$333,190) and SentinelOne’s band ($217,500–$326,000) were captured for the first time, and SentinelOne turns out to be fully remote across the US, which was not known on 10 September. Mastercard’s contradiction is resolved and the role is open: the “this specific position is no longer available” message on the branded careers page appears in the raw HTML of every Mastercard job page, including a known-live requisition and an invented one — it is a hidden fallback block, and it was never evidence about this job. Today’s three:Circle’s Director, Internal Communications & Employer Brand is the highest-scoring tile this board has ever carried — posted yesterday, remote-first across the US with no state exclusions, $200,000–$257,500, a Director with reports, and an explicit “AI-First Operations” section that puts both of your lanes in one requisition. Centene’s VP, Enterprise Change & Transformation Communications was also posted yesterday, pays $188,900–$359,800 and names the join outright — senior communications advisor to executive leadership and to the Transformation Office — but it lists six remote states and Maryland is not among them; nothing excludes it either, so that is the first question.Scott+Scott’s Director of Artificial Intelligence explicitly allows Maryland residency and contains no engineering requirement at all, though the posting is four months old and the experience line reads “7–10 years” with an upper bound. The referral check ran in your own account today across all ten employers. Nine of the ten have no 1st-degree employee; T. Rowe Price is the exception (Tara Coates), and its named recruiter Katie Manthei is 2nd degree. Two paths stand out: at SpaceX, James Gleeson — the Vice President of Communications who owns the role you said you would do anything to get — is 2nd degree through Joshua Rosenblum, and at Mastercard the top three of the communications function (EVP Global Communications, Head of Global Employee Communications & Culture, and the CMCO) are all one hop away. Screened out with the sentence that did it:WTW’s Senior Director, Employee Experience reads like a perfect match in an alert and is a billable producer seat — “Proven ability to efficiently close the sale”; Guidehouse’s EHR adoption directorship pays $185,000–$309,000 remote and requires “Demonstrated expertise with at least one major EHR platform: Epic / Oracle Health (Cerner) / MEDITECH”, a gate with no substitute; Twilio’s CEO Communications Director is confirmed Director-level and Maryland-banded but is external media work — “help shape and manage the CEO’s external communications” with hands-on pitching required; Hilton’s Director, Executive Communications tops out at $160,000, below your floor at the midpoint, and is five days on site in McLean. Marriott’s Senior Director, Change Management and Associate Engagement came back through two separate sweeps and was not boarded — you applied to it on 26 August and it is already on your tracker. A correction to your own records:jobs-applied.json carries the Net at Work band as $150K–$200K; the live posting reads “Base salary range: $150,000 to $170,000”, which is what the tracker already shows. That application closes to new applicants on 30 September and is still “under review”. Federal: the USAJOBS API sweep that was owed from 10 September ran today — 1,311 announcements. The U.S. Senate technology-adoption role closes in two days, on 14 September; the VA SES closes 18 September; both USPTO announcements close 21 September; NOAA, already on this board, closes 22 September. The WhoMayApply=Public filter failed for a fourth consecutive sweep — four status-only announcements came back under it — so every federal role is still being checked by reading “This job is open to” on the announcement page itself. Alert health: the “Associate Vice President, Change Management” saved search has now delivered 24 slots and zero clears and should be deleted — though in fairness it is the search that produced SentinelOne, through an aggregator. Two new four-term communications alerts are leaking manager grades and marketing comms. Indeed is no longer silent: nine alerts and 78 slots in three days from three saved searches, and it surfaced roles LinkedIn missed. Glassdoor is at a third consecutive zero. And the fact that matters most is unchanged: there is still no interview, no screen and no employer recruiter approach anywhere on this account.
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5 new matches ≥70%
Gmail alert sweep (Sep 10–Sep 13, 50 threads / 54 messages opened in full, 347 posting slots across 10 senders) plus a USAJOBS API sweep of 1,544 federal announcements. The Apify LinkedIn sweep did not run this cycle — the Apify account returned “Monthly usage hard limit exceeded” on every call, so all eight keyword searches were blocked before they started; that is a billing cap, not a scrape failure, and today’s intake is Gmail and USAJOBS only. Nineteen candidates were verified against the employer’s own applicant system; five survived. Roles already shown on an earlier run are not repeated.
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Internal Communications Lead
Airbnb
Remote — United Statesverified on the employer’s own systemposted 3 days ago★ 100% internal audience
📍 US — Remote Eligible. The posting reads “This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, as agreed to with your manager.” and the ATS metadata field is Workplace Type: Remote. One open question, and it is the first one to ask: the posting says you “must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity” and links to a list — but the link resolves to Airbnb’s careers home page and no such list is actually published there. Maryland is nowhere stated as excluded; it simply is not confirmed either way.
$160,000 – $200,000· pay range, posted in the requisition; also eligible for bonus, equity and Employee Travel Credits
🔍 Found via: Built In alert, 9/12.
Fit
85%
Internal communications partner to a set of VP-level leaders, with a named focus on AI and data science — all-hands narratives, organizational-change communications, leader-voice Slack and email, change management, crisis internal comms and presenter coaching, for a workforce of more than 8,000.
Strengths
This is the purest Lane B tile the board has carried, and the AI focus is the reason it outranks everything else today. Verified employer-direct on Airbnb’s own Greenhouse board, job 8192330, first published 2026-09-10. The team charter is “to build a strong and enduring culture by connecting more than 8,000 employees around the world to Airbnb’s mission, community, and core values” — every duty on the list is employee-audience, with no media-relations component competing for the seat. And the assignment is the join you have been looking for: “You will be the internal communications partner to a set of VP-level leaders, with a particular focus on AI and data science”, plus “Demonstrated fluency with AI and other technical subject matter.” That is your AARP record stated as a job description. The bar clears cleanly at “10+ years in strategic internal communications”, it is remote-US, and the floor sits $10,000 above yours.
Gaps
It is a senior individual-contributor seat, not a Director with reports — “Lead” here denotes craft seniority, and no team is named anywhere in the posting. That is the trade for the content. Two smaller things: the requirement names “a relevant degree (Journalism, Communications, PR, or related field)”, and the posting asks for “collaborating primarily during Pacific Time core hours”, which from Annapolis means a shifted day. And the excluded-states link is broken — confirm Maryland with the recruiter before you spend time on it.
Airbnb — the travel and short-term-rental marketplace, roughly 7,000–8,000 employees worldwide, headquartered in San Francisco.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-13 in your own browser. No 1st degree, but the best-placed bench of today’s five.Fallon O’Connor (Global Head of Communications and People at Airbnb — the function head this seat sits under) is 2nd degree. Meagan Busath (Internal Communications at Airbnb, via Sabrina Crider) is the person actually doing this work today. Also 2nd: Theo Keith (Senior Communications Manager, Corporate and Executive, via Jen Reeves), Michelle Flandreau (Sr. Manager, Host Comms Editorial, via Jen Reeves and Jason Clough) and Linda Thomas (built Airbnb’s first Host Communications organization, via John Friess and Sarah Lee). And one worth noticing: Carlos Munoz, in public policy at Airbnb, sits in the Washington DC-Baltimore Area and your shared connection into him is Matt Glassman — who messaged you on LinkedIn two days ago and whose thread is still unread.
Hybrid — Baltimore, MDverified on the employer’s own systemposted 3 days ago★ drivable — 35 min from Annapolis★ no hard blockers
📍 Hybrid, Baltimore, Maryland. The requisition states “This role is eligible for hybrid work, with up to one day per week from home” — four days on site in Baltimore, about a 35-minute drive. Maryland is not merely allowed, it is the named pay tier: the posting bands Maryland explicitly, alongside separate D.C. and New York/California tiers.
$159,000 – $272,000· the Maryland tier, posted in the requisition (D.C. $175,000–$299,000; NY/CA $199,000–$339,000)
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 9/13.
Fit
82%
Leads two permanent multidisciplinary implementation pods inside T. Rowe Price’s new Global Distribution AI organization, reporting to the Head of Global Distribution AI Strategy & Transformation — taking AI from prioritized idea through workflow redesign to embedded, measured use.
Strengths
Zero hard blockers, and that is rarer on this board than a high fit score. Verified employer-direct in T. Rowe Price’s own Workday, requisition 83423, posted 2026-09-10. No engineering requirement, no model-building, no clearance, no travel figure, no sales or utilization target, and the posting states outright that “FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.” The degree line is “Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience” with no field constraint. It is a real Director managing managers — “this leader will manage two permanent, multidisciplinary Implementation Pods” — at “10+ years… 5+ years of people leadership experience preferred.”And it is part of something bigger: T. Rowe Price stood up an entire Global Distribution AI organization on 2026-09-10, posting roughly ten requisitions off one org design. The Director, AI Enablement & Ecosystem seat already on your board (req 83418) is this role’s sibling under the same leader.
Gaps
Four days a week in Baltimore — drivable, but it is not remote, and that is the trade. The substantive caution is a single line in the posting: “This is not a traditional program-management role.” Your AARP record is strongest on the operating-model side — intake, governance, enablement, adoption measurement — and this seat is scored on delivery: workflows rebuilt and shipped. Lead with what got built and used, not with the governance that surrounded it.
T. Rowe Price — global asset manager headquartered in Baltimore, roughly 8,000 employees, standing up a new Global Distribution AI organization as of September 2026.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-13 in your own browser. T. Rowe Price is the only employer on this board where you have a 1st degree — Tara Coates (VP, Regional Sales Specialist – Retirement), and she surfaces as the shared connection into most of the rest. Through her: Jay Coudriet (Senior Design Leader, AI-First Product Design at Scale — T. Rowe Price, DC-Baltimore, also via Emily Boyer), who sits closest to this requisition, and Jill Taylor (Communications & PR Leader, also via Scott Broom). The named recruiter on the AI cluster, Katie Manthei (Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, AVP), is 2nd degree via Emily Boyer and Bindu George. Emily Ross remains a live mutual here and nowhere else on this board.
Work model not statedverified on the employer’s own systemposted 4 days ago★ no hard blockers
📍 The work arrangement is stated nowhere, and that is the whole question. The Workday record carries no remoteType field at all, and a sweep of the full description returns zero occurrences of remote, hybrid, on-site or days per week. The only location named is Fort Mill, SC / Charlotte, NC, with no additional locations and no state-eligibility list. Silence is not an on-site commitment — but it is not a remote offer either. One recruiter question settles whether this tile is worth anything to you.
$145,436 – $242,359· pay range, posted in the requisition
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 9/11.
Fit
80%
Owns enterprise AI enablement and the digital-workplace productivity stack end to end — rollout planning, communications, training, support models and change management — partnering across Technology, Operations, Legal, Compliance, Risk, HR, Procurement, Finance and the businesses.
Strengths
Line for line, this is the closest content match of the entire run. Verified employer-direct in LPL’s own Workday, requisition R-053410, posted 2026-09-09. The core responsibility is your job description: “Create and execute enterprise rollout plans, including communications, training, support models, and change management strategies to drive adoption.” The preferred-qualifications block then names your record almost by title — “enterprise AI adoption programs, including tools such as Microsoft Copilot” and “designing employee adoption programs, change management initiatives, and workforce enablement strategies.”No hard blocker fires anywhere: no engineering build requirement, no sales or utilization target, no clearance, no travel figure, no degree-field constraint. The closest thing to a bar is “3+ years of experience with AI platforms, productivity technologies, collaboration tools”, which you clear, and it is a true VP: “10+ years of leadership experience in digital transformation, workplace technology, product strategy, AI enablement.”
Gaps
Everything depends on the unanswered arrangement question. Fort Mill, South Carolina is roughly 400 miles from Annapolis; if this seat is on-site, the tile is worth nothing, and if it is remote it is arguably the best Lane A role on the board. Ask first, write second. One curiosity worth knowing before a call: the requisition URL still carries the slug “VP--Technology---Product-Transformation” — the role was re-titled after it was created, which usually means the scope was still being argued about recently.
LPL Financial — the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States, roughly 9,000 employees, headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina and San Diego.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-13 in your own browser. No 1st degree. The single most useful 2nd-degree contact is Brice Stokes (VP, AI Digital Enablement at LPL Financial, via Celika Caldwell) — that is the adjacent seat to this requisition and the person best placed to answer the remote question in one sentence. Also 2nd: Xin Tu (Vice President, Head of Tech & Cyber Governance Compliance, based in Washington, D.C., via Michele Santoro), Alivia Flynn (SVP, Head of Strategy & Program Management, via Shaina Shiwarski) and Heather O’Connor (AVP, Digital Content Operations — change management and enterprise content governance, via Mindy Hamlin and Scott Weinberger).
Remote — United Statesverified on the employer’s own systemposted 2 days agotravel 25–50%
📍 Remote, United States. The requisition’s own structured fields read Workplace Type: Remote and Job Country: United States, with the posting city left blank. There is no state-eligibility list, so Maryland is not excluded. Ignore the “MI” in the job URL slug — the record itself carries no city.
No range posted· checked at the source 2026-09-13: the full rendered requisition contains no pay-range section, and the only “compensation” text is recruiter-agency fee boilerplate. No figure has been estimated.
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 9/13.
Fit
76%
Leads AI adoption and change management across a global industrial manufacturer — embedding future-state processes, roles and ways of working across functions, and influencing senior executives through a matrixed organization.
Strengths
The adoption sentence is verbatim your through-line:“Drive sustained adoption by ensuring future-state processes, roles, capabilities, and ways of working are embedded across functions.” Verified employer-direct on TE’s own careers system, requisition 158865, with a posting start date of 9/11/26. It is a genuine Sr Director that leads leaders — “Demonstrated ability to lead leaders, matrix teams, internal specialists, and external partners while influencing senior executives” — at “12–15+ years of experience in digital or business transformation, analytics, AI, consulting, or technology-driven roles.” It is remote, and the degree line is soft: a Computer Science or Data degree is “preferred”, not required.
Gaps
Two real costs, and they are why this sits at 76 rather than the low 80s. First, “Travel Required: 25% to 50%” — at the top of that band it is a different life. Second, one bullet leans technical in a way the rest of the posting does not: “Experience working with data platforms and analytics ecosystems, including Databricks and cloud platforms such as AWS”, alongside “Provide architectural direction.” That is the line to have an answer ready for. And there is no posted salary — checked at the source, not merely absent from the alert — so comp is entirely an unknown going in.
TE Connectivity — a global industrial technology manufacturer of connectors and sensors, roughly 85,000 employees, operating across transportation, industrial and communications markets.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-13 in your own browser. No 1st degree. The most relevant 2nd degree is Monika S. Irchenhauser (Senior Director, Human Resources, Americas Region at TE Connectivity) — she is in the Washington DC-Baltimore Area, her own profile leads on “organizational transformation, change management”, and the mutual is Jean C. Accius. Also 2nd: Rachel Quimby (Senior Director, Brand & External Communications, via Hoss Warner), Rob Tilmans (Senior Director Commercial Strategy) and Gowri P. (Digital Transformation Leader — Enterprise Data Modernization, Databricks and AWS), who is the person who could tell you how technical that one bullet really is.
Hybrid — New York, NYverified on the employer’s own systemposted 2 days agocloses 25 Sep 2026★ $250K–$325K
📍 Hybrid, New York, New York — and this is the reason the score is 74 and not the high 80s. The requisition’s own fields read workStyle: “Hybrid Worker” with New York as the only location. There is no state-eligibility list, but there is no D.C. option either: this is roughly 200 miles from Annapolis and is a relocation decision, not a commute. It is on the board rather than screened because the mandate and the money are both exceptional — the geography is the only thing wrong with it.
$250,000 – $325,000· posted in the requisition as structured minimum and maximum salary fields
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 9/12.
Fit
74%
Runs communications for HSBC Bank USA — employee engagement and culture change across the entire US workforce, leadership communications and transformation communications — reporting functionally to the Global Head of Communications for Corporate and Institutional Banking and, for entity management, to the CEO of the US Bank.
Strengths
The best Lane B mandate this board has surfaced, stated in one sentence:“The focus of the role is to drive a strategic communications strategy that mobilises and engages the entire employee population of the HSBC Bank USA, overseeing leadership communications, implementing effective integrated internal communications strategies, supporting transformation communications and mobilising culture change.” That is employee communications, executive communications and change communications in one seat, which is your entire record. Verified employer-direct through HSBC’s own SuccessFactors, requisition 59748, posted 11 September 2026, at $250,000–$325,000 — the highest band on this board. And media relations is explicitly delegated, not yours to run: “Oversee a team that maintains relationships with core media… in partnership with global CIB media relations and corporate media relations teams.” It is a Head-of with a team and a dual line into the US CEO, and no years bar is stated anywhere in the posting.
Gaps
New York, and a hard close. The seat is hybrid in Manhattan with no D.C. alternative, so this is a move or it is nothing — that is the decision, and it is yours rather than a question for a recruiter. Applications close 25 September 2026, twelve days out, so it does not wait for a slow week. The lighter half of the fit: roughly 45 to 50 percent of the mandate is external — regulator, media and stakeholder positioning for a US bank — and while you would not run media relations yourself, you would own the team that does.
HSBC Bank USA — the US arm of HSBC Holdings, one of the largest banking and financial-services organizations in the world.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-13 in your own browser. No 1st degree. The contact who matters most is Mark Schuermann (Managing Director, Head of Public Affairs — HSBC Bank USA), 2nd degree and based in Washington, D.C. — a US-entity communications leader, in your city, who would know this requisition. Also 2nd and directly relevant: David Cunningham (Communications Director — Group Culture and Leadership at HSBC, London), whose title is the culture-change half of this job, and Mansi Walia (Senior Executive Communications Lead, Group Centre of Excellence, via Kia Johnson). Kelly Windsor Fisher (Head of Corporate Sustainability, Americas, New York, via David Shotwell and Kyle Rakow) is the closest 2nd degree physically in the building.
Gmail alert sweep (Sep 9–Sep 12, 43 threads / 45 messages opened in full, 238 posting slots across 8 senders) plus an Apify LinkedIn sweep (8 keyword searches, all 8 verified real, 152 rows, 99 distinct) plus a USAJOBS API sweep of 1,311 federal announcements. Twenty-six candidates were verified against the employer’s own applicant system; three survived, and two of those were posted the day before. Roles already shown on an earlier run are not repeated.
Remote-first (US)verified on the employer’s own systemposted yesterday★ DC hub
📍 Remote-first across the United States. The posting describes “a distributed, global, remote-first workforce”, and every one of its 25 US locations is written in the form “Washington D.C. — remote first in US”. Washington D.C. is a named hub; Baltimore and Maryland are not named, but there is no state-eligibility exclusion list anywhere in the requisition. One correction to the intake: the alert framed this as “DC-Baltimore and/or NYC”, which is not how Circle frames it.
$200,000 – $257,500· base pay range, posted in the requisition
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/12.
Fit
94%
Owns internal communications and employer brand for a public fintech — strategy and OKR cascade, channel governance, editorial planning, measurement frameworks, intranet business ownership, and sensitive and change communications — with a named AI-first operating mandate running through it.
Strengths
This is the highest-scoring tile this board has ever carried, and it went up yesterday. Verified employer-direct on Circle’s own careers system, requisition JR101138, posted 2026-09-11. It is remote-first with no state exclusions and a floor $50,000 above yours. It is both of your lanes in one requisition: the internal-communications half is the full enterprise scope — OKR cascade, channel governance, measurement, intranet ownership, sensitive and change communications — and the posting carries a distinct “AI-First Operations” section that is Lane A almost verbatim: “Build repeatable, AI-enabled workflows”, “Contribute reusable prompts, templates, and automations to Circle’s shared AI ecosystem”, “Identify where automation can improve the operating model” and “Demonstrated AI fluency in a communications, content, or brand context.” It is a Director with reports — “People management experience, with a track record of developing talent”. The bar is 12+ years with no degree field required, no clearance and no engineering requirement, and the industry line is preferred only.
Gaps
Maryland is not a named hub — Washington D.C. is, and there is no exclusion list, so this reads as clear, but it is the one question worth asking first. Employer brand is a genuine second function in this job and is the lighter half of your record; the talent-acquisition partnership is worth thinking through before an interview. Digital assets and fintech are a preferred background, not required, but the sector will come up.
Circle Internet Group (NYSE: CRCL) — the issuer of USDC, a regulated dollar stablecoin, and a remote-first financial-technology company of roughly 1,000–5,000 people.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-12 in your own browser. No 1st degree, but the 2nd-degree position is unusually good because it covers both halves of the job: Greg Vadala (Senior Director, Global Corporate Communications at Circle) and Chris Bodensieck (Director, Talent Acquisition — recruitment marketing and branding, via Daniel Perez), who would own the employer-brand side. Also 2nd: Amy Dudley (Global Communications and Public Affairs leader, via Bruce Leshan and Peggy Fox), Josh Burek (Senior Director, Strategic Positioning, via Larry Contratti), Jared Favole (Chief of Staff to the CEO, via Steve Crane) and Dante Disparte (Chief Strategy Officer). Holly Maddox, the VP of Global Corporate Communications, is 3rd degree. Slug guard: the company page is circle-internet-financial — the bare circle slug is dead and circleco is an unrelated community-platform company.
Remote — six named statesverified on the employer’s own systemposted yesterdayMaryland not among the six — ask
📍 One requisition, not three. Job 1644532 is fanned across six location cards — Remote-CA, Remote-FL, Remote-MO, Remote-NC, Remote-NY and Remote-TX. Maryland is not among the six. The posting states no residency restriction, and the only other arrangement language is Centene’s site-wide boilerplate (“Centene offers a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules”) which appears on every one of their postings and says nothing about this job. So this is an open question, not a confirmed exclusion — and it is the first question to ask.
$188,900 – $359,800· posted in the requisition
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/12.
Fit
92%
Senior communications advisor to executive leadership and to the Transformation Office at a Fortune 25 health insurer — change-communications strategy, governance, executive messaging and adoption measurement across the transformation portfolio.
Strengths
Both lanes in one title, at VP, one day old. The mandate names the join directly: senior communications advisor to executive leadership and to the Transformation Office, owning change-communications strategy, governance, executive messaging, change campaigns, and measurement frameworks for “communication effectiveness and adoption” in partnership with HR. That is the operating-model framing you use, written into someone else’s requisition. Real team ownership — “Leads, coaches, and develops a high-performing team of change communications professionals”. The band tops out at $359,800 and the floor is $38,900 above yours. No clearance, no engineering, no industry requirement, no quota.
Gaps
Maryland is not one of the six remote states named on the requisition. Nothing in the posting excludes it and nothing confirms it; treat that as the gating question rather than an assumption in either direction. The degree line is specific — “Bachelor’s Degree Communications or related field required” — and the bar is “10+ years leadership experience, with progressive responsibility in corporate communications.” Managed care is a sector you have not worked in. Note also that the board already carries a different Centene requisition, the Director, Transformational Change Management & Communication — these are two separate roles, and applying to both needs a deliberate choice about which one leads.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-12 in your own browser. No 1st degree. 2nd degree, and two of them are the doors that matter: Jennifer Bonham (Senior Director, Communication Strategy & Change Management, who leads enterprise change communications and is effectively the peer or predecessor of this seat) and Halley W. (Chief of Staff to the Chief Communications Officer, via Kim Genardo) — a direct line into the CCO’s office. Also 2nd: Dawn M Gipson (Senior Director, Culture Activation, via Vicki Boutwell), Nisha Kassam (Change Management and Transformation executive, via Corina Alvarez and Alyson Curtis), Amanda Abel Capps (Director, Provider Communications, via Michael Timmermann) and Josh Arnold (Communications Project Manager, change communications, via Dallas Woodhouse). Sara Garland, the Chief Communications Officer, is 3rd degree.
Maryland explicitly eligibleverified on the employer’s own sitearrangement stated nowhereposting is four months old
📍 Maryland is named on the eligibility list, which is rare enough to lead with: “Candidate must reside in one of the following states where Scott+Scott Attorneys At Law LLP maintain an established business presence: AZ, CA, CT, DE, MD, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TX, VA and WA.”The arrangement itself is stated nowhere — the word “remote” does not appear on the page at all — so residency is settled and days-in-office is not.
$175,000 – $230,000· posted on the firm’s own careers page
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/12.
Fit
72%
The firm-wide owner of AI at a litigation boutique — roadmap, policy and governance, vendor evaluation, attorney enablement and training, and adoption measurement, explicitly without a large dedicated AI staff.
Strengths
Lane A almost line for line, and with no engineering anywhere in it — no Python, no model training, no RAG or LLMOps, no production ML. The responsibilities read as an AI-adoption operating model: roadmap, firm-wide AI policy and governance, vendor evaluation and contracts, attorney enablement and training, change management against genuine skepticism, and adoption measurement. The posting says the role “serves as the central point of coordination for AI use across the firm… without requiring a large, dedicated AI staff” — which is the job you have been doing. Maryland residency is explicitly allowed and the band clears your floor by $25,000.
Gaps
The experience line reads “7–10 years” with an upper bound, which is unusual and needs careful framing rather than a longer record pushed forward. Legal-industry knowledge is the real gate:“Knowledge of U.S. and international legal industry workflows, confidentiality requirements, regulatory obligations, and attorney culture.”The posting is old — first published 2026-05-18 and last modified 2026-08-12, so roughly four months live with a refresh a month ago; treat age as a real risk here. There is no applicant-tracking system behind it: applications go to the Director of HR by email, which means a covering note does more work than usual. No direct reports.
Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP (New York) — international litigation boutique specialising in antitrust, securities and consumer class actions, roughly 51–200 employees.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-12 in your own browser. No 1st degree, and the firm’s whole in-network footprint is two people — but one of them is the right one: Jonathan Swerdloff (Chief Information Officer, via Nicole Shea) is the natural owner of a Director of AI seat and is one hop away. The other is Christine Schiffner (Director of Communications, via Kelly Daschle, Andrea McCarren and one other). Emily Turner, the Director of HR named as the application contact, is 3rd degree — no path to her. Dhhyey Shah, who is building the firm’s innovation and data-science function, is also 3rd. Slug guard: the company page is scott-scott-us.
Found on Wednesday 10 September and shown here for the first time. The 10 September run built these seven tiles and gated them, but its deploy never went out — the workspace lost outbound network for that entire session, so the live page stayed on the 9 September build and these roles were never visible to you. All seven were re-verified at source on 12 September before being published: seven of seven still live, no closures, no salary changes, no arrangement changes, no new deadlines — and two salary bands and one remote status that had not been captured on 10 September are now on the tiles. Their intake sweep was Sep 7–Sep 10: 51 threads / 52 messages and 396 posting slots across 10 senders, plus an Apify sweep of 198 rows.
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Director, AI Enablement & Ecosystem
T. Rowe Price
Hybrid — 4 days in Baltimore★ drivableverified on the employer’s own system
📍 Baltimore, MD — roughly 30 miles from Annapolis. The requisition states the arrangement itself: “This role is eligible for hybrid work, with up to one day per week from home.” That is four days on site in Baltimore, inside the corridor. Re-verified in the Workday record on 2026-09-12: canApply: true, endDate: null.
$159,000 – $272,000· posted in the requisition (Maryland tier; DC $175,000–$299,000, NY/CA $199,000–$339,000)
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/10 — and it is worth saying plainly that no alert email carried this role on 9/10. It reappeared on 9/12 in both a LinkedIn saved-search alert and an Indeed alert, which is confirmation rather than discovery.
Fit
86%
Owns the enablement and adoption side of AI at a $1.6-trillion asset manager — intake and prioritisation of AI use cases, governance and value realisation, scaled learning, and the firm’s AI Champions network.
Strengths
The scope sentence is your AARP work almost verbatim — intake and prioritisation, governance and value realisation, scaled learning and adoption, and a named AI Champions network, which is the same shape as the enablement structure you built. The bar is open rather than technical: a bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 10+ years across AI and digital transformation, with no engineering requirement and no FINRA licensing. The Maryland band alone clears your floor by $9,000 at the bottom and reaches $272,000 at the top. And this is the one employer in this batch where you have a real 1st-degree connection — see below.
Gaps
Four days a week in Baltimore is a genuine commute, not a nominal hybrid, and the one remote day is a ceiling rather than a floor. Asset management is a sector you have not worked in, and the AI-governance vocabulary at a regulated investment manager carries model-risk meaning that is worth reading up on before a first call. The Workday record’s remoteType field, which read Hybrid on 9/10, is now null — the hybrid sentence is still in the description body, so this is a metadata drop rather than a policy change, but it is worth one question.
T. Rowe Price (Baltimore, NASDAQ: TROW) — global asset manager, roughly 8,000 employees, founded 1937 and headquartered in the Harbor East district.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-12 in your own browser. 1st degree: Tara Coates (VP, Regional Sales Specialist – Retirement) — the only 1st-degree employee across all ten employers boarded this run. The named recruiter on the requisition, Katie Manthei (Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, AVP), is 2nd degree through Emily Boyer and Bindu George. Also 2nd: Edward Giltenan (Director of Corporate Communications, via Kerry Hannon), Kristen Pinheiro (VP & Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, via Tara Coates), Prabhakar B. (Head of AI, Model and Technology Risk, via Samir Shah), Kevin Bates (Chief Data Officer and Head of Data Engineering, AI Strategy, via Christopher Geiger and Andrew Bates) and Tiane Harrison (Communications & Business Management) — and Tiane Harrison is the one place in this entire run where Emily Ross is a shown shared connection.
Remote (US)verified on the employer’s own systemband and remote status newly captured
📍 The employer’s own posting states “Location: United States — Remote”, in the InfoSec & IT department, Americas region. No state-eligibility list of any kind, so Maryland is not excluded. This was not captured when the role was first found on 9/10 and it changes the picture: it is the only fully remote role in that batch.
$217,500 – $326,000· posted in the requisition (captured 2026-09-12)
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/10 — reached first through Ladders (9/9) and Swooped (9/10) reposts of an “Associate Vice President, Change Management” alert with the employer hidden, then traced from the description back to SentinelOne’s own board. Worth noting for the alert audit: that alert is marked for deletion, and it still produced this.
Fit
82%
Leads enterprise delivery and transformation inside SentinelOne’s InfoSec & IT organisation — programme governance, operating cadence and the adoption side of enterprise systems change, at AVP level and fully remote.
Strengths
AVP is squarely in band and the mandate is enterprise delivery and transformation — the operating-model side, not engineering. The band is the second highest on the board and its floor sits $67,500 above yours. Fully remote with no state list is the cleanest geography of the seven roles recovered from the 10 September run.
Gaps
The seat sits inside InfoSec & IT, so the transformation being run is a technology-function transformation and the stakeholders are security and IT leaders rather than an enterprise communications or HR audience. Your referral position here is the weakest of the ten — all fourteen in-network contacts are in sales, security engineering and partnerships, and the entire IT and transformation leadership layer is 3rd degree. Correction carried forward: the Greenhouse board token sentinelone does not exist; any stored boards.greenhouse.io/sentinelone/… link will 404, which is why Apply points at the employer-hosted page.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-12 in your own browser. No 1st degree. 2nd degree, but none of them in the InfoSec & IT or enterprise-delivery leadership this role reports into: David Gold (VP, Global Field CTO/CISO, via Cameron Nordholm), Melissa K. Smith (SVP, Strategy & Partnerships, via Richard Weaver), Dave Mick (Product Operations, via Desmond Tighe), Samuel Joo (Staff Security Engineer, via Andrew Van Buren) and Erik Baumgartner (Federal, Baltimore, via Veronica Segovia Bedon). Al Linke, the VP of Enterprise Applications, Data and AI — the likely hiring principal — is 3rd degree. Treat this as a cold approach.
Hybrid — office proximity conditionalverified on the employer’s own systemno office near Maryland
📍 Pleasanton, CA anchoring, remoteType: Hybrid. The arrangement is conditioned on proximity rather than stated flatly: “Candidates who live within a reasonable commute to one of our offices will work in the office at least 3 days a week.”There is no BlackLine office near Maryland, so on a plain reading of that sentence the seat is remote-eligible for you — but that is an inference from the wording, not a commitment the posting makes. One recruiter question settles it.
$292,000 – $365,000· posted in the requisition — the highest band on the board
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/10.
Fit
80%
Owns BlackLine’s internal enterprise AI and automation programme end to end, reporting to the Chief Information Officer — strategy, governance, use-case portfolio and the adoption of AI across the company’s own operations.
Strengths
Owns the internal enterprise AI programme end to end and reports to the CIO — that is the operating-model seat, at VP, with the reporting line that makes it real. The band is the highest this board has carried and its floor is nearly double your minimum. LinkedIn’s “posted this week” is a refresh: the Workday startDate is 2026-07-20, so this has been open about eight weeks — long enough to have gone quiet, and also long enough that a strong late application still lands.
Gaps
A technologist’s tenure line and a named-platform list run through the requirements, which is the part of your record that needs the most careful framing. The office-proximity sentence is the whole geography question and it is unresolved. Correction carried forward: the Workday site ID is BlackLineCareers, not blackline — the Sep 10 URL would have 404’d.
BlackLine (Woodland Hills, CA; NASDAQ: BL) — financial close and accounting automation software, roughly 1,000–5,000 employees.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-12 in your own browser. No 1st degree, and the whole in-network roster is twelve people. 2nd degree: Samuel Amiri (Director of Enterprise Applications, via Daniel Perez) and Josh Stein (built and sold WiseLayer AI to BlackLine; board member, via Jeffrey Makowka) are the nearest to this seat; also Eric Ramos (Senior Director, Global Business Development, AI, via Keith Greene), Mac Weaver (SVP and GM, Agentic Operations for Finance, via Chris Chopek) and Heather Cassano (Principal People Business Partner, via Veronica Segovia Bedon). Nobody squarely in the VP AI & Automation reporting line.
Cambridge, MAverified on the employer’s own systemarrangement stated nowhereband newly captured
📍 Cambridge, MA. The work arrangement is stated nowhere in the posting — no remote, hybrid, on-site or days-per-week language anywhere, and the only location data is the line “Locations | Cambridge, MA”. Silence is not an on-site commitment, and it is not a remote one either; it is the first question.
$212,000 – $333,190· posted in the requisition (captured 2026-09-12; no band was recorded when the role was first found)
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/10 — returned by both the “VP Internal Communications” and “Senior Director Employee Communications” searches.
Fit
80%
Heads executive communications for Takeda’s U.S. Business Unit — leadership voice, executive platforms and the messaging that carries the unit’s strategy to its people and its market.
Strengths
“Head” of executive communications for a whole business unit is the level and the lane at once, and the band is among the best on the board. Executive communications for a US business unit is the closest structural match to the leadership-speaking and executive-voice work you own now.
Gaps
Cambridge is not commutable and the posting will not say whether it has to be, so this is a relocation question until a recruiter answers it. Pharma is a sector gate in practice even where it is not stated as a requirement. Two identifiers worth keeping straight: the internal Takeda requisition is R0188615; the 100358855904 you may see is the jobs.takeda.com listing ID, not the req.
Takeda Pharmaceutical (Tokyo; US operations in Cambridge, MA) — global biopharmaceutical company, 10,000+ employees.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-12 in your own browser. No 1st degree. But the 2nd-degree bench is the function itself: Anne G. (Vice President, Head of U.S. Communications at Takeda, via Jill Kadish) is almost certainly the hiring principal for a USBU executive-communications head. Also 2nd: Jane Woo (VP, Head of R&D and Portfolio Communications), James-Denton Wyllie (Head, R&D Communications, via Jalil Isa), Kara Landrigan (Digital Communications Leader, via Victoria Reuter), John Lacey (via Diane Renzulli) and Casey Watson Turner (via Deyna Martin Hardison and Scott Weinberger). Slug guard: the company page is takeda-pharmaceuticals — the bare takeda slug is a two-person Iranian games studio.
Senior Director, Communications and Change Enablement
Whirlpool Corporation
Benton Harbor, MIverified on the employer’s own systemarrangement stated nowhereno range in the posting
📍 Benton Harbor, Michigan. The arrangement is stated nowhere, and this was checked at field level rather than by reading prose: in the requisition’s own structured record work_location_option and location_flexibility are both null, and the description contains no remote, hybrid, on-site or days-per-week language at all. Silence, not an on-site commitment. Re-verified 2026-09-12: isPrivate: false, created 2026-08-11, last updated 2026-09-09.
No range in the posting· verified 2026-09-12 — no compensation is stated anywhere in the requisition
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/10.
Fit
78%
Runs communications and change enablement for a 10,000-person manufacturer — the employee-facing half of enterprise change, sitting inside the Communications function rather than a programme office.
Strengths
Communications and change enablement in one title at Senior Director is exactly the join your record makes, and it is rare to see both halves named in the same requisition. The department field is Communications, so the seat sits in the function rather than in a PMO.
Gaps
Benton Harbor is a relocation unless the silence on arrangement resolves in your favour, and there is no band at all to anchor a conversation. A note from the build: the Rule 50 grep caught this tile’s about-text naming the applicant-tracking vendor on 10 September and it was reworded before anything shipped; it is clean here. URL guard: the slug-style job URL 404s — the canonical path is /careers/job/34403514171.
Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, MI; NYSE: WHR) — home appliance manufacturer, 10,000+ employees, brands including Whirlpool, Maytag and KitchenAid.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-12 in your own browser. No 1st degree. 2nd degree, and the first name is the exact functional match: Kathleen Nolan (Internal Communications Professional, Prosci-certified change practitioner, via David Allen) — internal communications and change in one person, which is this requisition in miniature. Also 2nd: Eleanor Reece (Global Communications and Public Affairs executive, formerly Senior Director Global Communications at Whirlpool), Chad Parks (Media Relations and Crisis Communications, via Joy Zucker-Tiemann), Luke Harms (Director, Government Relations, via Daniel Drummond) and Liz Faehner (Benefits Director, via Michele Santoro).
On-site — Hawthorne or Bay Areaverified on the employer’s own systemboarded on your instruction — level and geography overridden
📍 Two postings, one requisition (6512252002) split across Palo Alto and Hawthorne. The posting is explicit: “Based on-site in Hawthorne, CA or the Bay Area, CA. Remote or hybrid work will not be considered.” Both siblings re-verified live on 2026-09-12.
🔍 Found via: Built In alert, 9/10 (both requisitions) and the Strictly Internal newsletter, 9/10 (Hawthorne).
Fit
72%
Owns SpaceX’s internal communications — leadership speaking programmes live and filmed, the intranet, style guides and templates, crisis internal communications, and using AI to scale the function.
Strengths
On the board at your instruction — “this is the kind of job I would do ANYTHING TO GET” — and the fit number reflects the two rules you overrode, not the content. On content it is line for line the job you do now: leadership speaking programmes “(live, filmed, and other formats)”, intranet ownership, style guides and templates, crisis internal communications, and “Use AI to scale communications.”The application kit was written on 10 September and is ready — a two-page CV and a 357-word letter, coverage 97% (64 of 66 requirements), contact block set to Palo Alto, CA on your ruling. And the referral here is the single best-placed contact of the whole run: see below.
Gaps
The title is Manager, which is below your band, and the seat is on-site in California with remote explicitly refused — the two rules you set aside. Odds as assessed with the kit: roughly 10% for an interview cold, about 20% on the second pass, and roughly 25% with a referral. That last number is why the connection below matters more here than anywhere else on this board.
SpaceX (Hawthorne, CA) — designs, manufactures and launches rockets and spacecraft; roughly 1,000–5,000 employees on LinkedIn’s own count.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-12 in your own browser. No 1st degree — but James Gleeson, the Vice President of Communications at SpaceX, is 2nd degree through Joshua Rosenblum. That is the person who owns this role, one hop away, and it is the strongest single contact found anywhere in this run. Also 2nd: Daniel Huot (Communications Manager, via TJ Cooney), Ryleigh Wogoman-Sackos (External Affairs Manager, via Jane Watrel), Stephanie Bednarek (VP, Commercial Sales, via Craig Catalano) and Mona S. (Global Employee Relations and HR Leader, via John Friess). Everyone else in SpaceX communications — Kelly Q., Samantha Piatt, Alexis DeJarnette, Ashley Flear — is 3rd degree.
Director, Executive Communications & Global Engagement
Mastercard
Purchase, NYverified on the employer’s own system“no longer available” message disproved
📍 Purchase, New York. No arrangement language anywhere and remoteType is null; the location field reads only “Purchase, United States of America, 10577-2509”.
$174,000 – $286,000· posted in the requisition, plus bonus
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 9/10 — the four-term communications “Remote” saved search — and confirmed the same day by the Apify sweep.
Fit
72%
Runs executive communications and global engagement for Mastercard — executive voice, enterprise narrative and the engagement programmes that carry it to a 30,000-person employee base.
Strengths
The contradiction flagged on 10 September is now resolved, and the role is open. Three things settle it: the Workday record is live (canApply: true, endDate: null, start date 2026-09-04); Mastercard’s own branded search index still returns the requisition with jobVisibility: external and a live apply URL; and a control test showed the phrase “this specific position is no longer available” is present in the raw HTML of every Mastercard job page — including a known-live requisition and a deliberately invented one. It is a hidden fallback block that a browser only displays when a lookup fails. It was never evidence about this job. On content, executive communications plus global engagement at Director in a 30,000-person company is squarely your lane.
Gaps
Purchase, New York is not commutable and the posting will not say whether it has to be. That is the only real question left on this tile. Apply goes to Workday, not to the branded careers page — the branded page is the one that renders the misleading message.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-12 in your own browser. No 1st degree — but this is the deepest 2nd-degree bench of any employer on the board, and it is the top of the function.Jennifer Erickson (EVP, Global Communications, via John D. Nichols); Janet Rivera-Hernandez (Head of Global Employee Communications & Culture, whose profile explicitly lists executive communications, via Corina Alvarez); Jill Kramer (Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, via David Johnson). Also 2nd: Sabrina Alvarez (Corporate and Executive Communications, via Andrea McCarren), Brooke Sours (VP, Policy Communications and Corporate Affairs, via Regina Elizabeth Bratton and Jordan Christman) and Katie Nagus (Communications Director, via Jen Reeves). The three people above this seat are all one hop away.
Gmail alert sweep (Sep 6–Sep 9, 46 threads / 48 messages opened in full, 238 posting slots across 10 senders) plus an Apify LinkedIn sweep (8 keyword searches, all 8 verified real, 200 rows, 112 distinct) plus a USAJOBS API sweep of 1,206 federal announcements. Fifteen candidates were verified against the employer’s own applicant system; two survived. Roles already shown on an earlier run are not repeated.
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Internal Communications, Director
Motive
Remoteverified on the employer’s own systemposted yesterdaysenior individual contributor — no direct reports
📍 Genuinely remote across the United States. The requisition’s location field reads, in full, “Location: USA Remote”. The full posting was grepped for hybrid, on-site, in office and days per week — zero hits — and there is no state-eligibility list of any kind, so Maryland is not excluded. The only citizenship-adjacent line is export control: “The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations.”
$181,000 – $214,000· posted in the requisition
🔍 Found via: Built In alert, 9/8 — the “internal communications, United States, Expert Level, Senior Level” preference line. Built In sent 6 posting slots in three days and this is one of them: the highest precision per slot of any source in the window.
Fit
85%
Owns Motive’s entire internal communications program end to end — all-hands, executive and CEO messaging, organizational-change communications, internal video, Slack and email channel ownership, and employee-sentiment measurement — for a ~1,000–5,000-person company serving nearly 100,000 customers.
Strengths
This is the cleanest internal-communications match the board has carried, and it went up yesterday. Verified employer-direct on Motive’s own Greenhouse board, job 8750397002, requisition P-502112, first published 2026-09-08 — a true posting date, not a refresh, and there is no application deadline. Remote US with no state exclusions and a band that clears your floor by $31,000 at the bottom:“For this role, the compensation range is: United States $181,000 — $214,000 USD.”The mandate is stated in one sentence and it is the whole job:“Own the strategy and execution of Motive’s internal communications program, ensuring employees are informed, aligned, and engaged during company updates, organizational changes, and major announcements.” Roughly 100% of the duty list is internal-audience work — there is no media-relations or press-office component to compete against. The bar clears cleanly:“10+ years of experience in internal, corporate, or executive communications, with a track record of leading internal communications at a high-growth company” and “Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or a related field.” One bullet even reaches into your other lane: “Comfort using AI-enabled tools to support messaging development and communications analysis.” No hard blocker fires anywhere in the posting.
Gaps
It is a senior individual-contributor seat, and the posting says so outright:“This is a senior level individual contributor position.” No direct reports. That is a real scope question rather than a disqualifier — the title, the band and the enterprise ownership are all at Director level, but if the thing you want next is a function with a team under it, this is not that. The other drag is the network: checked eyes-on today, Motive’s entire communications bench renders 3rd-degree, so this is a cold application into the function — the résumé has to do all the work. And there is no AI-adoption content in the job, so the AARP personalization and AI-enablement record is supporting evidence here, not the headline. Guard for any future run: Motive’s LinkedIn company page is motive-inc — gomotive is an unrelated 2–10-person Seattle firm, motive is Alcatel-Lucent Motive, motive-technologies is a different company again, and keeptruckin is a dead page. The Greenhouse board token is gomotive, not motive.
Motive (San Francisco; formerly KeepTruckin) — the physical-operations platform for fleets: safety, operations and finance teams managing drivers, vehicles, equipment and fleet spend in one system. Roughly 1,000–5,000 employees, nearly 100,000 customers.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-09 in your own browser. No 1st-degree, and no 2nd-degree anywhere inside the communications function — that is a real answer, not a failed lookup. Every comms person Motive surfaces renders 3rd-degree: Brian Iannessa (Senior Internal Communications Professional, currently open to work), Gretchen Keane (Corporate Comms at Motive), Samantha Bosio (Comms @ Motive), Kelly Hanson (Strategy, Product Marketing, Communications, Partnerships) and Breana Tobias (Brand, Marketing and Communications Leader). The only 2nd-degree connection at the company is John Scott in Account Management (mutuals Alison Beckwith, Jane Watrel and one other) — not in the function, but the only warm door there is.
★ drivableverified on the employer’s own systemposted todaywork arrangement stated nowhere — ask firstITAR: U.S. person required
📍 One requisition, eleven locations — and two of them are in Maryland. Primary is Arlington VA; the additional locations include Germantown, MD and Annapolis Junction, MD, alongside Herndon VA, Dayton OH, Albuquerque NM, Huntsville AL, Simi Valley CA, Sunrise FL, Melbourne FL and San Diego CA. Annapolis Junction is about 30 minutes from you. But the work arrangement is stated nowhere: the Workday record carries no remoteType field at all, and the only related language in the whole posting is a physical-demand line, “Ability to work in an office environment (Constant)”. Silence, not a remote commitment — and the one question worth asking before anything is spent on it.
$170,500 – $272,750· posted in the requisition
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/9 — the “Director Change Management” search on the Washington DC-Baltimore Area, which returned it as two metro cards (Herndon VA 4465340561 and Germantown MD 4465334578) on the day it posted.
Fit
76%
Sits inside the Chief Operating Officer’s organization and owns AV’s enterprise strategic initiatives from definition through execution, adoption and hand-off into sustained operations — governance, decision rights, integrated plans, dependencies and measures of success across a fast-scaling defense manufacturer.
Strengths
The requisition describes your through-line almost word for word. Verified employer-direct on AV’s Workday, tenant avav.wd1, requisition 8677, posted: true, canApply: true, start date 2026-09-09 — today. The scope sentence: “Operating within the COO organization, this role is accountable for the integrated management of assigned strategic initiatives from initial definition through execution, adoption, and transition to sustained operational ownership.” And the duty that matters most here: it asks the holder to build in “organizational change, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, adoption, and transition-to-operations considerations” and to establish “clear outcomes, ownership, governance, decision rights, integrated plans, dependencies, and measures of success” — that is adoption as an operating-model problem, stated by the employer rather than argued by you. The bar is unusually open:“10+ years of progressively responsible experience leading complex programs, strategic initiatives, operations, technology-enabled transformation, or other cross-functional business efforts”, no degree requirement of any kind is stated, and certifications in change management or process improvement are “beneficial but not required.”No clearance: the posting’s own Clearance Level field reads “No Clearance” — unusual for this employer and the reason this is boardable at all. Band posted at “$170,500 - $272,750”, floor above your line.
Gaps
Three things to weigh, and the first is the one that decides it.(1) The arrangement is genuinely unstated — no remote, hybrid, on-site or days-per-week language anywhere, and no remoteType field in the ATS record. Germantown and Annapolis Junction being on the requisition means a corridor seat is real rather than hypothetical, but which of the eleven locations this actually sits in, and how often, is unanswered. One recruiter question settles it.(2) There is a PMO flavour under the transformation language:“Lead, mentor, coordinate, or manage a small team of program/project management professionals” — closer to program leadership than to owning an enterprise adoption function, and your standing rule is to avoid project-manager framing. (3) Defense manufacturing is a sector your record has no prior in, and the ITAR gate is explicit: “applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR”, with “ITAR — U.S. Citizenship required” at the foot. That one you clear. No AI-adoption content by name, either — the lane fit is transformation and change, not AI.
AV (Arlington, Virginia; formerly AeroVironment, NASDAQ: AVAV) — defense and space manufacturing: uncrewed systems, loitering munitions and space technologies. Roughly 1,000–5,000 employees after its BlueHalo acquisition, and 254 of its people are in the Washington DC-Baltimore area.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-09 in your own browser. No 1st-degree — but the 2nd-degree bench reaches the top of the house.Church Hutton, Chief Growth Officer – AV (mutual Amy Shioji) is the highest-placed connection this board has surfaced at any employer, and Blake Souter, Vice President, Head of Washington Operations (mutual Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey) runs the office nearest to you — between them they cover both the strategy side this seat reports into and the corridor question the posting leaves open. Also 2nd-degree: Debra Richardson, Public Relations Strategist (mutuals Matt Glassman, Jane Watrel and five others), B.J. Koubaroulis (mutuals David Johnson, Kyle Osborne and five others), Andrea Y., National Security Policy | Space Security (mutual Sarah Lee), and Daniel Lynn. Guard: AV’s LinkedIn page is avinc; aerovironment is a dead page, and the only “Aerovironment Inc” in company search is an unrelated Honolulu IT firm.
Gmail alert sweep (Sep 5–Sep 8, 30 threads / 33 messages opened in full, 184 posting slots across 14 senders) plus an Apify LinkedIn sweep (8 keyword searches, all 8 verified real, 200 rows, 161 distinct) plus a USAJOBS API sweep of 1,264 federal announcements. All four boardings are internal & executive communications — the first run where Lane B outscores Lane A outright. Roles already shown on an earlier run are not repeated.
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Deputy Director, Office of Communications
NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
★ drivableWashington, DC — telework eligible, not remoteOPEN TO THE PUBLIC — verified on the announcementcloses 2026-09-22
📍 Washington, DC. The announcement is telework eligible but not remote — a DC-based executive seat, inside your corridor.
$151,661 – $228,000· posted on the announcement
🔍 Found via: USAJOBS API sweep, 9/8 — posted this morning at 11:43 and surfaced by the direct API query. No alert email carried it.
Fit
80%
Number two in NOAA’s Office of Communications, reporting to the Director of Communications, setting the overall strategy and vision for NOAA communication initiatives across a 12,000-person science agency.
Strengths
This is the first at-band federal communications leadership role this board has ever been able to surface — and the reason it exists is that the direct API sweep replaced the alert emails. Five weeks of USAJOBS alerts boarded nothing; queried directly, this came back on the day it opened. The scope is explicitly employee-inclusive, in the announcement’s own words: the office “coordinates NOAA’s communications with employees, partners, customers, media, and the general public.” Internal audience named first, alongside the external ones. The band, $151,661–$228,000, clears your floor at the bottom and is the widest executive band on the board. And critically, “This job is open to” was checked on the announcement page itself — it reads “open to Senior Executives, the public, federal employees in the competitive service, and federal employees in the excepted service”, so unlike most at-level federal announcements you can actually apply to this one.
Gaps
It is a Senior Executive Service appointment, and that is a different animal from a corporate application. ES packages are scored against Executive Core Qualifications and the process runs months, not weeks — budget the time before starting. Telework eligible, remote not authorised, so this is a DC-anchored seat, not a work-from-Chesapeake-Beach one; drivable, but a commute. Closes 2026-09-22, which is a real deadline on a package that takes real effort. And the agency context is worth going in with eyes open: NOAA communications is a scientific-agency press-and-public-affairs shop as much as an internal one, so the internal-comms half of your record will need to be argued rather than assumed.
NOAA — the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the US Department of Commerce agency covering the National Weather Service, the National Ocean Service, fisheries and oceanic and atmospheric research; about 12,000 employees.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-08, and this is the best-targeted connection the board has produced. No 1st-degree, but Chris Vaccaro is 2nd-degree and his title is “Deputy Director (acting), NOAA Communications” — the person currently sitting in the acting version of this exact seat — with Mark Davila, Laura Milliken and two other mutual connections. Also 2nd-degree: Ryann Agbasi, a NOAA communications specialist whose own headline names “15+ years of communications (internal and external)” (mutuals John Briley, Bernard Ohanian). Note that a referral does not shortcut a federal ES process — but a conversation with the acting incumbent is worth more here than a referral would be.
Remoteverified on the employer’s own systemno salary range postedposted 2026-06-12 — three months old
📍 Fully remote. The requisition says it plainly: “This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in NA.”The “Austin, TX” and “Chicago, IL” listings are LinkedIn fanning one remote requisition across metros — there are no separate city postings.
No range in the posting · verified 2026-09-08 (the schema field reads 0–0)
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/8 — seen again in the LinkedIn saved-search alerts of 9/6 and 9/7 under two different city labels.
Fit
72%
The senior-most communications seat for Kinaxis in the US, reporting to the Chief Marketing Officer and owning media relations, executive communications, internal communications, crisis and issues management and thought leadership.
Strengths
A genuinely remote VP-level communications seat with internal comms named as an owned pillar, not an afterthought. The requisition is explicit: “This role oversees all aspects of corporate communications, including media relations, executive communications, internal communications, crisis and issues management, and thought leadership”, and separately “Lead internal communication to foster employee engagement, alignment, and culture.”Nothing in the requirements disqualifies you — “15+ years of progressive experience in marketing leadership roles” and “Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field”, with B2B SaaS listed as “ideally” rather than required. No clearance, no engineering bar, no industry gate. Verified employer-direct on Kinaxis’s own board, requisition 34910.
Gaps
Age is the real risk here, not fit. The requisition has been open since 2026-06-12 — roughly three months — and LinkedIn surfacing it this week is a refresh, not a new posting. A role that has been open that long is either hard to fill or already deep in a process; one recruiter question settles which, and it is worth asking before a tailored application. No salary band is published anywhere, so your floor cannot be tested. And media relations leads the duty list, with a public-company investor-relations overlay behind it — internal comms is a real pillar but it is one of five, and a candidate with a strong earned-media and IR record beats you on the whole brief. No AI-adoption content at all, so this is a pure Lane B play.
Kinaxis — the Ottawa-headquartered supply-chain planning software company (TSX: KXS), about 2,300 people, listed publicly and selling into large global manufacturers.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-08 across 2,320 members. No 1st-degree. The most useful 2nd-degree is inside the exact function: Matt Tatham, whose headline reads “Senior Public Relations Lead @ Kinaxis | Executive Communications Support, Strategic Media Relations” — he would report into this seat. Also 2nd-degree: Pamela Passman, Global Chair, Corporate Advisory (mutuals Richard Weaver, Kamili Wilson) and Susan Currie Sivek, product marketing for AI agents (mutual Don Heider). Holly Norman, a strategic communications professional whose headline names internal and executive communications, is 3rd-degree with no path.
“All Benesch Offices” — a Baltimore, MD office exists; confirm before applyingverified on the employer’s own systemno salary range postedwork arrangement not stated
📍 The requisition’s location field reads, in full, “All Benesch Offices” — one requisition open to every office, which is why LinkedIn fanned it to King of Prussia, PA and Wilmington, NC. Benesch has a Baltimore, MD office, so a corridor-based seat is plausible — but that is an inference from their office list, not a commitment quoted in the posting. No remote, hybrid or days-per-week language appears anywhere. Ask before you invest.
No range in the posting · verified 2026-09-08
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/8 — two city cards off one requisition.
Fit
71%
The company-wide communications lead for an employee-owned engineering firm of roughly 1,300 people, advising executive leadership and owning how the firm connects with its employees across offices, disciplines and geographies.
Strengths
Internal communications is the spine of this job, not a bullet on it — which is rarer than it should be. The posting: “Oversee internal company-wide communications and develop effective strategies for reaching employees across offices, disciplines, and geographies”, “Serve as a strategic communications advisor to executive leadership”, and “Develop and execute communications strategies that strengthen employees’ understanding of Benesch’s strategy, business performance, culture, employee ownership.” Media relations is one bullet out of about seventeen. The bar clears with nothing awkward in it:“Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, or a related field” and “10+ years of progressive experience”, plus team leadership. No clearance, no coding, no industry gate. Verified employer-direct on Benesch’s own Greenhouse-backed board, requisition 5226388007.
Gaps
Three unknowns, and the geography one is the question that decides whether this is worth an application at all. “All Benesch Offices” is a promising phrase but not a Baltimore commitment — one email to the recruiter settles it. No salary band is published, and an employee-owned mid-size engineering firm is unlikely to pay at the top of your range. The employer publishes no posted date at all, so how long this has been open is unknown; the requisition id sits in the same recent block as their other current postings, which suggests weeks rather than months, but that is an inference. No AI-adoption content whatsoever — and the sector is AEC, where your record has no prior. Guard: this is Alfred Benesch & Company, the engineering firm, not Benesch the law firm.
Benesch (Alfred Benesch & Company) — an employee-owned engineering, planning and construction-services firm headquartered in Chicago, about 1,300 people, celebrating its 80th year.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-08 — none found, and that is a real answer rather than a failed lookup. Of 1,297 members, a keyword pass on “communications” returns 219, and every single person in the communications and marketing function renders 3rd-degree: Julia Sithole, Nicole Divis, Serena Doescher, Faith Lake, Morgan Limbaugh, Molly Rossi, Andrea Sauvageot and the rest. No 1st-degree and no 2nd-degree path into the function. If you pursue this one, it is a cold application.
Remoteverified on the employer’s own systemposted todayhalf the job is client-account governance
📍 Genuinely remote. The requisition’s location line reads “Location: Remote – New York, NY” and the Workday record carries remoteType: Remote with no state eligibility list — the “New York, NY” on the alert is the anchoring address, not a place you have to be. Note: “This position does not provide visa sponsorship.”
$168,000 – $192,000· posted in the requisition
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/8 — on the “Director Internal Communications” search, the day it was posted.
Fit
70%
Communications and programs lead on JLL’s account team for a large financial-services client — strategic communications, change-management communications, employee onboarding, learning and engagement, alongside client-facing governance.
Strengths
Remote, posted today, and it carries a band that clears your floor with room — “Estimated compensation for this position: 168,000.00 – 192,000.00 USD per year”. Freshness matters more than it sounds: almost everything else on this board is weeks or months old, and this went up on 2026-09-08. The internal-comms content is real, not decoration — strategic communications leadership over change-management initiatives, fostering a culture of transparency, plus employee onboarding, learning-and-development communications and engagement programming. The bar is light for a Director seat:“Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field” and “7+ years of strategic communications and program management experience” — no people-management minimum, no clearance, no coding. AI-tool fluency is listed as preferred, which your record answers directly. Verified employer-direct on JLL’s Workday, requisition REQ533865.
Gaps
This is an account-embedded seat, and that is the thing to be clear-eyed about. The work is “in support of delivery to our Financial Services client”, and a full duty block is “Client-facing excellence and governance oversight” — quarterly and monthly business reviews, reporting matrices, Medallia. It is not consulting advisory and it is not billable delivery in the sense that has killed other roles here, but roughly half the job is client reporting rather than employee communications, and you would be communicating to a client’s workforce through a vendor relationship rather than owning an enterprise’s own internal function. The 7-years bar also signals a lighter Director band than your record, which cuts both ways — easy to clear, possibly priced below your level. It scored exactly at the 70% line; it is on the board, not near the top of it.
JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle, NYSE: JLL) — the global commercial real-estate services and investment-management firm, headquartered in Chicago, over 100,000 employees.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-08 across 19,291 members. No 1st-degree. The best-placed 2nd-degree is Kizzy Bailey-Martin, whose headline is “Corporate Communications | Change Management Practitioner | People & Culture | Strategic Internal Communications” (mutual Collins Robert Spencer) — the exact discipline this seat sits in. Also 2nd-degree: Melissa Kramer, “Communications Associate @ JLL | Capital One Account” (mutual Morgan Dean) — useful precisely because she works the account-embedded model this requisition uses, and can tell you what it is actually like; and Nanci Schwartz, APR, CPRC, communications professional (mutual Frank Graff).
Gmail alert sweep (Sep 4–Sep 7, 34 threads / 38 messages opened in full, 247 posting slots) plus an Apify LinkedIn sweep deliberately weighted to internal communications — 6 of the 8 searches in Lane B, all 8 verified real — plus the first live USAJOBS API sweep (1,225 federal announcements). Roles already shown on an earlier run are not repeated.
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Director, Corporate Affairs
Trex Company
Winchester, VA — about 2 hours from Annapolisverified on the employer’s own systemno salary range postedwork arrangement not stated
📍 Winchester, VA — the requisition gives a single address, 2500 Trex Way, Winchester, VA 22601, and no remote, hybrid or telework language appears anywhere in it. The ATS record carries no work-arrangement field at all. This is outside the DC–Baltimore corridor — roughly two hours each way.
No range in the posting · verified 2026-09-07
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/7 — on the “Director Executive Communications” search. Not in any alert email.
Fit
71%
The senior-most communications seat at a public company (NYSE: TREX) — corporate affairs across internal communications, media relations, investor relations, government affairs and sustainability, with about five direct reports, advising the CEO and CFO.
Strengths
This is the only role in the entire sweep with a genuine, named internal-communications mandate at your level. The requisition says it outright: “Oversee all internal communication programs to inform, engage, and inspire team members and drive alignment with business objectives.” It is a real function-head seat — roughly five direct reports, and a standing advisory line to the CEO and CFO of a listed company. The bar clears cleanly:“We are looking for leaders with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Business Administration, or related field and 10+ years of progressive experience in corporate communications, investor relations, or public relations.” No degree-field trap, no clearance, no engineering requirement, no industry gate. Verified employer-direct on Trex’s own UKG/UltiPro board, requisition DIREC004026.
Gaps
Two things are wrong with it and both are unanswered rather than disqualifying. First, geography: Winchester is about two hours from Annapolis, outside your corridor, and the posting is silent on arrangement rather than explicitly on-site — which is exactly why this is boarded instead of screened, but it is the first question to ask. Second, no salary band is published anywhere, so your floor cannot be tested against it. Third, and least fixable: internal comms is one strand of five here — media relations, investor relations, government affairs and sustainability sit alongside it, so a competing candidate with an IR or public-affairs background may fit the whole brief better than you fit the internal half. Correction to the alert: LinkedIn listed this as posted 2026-09-05; the requisition has actually been open since 2026-08-14, so it is three weeks old, not new.
Trex Company (NYSE: TREX) — the largest US manufacturer of wood-alternative composite decking and railing, headquartered in Winchester, Virginia; about 1,300 people on LinkedIn.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-07. No 1st-degree. Four 2nd-degree out of 1,323 members, and none of them is in the communications function: Kristie Juster, Experienced Global CEO (mutual Melissa Kimmel Brooks) and Gena C Lovett, Ph.D., Independent Board Director — both board-level rather than functional; Mel Karlson, Sr. Marketing Manager (mutual John Foundas) — the closest thing to an inside read on the comms function; and Dave Heglas, Senior Director, Recycled Materials (mutual Allyson Finch Wilson). The company slug is trex-company; trex-company-inc- is a dead page.
Gmail alert sweep (Sep 3–Sep 6, every thread opened in full across 16 senders) plus an Apify LinkedIn sweep — 8 keyword searches, all 8 verified real. Every role below was verified on the employer’s own applicant system before boarding, and every one carries a LinkedIn connection check run today. Roles already shown on an earlier run are not repeated.
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VP of AI Strategy
Change.org
Remoteverified on the employer’s own systemhighest comp on the board
📍 Fully remote, no US state exclusions: “This is a full-time role and we are open to candidates living in the US, Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil.” Ashby records workplace type Remote and the posting is tagged #LI-Remote. The company’s own LinkedIn location field reads “Global and remote”.
$330,000 flat · posted
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/6
Fit
79%
An executive-team seat reporting to the COO, owning the AI transformation operating cadence for the whole company — adoption and impact measurement, governance forums, and cross-functional alignment held entirely by influence.
Strengths
The competency it names first is the one you actually have.“Leading through influence, not authority — proven ability to convince senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional alignment with no direct reporting line over them.” The scope is the operating model rather than the tooling: “Own the AI transformation operating cadence — run the meeting rhythm and reporting forums” and “Stand up the org’s first AI adoption and impact measurement framework.” The diagnostic instinct is written into the job: “Come in with ‘big ears’… map what’s actually happening versus what leadership believes is happening” — which is the finding your own maturity work produced. And it rules out the engineer explicitly: “may not be a PM or engineer.”Comp is a fixed, published $330,000 — “All of our salaries are determined before we launch a role” — the highest figure this board has carried. Verified employer-direct on Change.org’s own Ashby board.
Gaps
Three, and the first is the real one. It asks for “6–8+ years within a fast-moving tech organization” and a “track record partnering across Product, Design, and Engineering specifically” — a large mission-driven association is a different operating tempo, and you will be asked to show you can work at theirs. The process is heavy: a two-hour timed assessment plus six interview stages including COO and executive rounds; do not start it casually. And the posting asks candidates to think in advance about whether they can work at “a genuinely open platform… in which you will regularly be exposed to opinions and campaigns which are in radical contrast to your own values” — not a disqualifier, but a real question worth answering for yourself before the first call.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-06. No 1st-degree, but the best 2nd-degree density of this run and it reaches the top of the company.Ben Rattray, Founder & CEO of Change.org (2nd; mutual connection Maggie Murphy). Sejal Sagar, whose headline reads “Building highly performant teams at Change.org” (2nd; mutual Pam Boiros) — the people side, and the most useful first ask. Also Duncan Lockard, GM, Civic Dialogues (2nd; mutual Victoria Fine); Edward Urgola, Product & GM (2nd; mutual Victoria Fine); Tony Sebro, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary (2nd); and Adam Cheyer, co-founder of Siri and a founding member of Change.org (2nd; mutual Ronan Wall). The VP Product, Growth is 3rd degree; the COO this role reports to did not render on the People page.
Remoteverified on the employer’s own systemno range in the posting
📍 Fully remote US, no state exclusions. The Ashby record reads location “US-REMOTE”, workplace type Remote, isRemote: true, country United States, with no secondary locations and no excluded states named anywhere in the requisition.
No range in the posting — checked at source 2026-09-06
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 9/5 — the 7-term United States saved search
Fit
76%
Stands up and runs Instructure’s AI Center of Excellence — a centralised-expertise, decentralised-execution operating model with a governance council, an enablement and training programme, and the job of turning scattered pilots into a capability.
Strengths
The posting states your through-line as its own thesis.“Lead the operating model. Run a centralized-expertise, decentralized-execution model where the Center of Excellence owns the system, functions own the outcomes.” Then: “Charter and run the governance council”; “Create centralized training libraries and enablement programs along with HR team”; “Experience building enablement and training programs that change how people actually work”; and the goal, verbatim, is to “turn AI from scattered pilots into a capability.” The degree bar is field-agnostic — “computer science, engineering, data, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience” — and nothing in it requires production ML, Python, RAG or LLMOps. Verified employer-direct on Instructure’s own Ashby board, posting 4001e25a.
Gaps
Three, and they are about how the seat is framed rather than what it does. It reports to the SVP, Data and sits in the R&D/Engineering org, so you would be the non-technical leader in a technical reporting line. It asks for “2 or more years working directly with AI or machine-learning systems, including hands-on familiarity with modern AI tooling, agentic systems, and large language models”, and for “Deep understanding of the infrastructure, data, and security that production AI requires, including model registries, integrations, single sign-on, and data-loss prevention” — oversight-level, not build-level, but you will be tested on it. And the years bar is worded against a different career shape: “12 or more years of experience in technology, data, or product roles”, which your communications-and-adoption spine has to be framed to clear. No salary range is published, so the comp floor is unverified — ask early.
Instructure — the education software company behind Canvas; 1K–5K employees, headquartered in Salt Lake City.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-06. No 1st-degree, but a strong 2nd-degree bench on exactly the right side of the house.Holly Fouraker, Head of HR at Instructure (2nd; mutual Sherry Hughes) — the function this role partners with on enablement, and the single most useful introduction here. Jaime Dioli, Executive Business Partner to the CFO and Chief People & Legal Officer, whose own headline names “AI-Enabled Operations” at Instructure (2nd; mutual Victoria Fine). Also Steffi Smith, Business & Government Partnerships, headlined “Trusted Advisor in EdTech Growth & Adoption” (2nd; mutual Shaina Shiwarski); Danna Wren, Learning Consultant (2nd; mutual Jen Reeves); and Melinda Powers, Partner Marketing & Events Leader (2nd; mutual Kathy Herrmann). Brian Watkins, Senior Director of Corporate Communications, is 3rd degree. Note for future runs: Instructure’s real company page is instructure-inc-; the bare instructure slug is a dead page.
Remote — Ohioverified on the employer’s own systemno range in the postingconfirm the Ohio residency expectation first
📍 The requisition’s location field reads, in full, “Location: Remote - Ohio” — remote, but Ohio-anchored, and the posting says nothing about whether that means Ohio residency, Ohio-anchored travel, or simply the hiring entity. That is the one question to settle before spending anything on this. Cleveland is ~370 miles from Annapolis.
No range in the posting — checked at source 2026-09-06
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 9/3 — the “Director of Artificial Intelligence” United States saved search
Fit
74%
Owns Lincoln Electric’s enterprise AI strategy, governance, adoption and capability development — chartering the Center of Excellence, running the executive reporting cadence, and leading the change management behind responsible workforce adoption.
Strengths
Lane A almost word for word, with change management load-bearing rather than decorative. The requisition’s own summary: “leading the company’s enterprise AI strategy, governance, adoption, and capability development efforts… accelerates responsible workforce adoption of approved AI tools.” Then the operating model by name: “Define and operationalize the AI Center of Excellence charter, operating model, governance structure, executive reporting cadence, and enterprise engagement model” and “Lead change management strategies that support sustainable adoption.” It also asks for the champion-network mechanic you have actually built: “Accelerate responsible adoption… through leadership engagement, executive sponsorship, AI champions networks, and communities of practice”, alongside “Exceptional executive communication and stakeholder management skills.” Verified employer-direct on Lincoln Electric’s own careers system, req 30023.
Gaps
Geography is the first question and sector is the second. “Remote - Ohio” is unexplained and has to be resolved with the recruiter before anything else. The posting then states “Manufacturing, industrial, engineering, supply chain, or operations experience strongly preferred” — preferred, not required, but you have none of it and a 130-year-old welding manufacturer will weigh it. It asks for “Working knowledge of modern AI architectures, including LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG, vector databases, and enterprise AI platforms” — worded as working knowledge rather than build work, so not a hard blocker, but you would need to hold your own on it in the room. And no salary range is published, so the comp floor is unverified. Worth a look alongside it: the same careers board carries a separate Sr. Director, Digital Adoption & Enablement in Cleveland, squarely in the same lane; it has not been verified for work arrangement and is not on this board for that reason.
Lincoln Electric — welding and cutting equipment manufacturer, Cleveland OH; 10K+ employees, 5,836 associated members on LinkedIn.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-06. No 1st-degree, and the AI slice is a real zero — the 40 members returned by an “artificial intelligence” filter on the company’s People page are every one of them 3rd degree, and mostly engineering, IT and cyber. Across the wider company the one 2nd-degree that rendered is a notable one: Steve Hedlund, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Lincoln Electric (2nd; mutual connection Mark Davila) — a top-of-house rather than a functional path, so useful for a warm signal but not for the recruiter question. Eric Wahl (VP, Global Marketing & Branding) and Patrick Finn (Global TA Leader) are both 3rd degree with no path.
Gmail alert sweep (Sep 1–Sep 4, every thread opened in full) plus an Apify LinkedIn sweep — 8 keyword searches, all 8 verified real, on a deliberately retuned keyword set. Every role below was verified on the employer’s own applicant system before boarding, and every one carries a LinkedIn connection check run today. Roles already shown on an earlier run are not repeated.
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Director, Corporate Communications
Georgia System Operations Corporation
Work arrangement not stated in the postingverified on the employer’s own systemTucker, GA — ask about remote before anything else
📍 Tucker, GA — the requisition states no work arrangement at all: no remote, hybrid, on-site, telework or relocation language anywhere in it. Location field reads only “Tucker, GA, USA”.
$165,000–$206,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep — not in any alert email; the sweep was the run’s only other intake channel
Fit
78%
The senior-most communications seat at a 281-person electric utility co-operative — strategic communications advisor to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team, owning executive, employee, change and Board communications with a three-person team.
Strengths
On content this is the closest match of the entire sweep, and there is no media relations in the duty list at all. The requisition asks for exactly what you do: “Serve as a strategic communications advisor to the CEO, Executive Leadership Team, and senior leaders”; “Develop executive messages, town halls, leader cascades, talking points, presentations, executive briefings, FAQs, and sensitive employee communications”; and “Provide oversight for employee communication and organizational change communication strategies supporting business transformation, technology implementations, operational improvements, policy updates, workforce initiatives, and culture priorities.” The years bar is soft and every named field is yours — “Ideally, 10+ years of progressive experience in corporate communications, executive communications, internal communications, public affairs, stakeholder communications, change communications, or related fields.” It then asks for both of your secondary credentials by name: “Experience using AI-assisted content, planning, measurement, or analytics tools is preferred” and a change-management certification preferred — you hold the GAQM. Degree clears: “Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Business, English, or a related field… Equivalent combination of education, training, and directly related work experience may be considered.” Verified employer-direct on GSOC’s own ApplicantPro system, listing 4195173, posted 2026-09-02, open until filled.
Gaps
Tucker, Georgia is roughly 600 miles from Annapolis, and the posting is silent on work arrangement — that is the first and only question worth asking. It is silent rather than explicitly on-site, which is why this is on the board instead of screened out; a utility co-op headquarters role is more likely on-site than not, so do not invest before the recruiter answers. Sector experience is preferred, not required: “Experience in utility, energy, critical infrastructure, operations-intensive, technical, cooperative, or regulated environments.” The team is three people, so this is a hands-on seat rather than a large-function leadership role.
The system operator for Georgia’s electric membership co-operatives — balancing authority, transmission and generation dispatch for 41 EMCs; 201–500 employees, headquartered in Tucker, GA.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-04. No 1st-degree. One 2nd-degree, and it is the right one: Ryan Davidson, Principal Communication Specialist at Georgia System Operations Corporation (2nd; mutual connection Jason Clough) — the incumbent inside the function this Director would lead, and the fastest route to the remote question. Everyone else rendered on the company’s People page is 3rd degree and IT, engineering or cyber; the function is small.
★ drivableverified on the employer’s own systemhard blocker — press relationships requiredWork arrangement not stated
📍 New York, NY (primary) and Washington, DC (secondary) — at the identical pay band. The DC location is in the requisition itself and is not visible on the LinkedIn listing. The requisition’s WorkplaceType field is empty and the description contains no remote, hybrid or on-site sentence.
$156,750–$245,000 · posted (stated identically for New York and Washington, DC)
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep — not in any alert email; the sweep was the run’s only other intake channel
Fit
73%
Leads all internal and external communications for JPMorganChase’s global Diversity, Opportunity and Inclusion organization — executive communications, employee and community communications, press engagement and crisis readiness.
Strengths
“Executive Director” at JPMorgan is a genuine senior band above Vice President — this is not the bank-grade VP trap that has killed a dozen listings on this board. The title is confirmed at source in the requisition, and the band is consistent with it. The hidden upside is Washington, DC as a named secondary location at the same $156,750–$245,000 band, which makes an otherwise-New-York role drivable. The internal half of the mandate is real and substantial: the posting asks you to “lead external and internal communications” with “strong capabilities across executive communications, employee and community communications.” The experience bar clears at “10+ years of relevant experience (or equivalent expertise) in corporate communications, media relations, PR, marketing, or related fields, with a strong track record supporting senior stakeholders and delivering reputation-sensitive work”, no degree requirement is stated anywhere, and no direct-report headcount is named. Verified employer-direct on JPMorgan’s Oracle Recruiting Cloud, requisition 210777211.
Gaps
The stated external bar is what stops this, and it is listed separately as a requirement rather than buried in the responsibilities:“Senior-level media relations and external communications experience, including proactive and reactive press engagement, strong judgment, and established relationships with media/press outlets.” A DOI-communications specialist with a working press book beats you on that line. The posting also assumes subject-matter depth you would have to argue for — “you will leverage your subject-matter expertise in DOI communications.”Two corrections to the alert: it was posted 2026-08-10, not Aug 30 as LinkedIn claimed, so it is three weeks old and more competitive than it looks; and the work arrangement is genuinely unstated, so DC-vs-NY and days-in-office both need a recruiter answer. Your NBC4 newsroom background is the honest counter to the press-relations line — lead with it or do not apply.
Global financial services firm; the DOI organization sits in the Corporate Sector, and this requisition is filed under Marketing & Communications.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-04, filtered to the internal-communications function. No 1st-degree, and the bench is thin where it matters. The only 2nd-degree is Susan Heitsch, communications professional (mutual connection Don Heider). Everyone actually inside the function is 3rd degree with no path — including Meaghan Byrnes, Executive Director, Head of Connected Commerce Internal & Executive Communications, Adam Wohlman, Executive Director, Communications Director, and Alex Hoffman, VP, Head of Internal and Executive Communications, Marketing. Of 1,609 members matching the filter, that is a real zero at the level that would matter.
Remote★ drivableverified on the employer’s own system⚠ closes Sep 30hard blocker — 7 years in sales / commercial operations requiredband floor $130K, under your line
📍 “This role is based at one of our corporate offices in McLean, VA, Dallas, TX or New York, NY; or Remote” — tagged #LI-REMOTE, and the requisition’s WorkplaceType field reads Remote. Relocation is a preference only, not a requirement. McLean is drivable if you would rather be in an office.
$130,000–$175,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep — not in any alert email; the sweep was the run’s only other intake channel
Fit
72%
Sales-operations process and change lead for Hilton Worldwide Sales — owns adoption of new systems, tools and workflows across the commercial organization, reporting to the Senior Director, Global Sales Enablement & HWS Operations.
Strengths
The change-management scope is load-bearing, not decorative — it is in the summary line, not the nice-to-haves:“You will also lead change management to lead seller adoption, efficiency, and experience”; “Lead change management efforts tied to new system, tool, and process enhancements to drive adoption and user satisfaction”; “Develop and execute holistic change management and communication strategy… associated with new systems, workflows, operational changes, and enablement projects”; and “Monitor operational health, program effectiveness, and adoption metrics.”Prosci is a named preferred certification — your GAQM change-management credential argues directly at it. It is genuinely remote-eligible, which is rare on this board, and McLean is drivable if you want the office. No degree is required — a bachelor’s appears only under “It would be useful if you have.” No people-management headcount. Verified employer-direct on Hilton’s Oracle Recruiting Cloud, requisition 220815, posted 2026-09-01.
Gaps
The stated experience bar is in a different discipline from yours:“Seven (7) years of experience in Sales Operations, Business Operations, Program Management, Enablement, or related commercial functions.” “Enablement” and “Program Management” are both on that list, which is the opening you argue through — but the requisition’s own category field reads literally “Enterprise Sales”, and it also wants “understanding of sales operations processes, including sales planning, performance management, enablement, systems, and workflow optimization.” This is your adoption lane sited inside a B2B sales organization, not a communications seat. The band floor of $130,000 sits under your line, though the top clears it. Up to 10% travel. It closes Sep 30, so it is a this-month decision.
Global hospitality company headquartered in McLean, VA; Hilton Worldwide Sales is its enterprise commercial organization.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-04. No 1st-degree, but the best 2nd-degree density on the board this run. Straight into the hiring function: Laura Hoffmann, Sales Strategy & Operations at Hilton (2nd; mutual Joshua Kersey) — the exact organization this seat sits in. Straight into your lane: Curtis Pettit, AI Enablement and Measurement at Hilton (2nd; mutual Aaron Kassraie). Also 2nd: Carly Vendemia, Enterprise Strategy, Innovation & Enablement (mutual Jill Kadish) and Marcie Winitt, Product Management Leader (mutuals Sami Hassanyeh, Andy Boltax and 56 others). Hilton also has 21 members in the Washington DC–Baltimore area.
Gmail alert sweep (Aug 31–Sep 3, every thread opened in full) plus an Apify LinkedIn sweep — 8 keyword searches, all 8 verified real. Every role below was verified on the employer’s own system before boarding, and every one carries a LinkedIn connection check run today. Roles already shown on an earlier run are not repeated.
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Director, AI Transformation
Octave
Remote — United Statesverified on the employer’s own systemno range posted
📍 Remote — “Workplace Type: Remote” (Madison, AL is the anchoring address only)
No range in the posting · verified 2026-09-03
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/29 — seen again in the Indeed digest 9/2 and confirmed by the Apify LinkedIn sweep
Fit
85%
Leads the enterprise-wide AI adoption agenda at a 7,000-person industrial-software company — use-case portfolio, enablement, responsible-AI guardrails and adoption reporting to an AI Steering Committee.
Strengths
A textbook adoption seat, written in your language: the qualifications block asks for “experience leading enterprise transformation, digital transformation, AI adoption, change management, or innovation programs”, “strong program leadership, communication, facilitation, and executive reporting skills” and “familiarity with AI tools, responsible AI principles, and data governance” — no degree, no years figure, no headcount, no coding. The work is use-case intake through pilots to scale, training, communications and change management, leadership engagement, tool standardisation and value reporting “with a focus on adoption, behavior change, and measurable business impact.” The LinkedIn alert said Madison, AL; the employer’s own posting says Remote with the #LI-Remote tag and no state list. Verified on Octave’s SuccessFactors careers site, Req 3221 (Octave is the Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence spin-off; its posting still sits on the former Intergraph tenant).
Gaps
No salary range is published — Alabama has no pay-transparency law, so ask the recruiter for the band before investing. Reports-to is not stated (the role “reports regularly to the AI Steering Committee”). Industrial asset-lifecycle software is new terrain, though nothing in the posting requires it, and roughly a quarter of the workforce is in Hyderabad, so expect a global stakeholder map.
Enterprise software for asset lifecycle intelligence in energy, manufacturing and infrastructure; ~7,000 employees in 45 countries.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-03. No 1st-degree. Best path: Maureen Mack, communications strategist at Octave (2nd; mutuals Matt Glassman, Katherine Bouton) and Chris Spellman, Marketing Operations Leader (2nd; mutuals Danielle Mahoney, Gretchen Fisk). Also 2nd: Liz Pardo (global events; mutual Jason Clough) and Laura Fey-Burgett (Sr Implementation Consultant; mutual Brandon Carr). One GW alum works there: Linda Aboul-Enein, Manager, Pricing & Proposals (3rd).
Work from home near a Synchrony Hubverified on the employer’s own systemMaryland eligibility unconfirmed — Hub list not on the posting
📍 Stamford, CT posting · “work from home near one of our Hubs or come into one of our offices”
$170,000 – $290,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/31 — the alert titled it “VP, AI Enablement” (4460823370)
Fit
84%
Reports to the Chief AI Officer and owns enterprise AI enablement — adoption journeys, employee communications, champion networks, launch kits and adoption metrics across a regulated financial-services company.
Strengths
The closest description of your AARP work on this board. Required, verbatim: “10+ years of experience in employee experience, enterprise enablement, change management, communications, marketing, learning, transformation, technology adoption, or strategic program leadership”; “proven track record designing and scaling enterprise adoption programs for new tools, digital capabilities, emerging technologies, or new ways of working”; “experience building or managing employee communities, champion networks, ambassador programs”; “demonstrated ability to build compelling communications, practical enablement materials, executive narratives, launch plans, playbooks, and adoption campaigns”. Desired: M365 Copilot / Viva / SharePoint familiarity. “Reporting to the Chief AI Officer.” Band tops at $290,000. Verified on synchronycareers.com, Job ID 2602496, posted Aug 28.
Gaps
The arrangement is the open question. Synchrony’s wording is “work from home near one of our Hubs… You will be required to commute to your nearest Hub (either virtual or physical) for in-person engagement activities” — and the posting does not list the Hubs, so whether Maryland qualifies could not be confirmed from the employer’s own page. Ask that first. “VP” here is Grade/Level 14, a bank grade rather than an officer band, though it carries Head-of scope. The posting prefers experience in a regulated environment and requires an FDIA Section 19 background check with fingerprinting and a drug test.
Consumer financial-services company (private-label and co-brand credit) headquartered in Stamford, CT; ~20,000 employees.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-03. No 1st-degree. Inside the function: Jennifer Morris, SVP, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs at Synchrony (2nd; mutual Andrea McCarren) and Tyler Allen, VP, External Communications (2nd; mutuals John Reid and Michael Larrick — your Marriott referrer). Also 2nd: Ashley Tufts-Freimuth (senior communications executive) and Kendra Overbeck (marketing & communications). The AI-enablement slice itself rendered no 1st- or 2nd-degree people.
Director, AI Transformation & Intelligent Business Enablement
Sun Chemical
Remoteverified on the employer’s own systemposted Aug 28
📍 “Remote or On-Site: Remote” · Concord, CA is the primary location on the req
$200,000 – $260,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/3 — not in any alert email
Fit
83%
Owns the enterprise AI transformation roadmap for a global inks-and-pigments manufacturer — a federated AI Center of Excellence, governance, AI literacy programmes and value tracking across a matrixed global organisation.
Strengths
The posting reframes AI “from a technology initiative to a decision-intelligence capability” and its twelve-month scorecard is yours: an endorsed roadmap, two or three use cases scaled, a governance and CoE operating model live, and measured literacy and adoption gains. Required lines you clear outright: “10+ years of progressive experience in business / strategy transformation, leveraging technology and data capabilities”, “working knowledge of AI governance, data privacy, and ethical AI frameworks”, “exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership and boards”, and a bachelor’s degree with no field. Preferred and squarely in your favour: “familiarity with change management methodologies” and “expertise with major enterprise AI platforms (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI… Anthropic Claude…)”. Fully remote by the employer’s own field, $200,000–$260,000. Verified on careers.sunchemical.com, Req 6989.
Gaps
One required line to argue: “3+ years owning direct AI/ML or advanced analytics / technical platform programs” — your Copilot Studio and Power Automate agent work and the adoption programme are the evidence, but it has to be framed as programme ownership, not tool use. An MBA or advanced degree in “computer or data science, business, engineering” is preferred; chemicals, manufacturing or industrial B2B background is preferred and absent. Global, cross-regional stakeholder management is a stated requirement. The req’s primary location is Concord, CA, so expect West Coast hours.
Global manufacturer of printing inks, coatings, pigments and advanced materials; a DIC Corporation subsidiary headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-03. No 1st-degree, and the network is thin: the only 2nd-degree rendered is Viviane Ramsey, Global Marketing Manager, Sustainability (mutual Allyson Finch Wilson). One school alum works there (LinkedIn does not name them on the page). The recruiter on the LinkedIn listing is Leigh Ann Johnston, SHRM-CP.
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert (Gmail), listing 4462070833
Fit
80%
Company-wide AI transformation lead reporting to the CEO of a fast-growing flooring retailer — strategy, process redesign, governance, executive coaching, employee education and change management, with named 90-day, six-month and three-year milestones.
Strengths
The posting says the quiet part out loud: “This is a business transformation leadership role, not a technical AI position” and “You don’t need to be the person building the technology.” Requirements are “10+ years of progressive leadership experience in enterprise transformation, digital strategy, operations, innovation, or a related field”, “strong business acumen with fluency in AI, data, technology, security, and vendor solutions” and “experience leading significant cross-functional change and influencing senior leaders” — no degree, no headcount, no licence. “Reports To: Chief Executive Officer.” Remote by the employer’s own field, $200,000–$250,000 base plus bonus. The LinkedIn listing is Easy Apply; the employer’s own Greenhouse posting (job 5228008007, requisition 740) is the route in and the Apply button goes there.
Gaps
Travel of 25–50%, primarily to Phoenix, is the cost of the remote label. Success is framed in “measurable improvements in revenue, profitability, productivity, or customer experience” — outcome accountability rather than P&L ownership, but expect to be measured on it. A 51–200-person retailer that has grown fourfold since 2020 is a very different scale of enterprise from AARP, and the VP title reflects that.
Phoenix-based in-home flooring retailer operating across Arizona, Texas and neighbouring states; 51–200 employees on LinkedIn.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-03. None found — 199 associated members on LinkedIn and no 1st- or 2nd-degree person rendered; the visible leadership (Steve Sorensen, COO; Jonnathan Rodriguez, CRO) is 3rd-degree. A real zero, not a skipped check.
Remote — United Statesverified on the employer’s own systemcover letter required
📍 “Remote - New York” + “Remote - United States of America” · some travel
$195,000 – $205,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/3 — not in any alert email
Fit
76%
The top communications seat at a large philanthropic-services nonprofit, reporting to the Co-CEO — brand, media, digital, executive communications for the Co-CEOs and an explicit internal-communications workstream.
Strengths
Mission-driven, remote, on target and reporting to the top: “Reporting to the Co-Chief Executive Officer”, with “direct supervision of communications staff” and agencies. Internal comms is named, not implied: “Design and implement internal communications systems that strengthen employee connection, clarity, and alignment.” The required line — “proven senior level experience developing and executing communications strategies, including digital strategy, in a nonprofit, philanthropic, or mission-driven organization” — is the AARP door-opener, and the degree line accepts “equivalent experience (12+ years)”. Verified on RPA’s own Workday, req JR1558, posted Aug 7, open until filled.
Gaps
Brand and external is the larger half: “track record of managing media relationships, digital platforms, and brand identity systems” and “familiarity with philanthropy sector audiences… donor/grantee/stakeholder engagement” are required, and “strong understanding of social justice, equity-focused language, and narrative change principles” is central to the role. The band is on target but narrow ($195K–$205K). A cover letter is mandatory — “all applications must include a cover letter describing your interest and qualifications and your resume.”
New York-based nonprofit that advises donors and manages philanthropic funds; 51–200 employees.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-03. No 1st-degree. Best path: Anisa Kamadoli Costa, Foundation CEO / Chief Sustainability Officer (2nd; mutual Jean C. Accius, PhD) and Zac Hill, Co-Founder & President, The Office of American Possibilities (2nd; mutual Victoria Fine). Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey and three other connections follow the page.
Remote — United Statesverified on the employer’s own systemPR / brand-led — employee comms is one of six teams
📍 “This role can be based remotely in United States” · #LI-Remote · occasional travel
$197,250 – $328,750 · posted
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 9/3 — not in any alert email
Fit
72%
Head-of-communications seat for the newly carved-out BMC Helix brand — corporate comms, PR and agencies, executive comms, brand narrative, content, social and crisis, with employee communications as one of six sub-teams.
Strengths
Right level, right band, remote US with no state exclusions, and the team it leads is named: “Lead a team spanning Employee Communications, Executive Communications, Design, Content, Social Media, and PR.” The posting calls itself out as an operator’s job — “Delivers institutional-grade programs with limited budget and headcount” — and explicitly wants “AI-centric experimentation” in the function. Degree line accepts “or equivalent experience”. $197,250–$328,750 with the posting’s own note that hires rarely land at the top. Verified on BMC Helix’s own careers site (jobs.helixops.ai), Job ID 63622, published Aug 7.
Gaps
This is a PR-and-brand-led seat inside Marketing (“reporting to the Head of Global Marketing”), and three requirements sit outside your record: “12+ years in corporate communications, brand, or content leadership, ideally within B2B SaaS… with demonstrated experience leading through a brand launch or major rebrand”; “track record building and running global PR programs that deliver consistent earned coverage… managing agencies hands-on”; and “has led a company through a high-stakes public moment.” Internal comms is real but a sixth of the scope. Private-equity-owned executive structure, by the posting’s own description.
Enterprise IT service- and operations-management software; the BMC Helix business was carved out of BMC Software in 2025.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-03. No 1st-degree, and the only 2nd-degree rendered is outside the function: Ishika Khokhani, Software Engineer (GenAI) (mutual Lisa McDonald). The hiring executive appears to be Jake Adger, Head of Global Marketing (3rd), and the function’s executive-comms people (Amber Rensen, Adrienne Rimmer) are 3rd with no path shown.
verified on the employer’s own systemhard blocker — hybrid Culver City, CA; fails the location ruleon the board for your film/entertainment + AI interest only
📍 Culver City, CA · “(Hybrid)” — days per week not stated, no remote option
$171,200 – $214,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep — not in any alert email; the sweep was the run’s only other intake channel
Fit
72%
The primary operational leader for Sony Pictures’ AI transformation portfolio — running the enterprise portfolio, leading pilots to scale, operating-model evolution, governance, and owning AI communications, change management and enablement across creative, production, distribution and corporate functions.
Strengths
Film and entertainment plus AI, which you have said you want to see. Reports to the Vice President, AI Strategy & Operations; owns “enterprise AI communications, change management, and enablement activities” and “adoption/value-realization measurement”. Requirements are yours: “10+ years of experience in strategy, operations, transformation, consulting, program leadership, technology leadership, or related disciplines”, “experience driving organizational change, business transformation, and operating model evolution”, “ability to influence across organizations without direct authority” — no degree requirement, no headcount, no coding. Verified on Sony Pictures’ own Workday, req JR114236, posted Aug 31.
Gaps
It is hybrid in Culver City with no remote option, so under your own location rule it should not be here — it is on the board only because of your stated interest in film/entertainment AI, and it would mean relocating or a Los Angeles commute. The band ($171,200–$214,000) is under target at the floor. Media, entertainment or content-production experience is preferred. Read it as a signal of what the studios are hiring for, and apply only if the geography is negotiable for you.
Sony Group’s film and television studio, headquartered in Culver City, CA.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-03. No 1st-degree. The AI strategy and operations slice rendered no 1st- or 2nd-degree people (Sheena George, Senior Manager, AI Operations, is 3rd). Company-wide, Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey is your mutual into three people: Nick Velasquez, Vice President, Public Policy & External Affairs (2nd; also mutual Kyle Scriven), Tamara Woolfork, Senior Vice President, Business Affairs (2nd) and Jordan Barillas, Business Operations & Strategy (2nd). Also 2nd: Ellene V. Miles, SVP Global Intersectional Marketing (mutual Tammy Ryan).
Gmail alert sweep (Aug 29–Sep 2) plus an Apify LinkedIn sweep — 8 keyword searches, all 8 verified real. Every role below was verified on the employer’s own system before boarding, and every one carries a LinkedIn connection check run today. Roles already shown on an earlier run are not repeated.
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AVP, AI Strategy & Transformation
Mosaic Health
Remote — United Statesverified on the employer’s own systemposted today
📍 Remote — US
$232,506 – $348,758 · posted
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep — not in any alert email; the sweep was the run’s only other intake channel
Fit
89%
The operating executive for enterprise AI transformation at a national primary-care platform — governance, decision rights, gated funding and the organisational AI fluency that makes any of it stick.
Strengths
The best-matched requisition to land on this board. The JD draws your exact boundary in its own words: “This is not a research or exploratory role, and it is not a program-management role. It functions as the operating executive for enterprise AI transformation.” Scope is a three-tier governance structure, chairing an AI Transformation Hub, a 90-day gate process, named decision rights, vendor management under fixed-fee discipline, responsible AI, and building AI fluency through training and change management — the operating-model framing you argue from, not a tooling role. No degree requirement is stated at all. Ten-plus years leading large-scale business transformation with five owning enterprise-wide, multi-entity programmes; one direct report, so the people-leadership bar is light. US Remote with no state exclusions, and the band tops at $348,758 — the highest on the board. Healthcare is explicitly “a differentiator, not a requirement.” Verified on Mosaic’s own Workday tenant, req M104742, canApply:true, posted today.
Gaps
No hard blocker was found, which is itself worth a second look — read the requisition yourself before assuming it. Mosaic Health is a private-equity-backed roll-up of primary-care assets built on the former Vera Whole Health entity, and the requisition still sits on that legacy Workday tenant; multi-entity integration work of this kind moves fast and can be re-scoped. The seat is a single direct report against enterprise-wide accountability, so influence carries the job.
National care-delivery platform expanding access to comprehensive primary care.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-02. No 1st-degree. Best path: Gregory Grugnale, CFA — M&A Integration Executive, “driving growth, operational scale and platform transformation” — 2nd degree, mutuals Matthew Phillips, Kyle Rakow and two others. His remit sits directly alongside this seat’s multi-entity scope; he is the intro worth asking for.
Vienna, VA — drivableverified on the employer’s own systemcloses Sep 8 — six daysno range posted
📍 Vienna, VA · hybrid (secondary: Winchester VA, Pensacola FL)
Negotiable — no range posted · verified 2026-09-02
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 9/2
Fit
87%
Sets the enterprise strategic direction for internal communications and change management at a 10,000-person financial institution — the two lanes fused into one title, forty-five minutes from Annapolis.
Strengths
Both of your lanes in a single requisition, and the JD says so: “Sets the enterprise strategic direction for internal communications and change management” across enterprise-wide initiatives, reporting to “AVP or other functional executive.” Vienna is a normal commute. The degree field is Communications, Organisational Development or Business — no CS or engineering bar — and the experience line reads “College/University degree and 12+ years… including 8+ years of people leadership experience; or equivalent experience as a recognized subject matter expert leading enterprise-wide communications and change initiatives.” That second clause is the door. Verified on Navy Federal’s own Oracle Recruiting Cloud, req 32078, ApplyWhenNotPostedFlag:false. This is also the best-connected employer on your board — see below.
Gaps
It closes Sep 8 — and the requisition adds its own caveat: “Job postings are subject to close early or extend out longer than the anticipated closing date at the hiring team’s discretion based on qualified applicant volume.” Treat six days as the outside number. No salary range is published; the Targeted Salary Range field reads only “Negotiable based on experience and qualifications,” so you will be anchoring blind — ask the recruiter for the band before naming a figure. The 8+ years people-leadership line is a stated bar even with the equivalency escape, and credit-union or regulated-financial experience is absent from your record. Winchester VA and Pensacola FL are secondary locations on the same requisition, not separate jobs — apply once.
Member-owned financial institution serving the armed forces, veterans and their families; headquartered in Vienna, VA.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-02. ★ Steve Karp is a 1st-degree connection and works at Navy Federal — the only 1st-degree on any new tile this run, and the fastest route in. Then, inside the function itself: Christina Molzen, VP of HR Strategy, Business & Communications at Navy Federal (2nd degree; mutuals Carrie Dernar, Andrew Bates and three others) — given where this seat reports, she is plausibly the hiring executive. Kristin Roach, strategic communications leader “leading teams through change and organizational transformation” (2nd; mutuals Kelly Daschle, Andrea McCarren). Denisa Karfikova, Internal Communications Leader (2nd; mutuals Nickie Denick, Veronica Segovia Bedon and two others). Kara Matusak, Strategic Communications Lead (2nd; mutual Andrea McCarren). Ask Steve first.
Remote — United Statesverified on the employer’s own systemno range posted
📍 Remote — US
No range posted · verified 2026-09-02
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/24
Fit
84%
Sets AI strategy and drives enablement and workflow adoption across a global manufacturer — a leadership-level-4 seat that is about getting the enterprise to use the technology, not about building it.
Strengths
Lane A at a household-name enterprise, and genuinely remote: the posting’s own structured data carries addressCountry: “Remote” alongside addressLocality: “United States”, and the body closes with the #LI-Remote tag. No state exclusions anywhere in the posting, so Maryland is fine and Dearborn is not required. The bar is “Bachelor’s degree” with no field specified — no CS or engineering gate — plus “8+ years of experience in strategy, portfolio management, or transformation leadership roles, including experience managing managers or leading multiple functional teams.” Verified on Ford’s own careers system (Radancy, not Workday — the Workday tenant does not exist), posted Aug 27, no closing date.
Gaps
No salary range is published and Ford says why: “This position is a leadership level 4. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate’s skills and experience.” You will be negotiating against an internal grade you cannot see — establish the band early. “Managing managers or leading multiple functional teams” is the sharper edge of the experience line and you lead workstreams rather than a management chain; answer it with the cross-functional operating model rather than a headcount. Automotive and manufacturing are absent from your record.
Global automotive manufacturer; headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-02. No 1st-degree. 2nd-degree inside the AI-transformation function: Chitra Jain (Product Operations & AI Transformation Leader, former Chief of Staff to C-suite — mutual Jennifer Lourie) and Sara Taheri (Product Executive, Strategy & Transformation — mutual Andres Salgado). Thinner than Navy Federal; Jain is the closer match to this seat.
Remote — United Statesverified on the employer’s own systemno range postedleans reputation, not employee comms
📍 Remote — US
No range posted · verified 2026-09-02
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep — not in any alert email; the sweep was the run’s only other intake channel
Fit
78%
Senior corporate-communications seat at a large HR-technology company, including standing up a Communications Center of Excellence.
Strengths
Fully remote US with no state exclusions — the posting’s structured data reads jobLocationType: “TELECOMMUTE” with applicantLocationRequirements: US. Senior Director clears the band outright, no degree requirement is stated, and the experience line is “12+ years of progressive experience in corporate communications, corporate affairs, reputation, crisis and issues management, corporate responsibility, or related disciplines, including significant leadership experience” — which you clear. Building a Communications Center of Excellence is operating-model work, not campaign work, and that is the part of this job that is yours. Posted Aug 28 with a long runway (open through Feb 2027).
Gaps
The centre of gravity is reputation, not employees. Corporate responsibility, crisis and issues management and external reputation lead the description; employee communications is adjacent rather than central, so this is a lane-B stretch rather than a bullseye. No salary range is published and UKG’s applicant API is WAF-blocked from outside, so the band could not be recovered from the employer’s own system — ask for it early. HR-technology sector experience is absent from your record. Note UKG also has an Employee Communications, Change Management Lead open, remote US, posted Sep 1 — dead-centre content but a “Lead” grade, so it is below your band and not boarded.
Workforce-management and human-capital-management software; Weston, FL and Lowell, MA.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-02. No 1st-degree. One 2nd-degree: Alexa Micklovich, Head of Customer Public Relations and CX Storytelling at UKG (mutual Jason Clough) — useful for a read on the org, though she sits on the external side. The function lead appears to be Sheila Noel, VP Employee Communications, and Vitor De Souza leads Global Communications and Corporate Reputation; both are 3rd degree with no path from your network.
verified on the employer’s own systemhybrid — office not named in the postingposted Jun 1 — three months old
📍 Hybrid — office location not stated; Colliers E&D has a Columbia, MD presence
$181,000 – $300,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 8/30 — carried forward unverified and boarded 9/2
Fit
74%
Owns the AI roadmap, adoption and change enablement at a national engineering and design firm — champion network, governance and responsible AI.
Strengths
Squarely lane A and the widest posted band on the board: $181,000–$300,000. The scope is AI roadmap, adoption and change enablement, an AI champion network, governance and responsible AI — adoption work, not platform build. The degree line reads “Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/Management, Computer/Data Science, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience) required”, so the field bar does not bite. Verified in Colliers Engineering & Design’s own iCIMS job 13477.
Gaps
The posting names no office at all — its structured location fields read literally UNAVAILABLE — while requiring that “candidates must be able to work regularly from one of Colliers Engineering & Design’s office locations,” plus travel to other offices. The firm does post from Columbia, MD, so this may be workable, but the office question has to be answered before anything else. It also asks for “demonstrated success delivering measurable outcomes in a AEC environment (or similarly complex, project-based services)” — architecture/engineering/construction tenure you do not have, softened but not removed by the parenthetical. And it has been open since June 1; three months without a fill is a signal worth reading.
National engineering, design and consulting firm; headquartered in Holmdel, NJ.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-02. No 1st-degree. Best path, and unusually useful here: Peter Rouse, M.A. — Associate Director, Federal Services at Colliers Engineering & Design and SAME Baltimore Post President (2nd degree, mutual Corina Alvarez). He is Baltimore-based and inside the firm, so he is the person who can answer the which-office question before you spend anything on this. Also Terry Grimstead, Talent Acquisition Manager (2nd; mutual Chip Tarkenton).
verified on the employer’s own systemhard blocker — “Remote” but 4 days/week in office for DC-area hiresmay close within days
📍 Titled Remote — but DC-area hires are required in-office four days a week
$134,600 – $230,800 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 9/2
Fit
71%
Enterprise AI and data strategy and enablement inside UnitedHealth’s health-services arm.
Strengths
Lane A at enterprise scale with a posted band topping $230,800, and an easy entry bar: “8+ years of progressive experience in data strategy, product strategy, digital transformation, technology strategy, AI enablement, analytics, or a related field” — no degree requirement and no people-management bar stated. Verified on UnitedHealth Group’s own careers system, req 2386689, posted Sep 1.
Gaps
Read the remote line carefully, because the title is misleading for you specifically. Verbatim: “You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.… For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.” Annapolis sits in that area, so on its face this is a four-day-a-week in-office job for you and not a remote one — worth a recruiter question before you invest, and the reason this sits at 71 rather than in the eighties. Second, the content leans data architecture — semantic layers, ontologies, metadata, lineage — more than adoption and change, which is the thinner half of your record. Third, it may not last: “This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected.”
Health services and innovation arm of UnitedHealth Group.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-09-02. No 1st-degree. One 2nd-degree in the adoption function: Measha (MiMi) Young, M.A. — Change & User Adoption Lead (mutual Dr Carol Ash). Thin. The enterprise AI leadership at Optum and UnitedHealthcare (Cole Johnston, Sofie Shand, Erica Prairie) is all 3rd degree with no path.
Gmail alert sweep (Aug 27–Sep 1) plus a token-free LinkedIn sweep that replaced Apify. Every role below was verified on the employer’s own system before boarding. Roles already shown on an earlier run are not repeated.
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Director, Leadership & Change Communications
BAE Systems, Inc.
Falls Church, VA — drivableverified on the employer’s own systemband floor under $150Kwork arrangement not stated
📍 Falls Church, VA
$138,267 – $235,053 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn sweep (token-free, ran in place of Apify on 9/1) — not in any alert email
Fit
88%
Owns the enterprise approach to leadership and change communications at a large, highly-regulated defence prime — executive counsel, town halls, change adoption, and the governance that keeps it consistent.
Strengths
The closest JD-to-record match on the board. It asks for the enterprise approach to leadership and change communications, executive communications frameworks and governance, enterprise town halls and leadership forums, and communications that carry organizational redesign, technology modernization and digital transformation — which is your AARP workstream description almost line for line. Requires 10 years internal / change / executive comms, 8 with an advanced degree, so your M.A. clears it with room. It also explicitly leads and mentors a team of communicators, which answers the people-leadership question directly instead of making you argue it. Falls Church is a normal commute. Verified on BAE’s own careers site, req 127596BR.
Gaps
The band floor is $138,267, below your $150K line — the top is $235,053, so this is an anchoring problem, not a disqualifier. The posting states no work arrangement at all — not remote, not hybrid, not onsite. Given the sister VP req on the same site does specify onsite, do not assume this one is flexible; ask in the first conversation. Defence-sector experience is absent from your record, and cleared-facility norms may come up.
Defence, aerospace and security prime contractor; US headquarters in Falls Church, VA.
👥 Who you know:Referral check pending. This run had no signed-in browser session, so no connection was checked — and none has been invented. Run the LinkedIn check on these three before applying.
McLean, VA — drivableverified on the employer’s own system
📍 McLean, VA (also posted Richmond, VA)
$206,000 – $235,100 (McLean) · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/27
Fit
86%
Builds and runs the enterprise learning and enablement strategy for AI adoption inside Capital One’s Enterprise Learning & Development organisation.
Strengths
The preferred qualifications read like your file: 4+ years managing external technology vendors, SaaS integration training partners or third-party content cycles — the vendor relationship you managed — and building AI-assisted automated workflows, which is the internal AI assistants you built and launched. Basic quals ask 5+ years in enterprise change management, 3+ years creating and executing technology enablement or learning strategies, and 3+ years leading cross-functional initiatives; you clear all three. Your through-line — adoption is an operating-model problem before it is a training problem — is the differentiator against candidates who read this as pure L&D. McLean is drivable, and $206K–$235.1K sits well above your floor.
Gaps
Capital One runs a hybrid in-office expectation; confirm the days before committing. The req sits in Enterprise Learning & Development, so the seat may be scoped narrower than enterprise adoption strategy — probe who owns the operating model versus who owns the curriculum. Note also that Capital One’s internal job family for this posting is “Director, Project Management”, which is a compensation-grade label rather than the work — do not let it pull your language toward project management.
Consumer and commercial bank; Enterprise Learning & Development organisation.
👥 Who you know:Referral check pending. This run had no signed-in browser session, so no connection was checked — and none has been invented. Run the LinkedIn check on these three before applying.
Falls Church, VAverified on the employer’s own systemonsite, not hybrid — plus ~25% travel15 years minimum
📍 Falls Church, VA
$200,222 – $340,378 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/24
Fit
84%
Owns enterprise employee and executive communications for BAE Systems, Inc., reporting to the SVP, Communications.
Strengths
A genuine level jump with the comp to match — $200,222–$340,378, the highest band on the board. Owns the enterprise employee communications strategy and executive communications outright, and the JD wants a leader who sets strategy while still personally writing the critical pieces, which is how you actually work. Verified on BAE’s own careers site, req 129063BR.
Gaps
Hard flag, verbatim: the role “is based at BAE Systems, Inc. headquarters in Falls Church, VA and requires onsite presence with approximately 25% travel.” That is a daily commute from Annapolis, not three days a week. Asks a minimum 15 years of progressive communications experience in large, matrixed, highly-regulated organisations, and wants experience supporting external as well as internal comms — external is the thinner half of your record. Do not apply to both BAE reqs. Two applications to one employer reads as untargeted, the same trap as the four Amgen reqs. Lead with the Director unless you specifically want the VP title and will accept the commute.
Defence, aerospace and security prime contractor; US headquarters in Falls Church, VA.
👥 Who you know:Referral check pending. This run had no signed-in browser session, so no connection was checked — and none has been invented. Run the LinkedIn check on these three before applying.
First surfaced by the Apify LinkedIn sweep on this date — a second intake channel alongside the Gmail alerts. Roles already shown on an earlier run are not repeated.
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Head of Executive Communications
Samsara
Remote — United Statesverified on the employer’s own system
📍 Remote — US
$142,800 – $255,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 8/30 — the first run that used the sweep as a second intake channel
Fit
84%
Owns executive communications for a fleet-operations technology company — leadership messaging, all-hands and the internal narrative that carries it.
Strengths
Verified Remote — US on Samsara’s own Greenhouse board (job 8156181), not inferred from an aggregator, and the posted band tops at $255,000. “Head of” clears the level band outright. Executive communications is the spine of your AARP work — the weekly updates that brief executives, the enterprise newsletter, town halls, roadshows and office hours — and this role wants exactly that rather than media relations. First surfaced by the Apify sweep, not by an email alert.
Gaps
The band floor is $142,800, just under your $150K line, so the offer conversation matters — anchor high and early. Samsara sells IoT/fleet telematics to physical-operations buyers, a sector you have no track record in; answer it with regulated-enterprise and cross-functional AI work rather than domain claims. The title emphasises executive comms; if the scope is speechwriting-heavy rather than change-and-adoption-heavy it is a narrower seat than it reads.
Connected operations platform for fleets and physical operations.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-08-30. No 1st-degree. Best 2nd-degree paths: Camelia Gendreau (Sr. Executive Communications Manager — the team this role would lead alongside), Eric Danko (Head of Global Public Policy & Government Affairs, Washington DC — mutual: Kyle Rakow), Dan Tabacco (Sr. Director, Corporate Systems & AI Automation — mutual: Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey), Jack Shugars (Baltimore). Danko is the DC-local warm path.
Remote — anywhere in the US except Alaskaverified on the employer’s own systemhard blocker — band tops at $150,000, your floor
📍 Remote, United States
$130,000 – $150,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: Apify LinkedIn sweep, 8/30 — the first run that used the sweep as a second intake channel
Fit
76%
Leads enterprise-wide communications, enablement, engagement and change management for Greystar Management Services — the operating-model version of your AARP workstream.
Strengths
The description is the closest wording to your own scope on this board: it “leads the strategy, governance, and execution of enterprise-wide communications, enablement, engagement, and change management initiatives,” translating business priorities into “communication and learning strategies that drive adoption.” Requirements clear as written — Bachelor’s in Communications, PR, Journalism or Instructional Design; 10+ years in internal comms, enablement, L&D or organizational change; 5+ years leading teams and enterprise programs. Workday req R0196764 is live and applyable, and the posting states remote is available anywhere in the US except Alaska, so Maryland qualifies. Note this is NOT the Greystar role screened out on Aug 25 — that one (R0190073) was restricted to AZ/TX/GA/NC and demanded property-management field experience. This req carries neither blocker.
Gaps
Comp is the problem and it is on the tile for a reason: the posted band tops out at $150,000, which is your floor, not your target. Every other role on this board at this level pays materially more. Greystar is a real-estate and property-management platform, so the enablement audience is site and regional operations teams rather than a corporate knowledge workforce — different rhythm from AARP. Occasional travel is expected. Worth a conversation about band flexibility before investing in a full application.
Global real-estate platform — property and investment management, development, construction.
👥 Who you know: Checked 2026-08-30. No 1st-degree. The single most valuable connection on this board: Justin Altum, Head of Enterprise Communications at Greystar (mutual: Jeffrey Makowka) — this role sits in his function and he is very likely the hiring manager. Ask Jeffrey for the intro before applying. Also 2nd-degree: Lawson Hamilton (Community Manager, Washington DC — mutual: Brit Fleck, MPH), Tarpan Parekh (Managing Director of Construction — mutual: Kamili Wilson).
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Strategic Communications, Corporate Affairs Director — R&D and AI&D
Amgen
Remote — United Statesverified on the employer’s own system
📍 United States — Remote
$180,552 – $244,276 · posted
🔍 Found via: Gmail alert sweep — the specific alert provider is not recorded
Fit
87%
Leads communications across Amgen’s R&D and Artificial Intelligence & Data organizations, with a team reporting in, sitting above the two Corporate Affairs Director seats already on this board.
Strengths
The responsibilities read like your job description: “lead communications strategies that support organizational transformation, AI adoption, and new ways of working” and “establish communications planning, governance, and measurement frameworks.” Fully US-remote, same posted band as the other Amgen reqs, and unlike them this one has direct reports — “lead and develop a high-performing team… coaching, and career development for direct reports” — which answers the people-leadership question other postings make you argue for. Bachelor’s + 9 years of communications clears the bar as written. Posted Aug 10, no deadline.
Gaps
This is the FOURTH live Amgen requisition on your board (R-248611 AI & Data, R-250068 Pipeline Communications, R-252658 Global Customer Capabilities). They are genuinely separate jobs, and this one sits across the other two — it works “closely with the Corporate Affairs Directors for Research, Development & Pipeline, and Artificial Intelligence & Data.” Lead with this one and treat the others as fallbacks rather than firing at all four; a recruiter who sees four applications reads it as untargeted. Biotech/pharma sector experience is preferred throughout the Amgen set and is your one consistent gap — answer it with regulated-enterprise and legal/privacy-partnered AI work.
Biotechnology company; medicines for serious illness.
👥 Who you know: No 1st-degree, but the 2nd-degree bench sits inside Corporate Affairs itself: Alison Chartan (Global Media Relations — mutual: Tammy Gordon), Kelley Davenport (Global Policy Comms — mutual: Ashley Wolos), Kassidy Johnson (Global Corporate Affairs). Ask Tammy for the Chartan intro before applying.
★ drivableOn-site — Arlington, VAverified on the employer’s own system
📍 Arlington, VA
$175,000 – $210,000 DOE · posted
🔍 Found via: Gmail alert sweep — the specific alert provider is not recorded
Fit
72%
Owns the whole communications function at a satellite-imaging company — internal, executive, media and policy — reporting to the VP of Communications.
Strengths
Arlington is the closest at-level communications seat to Annapolis to appear in weeks, the band clears your floor, and the scope names internal communications and executive communications alongside the external work. The bar is “10+ years of communications experience, including significant responsibility for media relations, corporate communications, executive communications, and internal communications” — you clear the years, the exec-comms half and the internal half outright, and your NBC4 background is real newsroom credibility rather than a claim.
Gaps
Two things to be honest about. It is on-site, not hybrid — a daily Annapolis→Arlington commute, not three days a week. And the centre of gravity is earned media: the deepest stated requirement is “deep media relations experience, including a track record of developing reporter relationships, securing meaningful earned media opportunities, and managing press inquiries,” with desired “established relationships with national, defense, aerospace, technology, or business media.” That is a different discipline from the AI-adoption and internal-comms lane you are aiming at, and it is where a strong competing candidate would beat you. Worth a conversation about the internal/external split before you invest in tailored materials.
Satellite imaging company — commercial and defense earth observation.
👥 Who you know: Thin: CSO Todd Master is 2nd-degree; three of your connections follow the page (Viviana Marelle +2).
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Corporate Affairs Director — Artificial Intelligence and Data
Amgen
Remote — United Statesverified on the employer’s own system
📍 United States — Remote
$180,552 – $244,276 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/26 — LinkedIn listed the employer as “BioSpace”; the requisition is Amgen’s own
Fit
88%
Communications lead for Amgen’s Artificial Intelligence and Data organization — the narrative, executive visibility and change communications behind an enterprise AI program.
Strengths
This is the intersection of both your lanes in one title: corporate communications for an AI and data organization. The preferred list asks for “experience supporting communications for AI, data, digital transformation, innovation, or enterprise change initiatives” and “executing global communication programs in complex, matrixed organizations” — that is the AARP work described back to you. Fully remote with no stated state restriction, and the posted floor is above your target. The degree bar clears on the Bachelor’s + 9 years path.
Gaps
Pharma/biotech sector experience is preferred (5+ years) and you do not have it — lead with regulated-enterprise and privacy/legal-partnered AI work instead. THIRD live Amgen thread: R-250068 (Pipeline Communications) and R-252658 (Global Customer Capabilities) are already on this board, and Amgen has at least three more Corporate Affairs Director reqs open right now, incl. R-252035 (Strategic Communications, R&D & AI&D) which is the closest sibling to this one. Sequence deliberately rather than firing at all of them. Open since July 8, so it is not new — move rather than watch.
Biotechnology company; medicines for serious illness.
👥 Who you know: No 1st-degree, but the 2nd-degree bench sits inside Corporate Affairs itself: Alison Chartan (Global Media Relations — mutual: Tammy Gordon), Kelley Davenport (Global Policy Comms — mutual: Ashley Wolos), Kassidy Johnson (Global Corporate Affairs). Ask Tammy for the Chartan intro before applying.
Leads enterprise change management and organizational design for Exelon’s transformation agenda — including redesigning work and roles around AI and automation — reporting into the VP, Talent.
Strengths
Both DC (701 9th St NW) and Baltimore HQ are listed office options on this one requisition, so the commute is genuinely yours to choose — the closest at-level opening to Annapolis on the board. The methodology requirement names Prosci/ADKAR and Kotter outright, which your GAQM change-management certification and the ADKAR work on your own site speak to directly. And the mandate explicitly includes “redesigning work, roles, and processes — including in the context of AI, automation, or digital transformation”: your lane, at a regulated utility that has to bring people along. Total comp with the $50K LTI and 30% target is the strongest package on the board.
Gaps
Closes September 5 — nine days. Two stated minimums to answer for: “minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in change management, organizational design/effectiveness, transformation, or organizational development in a large, matrixed organization” and “minimum of 5 years of supervisory experience” — the supervisory number is the one to be ready on. Chicago is the primary office on the requisition even though DC and MD are eligible; confirm days-per-week on-site, which the posting does not state. Travel up to 25%. The role sits in the Talent/HR organization rather than communications.
Utility holding company — BGE, Pepco, ComEd and three other regulated utilities.
👥 Who you know: No 1st-degree; 2nd-degree reaches Cynthia McCabe, SVP Chief Communications Officer (mutuals incl. Debbi Lockhart Jarvis) and BGE/ComEd comms leaders. Closes Sep 5 — a same-week intro ask.
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Director, Communications
NACD
★ drivableHybrid — Tue–Thu in Arlingtonverified on the employer’s own system
📍 Arlington, VA
$170,000 – $185,000 + bonus · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/25
Fit
83%
Owns NACD’s brand and communications platform — external and internal — as counselor to executive leadership, leading a team, agencies and budgets.
Strengths
Lane B at Director level with internal communications named in the scope — employee and chapter comms, leadership messaging, channel governance and change communications sit alongside earned media and executive visibility. The bar is 10+ years of progressive communications experience including team management: you clear it. Hybrid Tuesday–Thursday in Arlington is a real but drivable commute from Annapolis, three days a week. And the audience is corporate directors — an executive-governance membership whose members are exactly the level you write for.
Gaps
Three days a week in Arlington, every week — roughly an hour each way on a good day; be sure the commute math works before investing. Membership-association experience is preferred (not required). “Budget ownership, vendor management” is stated under business acumen — budget, not P&L, and you have both.
Membership organization for corporate board directors.
👥 Who you know:Nathan Bergman, Sr Director at NACD — mutual: Patty David. NACD’s CIO Rona Bunn is also 2nd-degree.
★ drivableWork model not statedhard-ish blocker — global multi-country teams requiredreq 2026-8048 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Baltimore, MD (or DC)
$127,874 – $162,786 · posted
🔍 Found via: Gmail alert sweep — the specific alert provider is not recorded
Fit
74%
Jhpiego’s senior-most communications leader — external, internal, executive and crisis comms plus brand and digital marketing, supervising three Senior Managers.
Strengths
A drivable Baltimore nonprofit — the local-nonprofit lane your target profile explicitly relaxes level and comp bands for — affiliated with Johns Hopkins, posted just two days ago. The senior-most comms seat in the organization, with a real team (three Senior Managers report in) and executive plus crisis counsel in the scope. Master’s degree is required on paper but the posting allows the JHU experience-equivalency formula.
Gaps
Two stated requirements to weigh honestly: “experience leading global communications teams across multiple countries and cultures” — which presumes INGO-style experience you don’t carry — and up to 20% domestic and international travel. The band tops at $162,786, below every corporate tile on this board (nonprofit lane pricing). Work arrangement is not stated anywhere in the posting.
Johns Hopkins-affiliated global health nonprofit.
👥 Who you know: 2nd-degree: Laura Skolnik (VP) and Maryalice Yakutchik (Communications Manager); Bernard Ohanian is the mutual into Sr Advisor Mark Hathaway.
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Corporate Affairs Development & Pipeline Communications, Director
Amgen
Fully remotereq R-250068 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 United States — Remote
$180,552 – $244,276 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/25
Fit
85%
Lead communications counselor for Amgen’s Development organization and clinical pipeline, reporting to the Executive Director, Corporate Affairs R&D.
Strengths
Communications lane at Director level, and fully remote in Amgen’s own Workday field — the LinkedIn alert showed Washington, DC, but the requisition itself lists United States – Remote as its only location. The work is executive visibility, organizational communications, change initiatives and issues management: Lane B with a change pillar. The stated bar is a bachelor’s plus 9 years of communications experience, which you clear many times over, and the role leads a team plus agency partners. No application deadline. The posting even explicitly invites redacting age-identifying information — unusually aligned with your guardrails. This would be a second, distinct Amgen application alongside the Global Customer Capabilities tile from Aug 23.
Gaps
The counsel is about the clinical pipeline — translating trial results and regulatory milestones into narrative for the Development leadership team. Biotech or pharma experience is listed as preferred, not required, but the science-literacy question will come up in the first screen, and your healthcare AI credentialing work is the bridge to build there. Two live Amgen applications also need sequencing thought — same Corporate Affairs function, likely overlapping recruiters.
Biotechnology company; one of the largest independent biotechs.
👥 Who you know: No 1st-degree, but the 2nd-degree bench sits inside Corporate Affairs itself: Alison Chartan (Global Media Relations — mutual: Tammy Gordon), Kelley Davenport (Global Policy Comms — mutual: Ashley Wolos), Kassidy Johnson (Global Corporate Affairs). Ask Tammy for the Chartan intro before applying.
Vice President, AI Transformation & Value Creation
Dynata
Fully remoteposted today · req REQ13757 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Remote — U.S.A.
$150,000 – $200,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert
Fit
82%
Owns the enterprise AI roadmap, governance and initiative portfolio, with an explicit change-leadership pillar: AI readiness, adoption, literacy and culture, in partnership with HR and L&D.
Strengths
Fully Remote in Workday’s own structured field, VP title, and the description is your through-line almost verbatim: adoption and literacy as an operating-model problem, value realization owned by the business, culture work run with HR — not an engineering seat. The stated bar is 12+ years of leadership in transformation, strategy, technology, operations, analytics or consulting plus a bachelor’s: clearable. Posted today, so an application this week lands among the first in the queue.
Gaps
The band tops at $200,000 — modest for a VP title and below several Director tiles on this board, so the title outruns the money. Dynata is a market-research and panel-data company that went through a financial restructuring in recent years (that is trained knowledge, not verified this run — worth a five-minute look at their current footing before investing). No closing date posted.
Market research and consumer-panel data company.
👥 Who you know: Their Head of Global Talent Acquisition, Mary Jones, is 2nd-degree — open her profile for the mutual. Also VPs Gabe Goldstein (mutual Sharon Kirk) and Matthew Butcaris.
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Vice President of AI Solutions
Gallagher Bassett
★ drivableFully remotehard blocker — insurance industry knowledge requiredreq 53004 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Washington, DC — 1220 L Street NW
$137,000 – $267,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: Gmail alert sweep — the specific alert provider is not recorded
Fit
76%
Owns vision, strategy and roadmap for a portfolio of AI and analytics products, as business owner from strategy through value realisation.
Strengths
The back half of this job is your job. It owns adoption explicitly — business readiness, communication, training, adoption strategy, adoption metrics and barrier removal — sitting next to product governance and prioritisation. The band starts at $137,000 and runs to $267,000, and the employer’s own posting field marks it Fully Remote Worker while carrying a DC address, so it satisfies both your remote preference and your radius. No clearance, no P&L, no quota, no billable delivery, and no engineering requirement anywhere in the text — no Python, no RAG, no MLOps.
Gaps
Two things to settle before investing. First, under Required — not Preferred — the posting says “Thorough knowledge of the insurance brokerage industry.” That is a domain you do not carry and it is the single thing most likely to stop this. Second, the title says Vice President but every line of the body describes “The Director, Senior Product Owner,” including the success measures — this reads as a Director-level product-owner req wearing a VP title. Also worth knowing: the “Fully Remote” designation exists only as a structured posting attribute; the description prose never says remote, hybrid or onsite. Confirm it with the recruiter rather than assuming it. Refreshed Aug 21, so it is being actively worked.
Claims and risk management services; subsidiary of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
⊘ Posting closed
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Director of Strategic Communications (NCS) — Baltimore Convention Center
City of Baltimore
★ drivableWork model not statedhard blocker — hiring range tops at $93,403closes Sep 4 · req R0017859 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Baltimore, MD — 1 W Pratt St
$71,745 – $115,063 (hiring range $71,745 – $93,403) · posted
🔍 Found via: Gmail alert sweep — the specific alert provider is not recorded
Fit
71%
Owns strategic communications and marketing for the Baltimore Convention Center, including internal communications, executive messaging, media relations, brand, digital and crisis counsel.
Strengths
This is the cleanest internal communications description in the sweep — employee newsletters, executive messaging, recognition and engagement are named as leading duties, not afterthoughts, alongside the PIO role and crisis counsel to executive leadership. It supervises a real team (Digital Content Manager and Brand Manager report in) and carries budget, vendors and agency management. It is a 35-minute drive. Checked explicitly: there is no Baltimore City residency requirement — it is flagged NON-CIVIL SERVICE, so the usual residency rules do not attach. The stated bar is five years of public information, PR, convention or non-profit work including supervising small teams, plus a communications-related bachelor’s degree. You clear it.
Gaps
The money is the problem and it is not close. The hiring range tops out at $93,403 — the $115,063 figure is the ceiling of the classification, not what they are paying in. That is materially below Director-level compensation and below every other tile on this board. It is also an on-call role: “essential personnel,” “occasional evening, weekend, and holiday hours as events dictate,” and a rotating Director-on-Duty schedule. No remote or hybrid language appears anywhere in the posting, and the role is anchored to a physical venue. Closes September 4, so it needs a decision this week if it is worth one at all.
Municipal government; Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.
👥 Who you know: N/A by design — municipal civil-service posting; referrals carry no formal weight in the city process.
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Senior Director, Chief of Staff, Integrated Work Force Transformation
Capital One
★ drivableWork model not statedverified on the employer’s own system
📍 McLean, VA (New York, NY and Richmond, VA also listed)
$269,600 – $307,700 McLean · posted
🔍 Found via: Gmail alert sweep — the specific alert provider is not recorded
Fit
84%
Chief of staff running the Retail Bank's AI-driven workforce transformation — partnering with HR on job-family redesign, headcount and productivity outcomes, leadership operating rhythms and the associate experience through the change.
Strengths
The Basic Qualifications are a bachelor's degree or military experience, 5+ years in a chief-of-staff, business-analysis, project-management, HR or strategic-planning role, 5+ years managing stakeholders across business functions, and 2+ years leading change-management initiatives. You clear all four, which is unusual at a band that starts at $269,600. The substance is exactly your argument: AI adoption treated as an operating-model and workforce problem rather than a training problem, with job-family redesign, decision rights and measurable adoption outcomes attached. Highest posted band on your board, and McLean is a drive.
Gaps
“3+ years of people management experience” sits under Preferred, not Basic — favourable, but a chief-of-staff role at this level assumes you can speak to leading through influence across functions, which is where your 8-business-unit scope does the work. The posting states no work model at all, so whether McLean means in-office is the first recruiter question. Financial-services experience is not required but everyone else in the room will have it. No visa sponsorship offered (not a constraint for you).
Consumer and commercial bank and credit-card issuer.
⊘ Posting closed
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Corporate Affairs, Director – Global Customer Capabilities & Innovation
Amgen
Remotereq R-252658 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 United States – Remote
$180,552 – $244,276 · posted
🔍 Found via: Gmail alert sweep — the specific alert provider is not recorded
Fit
83%
Communications lead for Amgen's Global Customer Capabilities & Innovation organisation, reporting to an AVP and driving adoption of new data, technology and customer capabilities across global markets.
Strengths
This is your two lanes in one posting: internal and change communications used as the vehicle for getting a new capability adopted across markets. The education-and-experience bar is a bachelor's plus 9 years in strategic communications, corporate affairs, public affairs or change communications “or related” — no named technical degree, no clearance, no second language. Critically, there is no people-management requirement anywhere in it; the only management language is managing external agency and vendor partners, which you have done. Fully remote with a posted band starting above the $180K floor.
Gaps
Pharma and biotech experience is the room you would be walking into, and you do not have it — the AARP regulated-environment framing is what carries you here. The role sits under an AVP inside a large global corporate-affairs function, so scope is a workstream, not the function. No state-eligibility list is published, so remote-from-Maryland is worth confirming, and Amgen states sponsorship is “not guaranteed” (not a constraint for you). Amgen has five sibling Corporate Affairs Director roles open at once; be deliberate about which one you go for.
Global biotechnology company.
👥 Who you know: No 1st-degree, but the 2nd-degree bench sits inside Corporate Affairs itself: Alison Chartan (Global Media Relations — mutual: Tammy Gordon), Kelley Davenport (Global Policy Comms — mutual: Ashley Wolos), Kassidy Johnson (Global Corporate Affairs). Ask Tammy for the Chartan intro before applying.
Director, Transformational Change Management & Communication
Centene Corporation
Remotereq 1653108 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Anywhere in the continental US (requisition home state Missouri)
$118,400 – $219,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/22
Fit
80%
Owns communications and change management for Centene's enterprise transformation portfolio, working out of a transformation Center of Excellence across Health Plan, Product and Shared Services.
Strengths
Posted two days ago, and it is the only role on this run that is unambiguously remote from Annapolis — “can be based anywhere within the continental US,” with no state exclusion list. The requirements are a bachelor's in business, organisational development, communications “or a related field,” 7+ years of progressive change-management experience and 5+ years of project-management or communications experience. That is a description of your last several years. A transformation CoE that pairs change and communication in one seat is the operating-model framing you argue for, and there is no people-management bar of any kind.
Gaps
The band is the honest problem: the top reaches $219,000 but it opens at $118,400, and where a candidate lands inside a range that wide is decided in the first call, not at offer. “Works with project teams, and sometimes leads them” is soft language for a Director title — worth probing what the seat actually owns. Managed-care and health-plan experience is the implicit background, and there is no AI content in this posting at all, so it is a pure lane-one role rather than a bridge between the two.
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Director, Global Enterprise Communications
Capital One
Work model not statedreq R248069 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 McLean, VA (Richmond, VA also listed)
$190,300 – $217,200 McLean · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert
Fit
82%
Strategic communications counsel to senior enterprise executives, leading integrated internal-associate and external campaigns that tie line-of-business priorities to the enterprise narrative.
Strengths
The Basic Qualifications are a bachelor's degree and “at least 8 years of communications experience” — you clear both with room, which is rare at this band. The work itself is executive counsel plus internal engagement: “build trusted partner relationships and serve as a strategic counselor to senior corporate executives and cross-functional leadership teams,” elevating the internal communications framework, and “leverage data analytics, audience sentiment, and modern digital channels to optimize communications performance and measure narrative impact.” McLean is drivable and the band is posted, starting at $190,300.
Gaps
“3+ years of direct people management experience” is listed under Preferred rather than Basic, but the responsibilities assume it — “lead, coach, and develop a team of communications professionals.” The posting states no work model at all, so whether McLean means in-office is a question for the recruiter before anything else. Financial-services or consumer-brand communications is a preferred background you would be arguing around.
Consumer and commercial bank and credit-card issuer.
👥 Who you know: ⭐ 1st-degree: Doreen Simons (Sr Manager, Product). Also Adam Vicks in Corporate Communications (mutuals Matt Glassman, Keith Garvin +8) and Susan Payne (17 mutuals incl. Sami Hassanyeh and Tammy Gordon).
Director, Strategic Enablement & Operations – U.S. Communications & Government Affairs
GSK
Hybridreq 441388 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Washington, DC (F Street)
$171,000 – $285,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/17
Fit
79%
Chief-of-staff style operating partner to the head of U.S. Communications & Government Affairs — business rhythms, governance, prioritisation, dashboards and executive communications across five teams.
Strengths
Despite where it sits, this is not lobbying. The posting calls it “an operations-focused role supporting the US CGA leadership team” and “the connective tissue across the function,” and Government Affairs appears only as one of the client teams served. Internal Communications is another of them, and the role owns “high-impact presentations, executive briefings, talking points, and strategic communications for senior leadership audiences” — executive comms with an operating-model mandate attached, which is your through-line. No people-management number, no team size and no direct-report requirement appears anywhere in the posting. Hybrid in DC is drivable and the band starts at $171,000.
Gaps
The ten-year requirement names “pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, public affairs, communications, government affairs, or related disciplines” — communications qualifies on its face, but you would be the candidate without the sector, and understanding of the U.S. healthcare policy and pharmaceutical landscape is preferred. This is an enabling seat rather than a function-owning one: rhythm and influence rather than a team of your own. Travel up to 20%.
Global biopharmaceutical company.
👥 Who you know:Abigail Capobianco, Director of US Vaccines Communications — mutual: Tammy Gordon. Robin Gaitens, Enterprise Comms Director at ViiV (mutual: Ashley Wolos).
Remotereq 7564 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Fully remote · United States, no state limits stated
$250,000 – $300,000 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/22
Fit
84%
Enterprise owner of AI strategy, governance and adoption for a national insurance brokerage — vision, investment roadmap, embedding AI across functions, and workforce readiness.
Strengths
Read the responsibilities rather than the title. It asks the holder to “drive workforce transformation by fostering AI readiness, advancing digital skills, leading change management efforts, and empowering employees,” to “partner with executive leadership across Finance, Operations, Technology, Legal, Compliance, Communications, and Learning & Development to embed AI into business strategies and drive enterprise-wide adoption,” and to “champion responsible AI practices by establishing governance models.” Nothing about building, training or evaluating models, and no production code anywhere — it names Communications as a partner function. Fully remote, no state restriction stated, $250K–$300K posted, and no team size or direct-report count is required; team-building sits under Preferred.
Gaps
The education line is stated as required: “MBA, Master's degree, or other advanced education in Business Administration, Technology Management, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Organizational Development, or a related discipline.” Your M.A. is a master's; whether Digital Communications reads as “a related discipline” is a judgment a screener makes in seconds, so it is worth pre-empting — the change-management certification is the bridge to the Organizational Development half of that list. Insurance brokerage is a new sector. The posting carries an expiry of 2026-09-25, so this is not one to sit on.
National insurance brokerage and employee-benefits firm.
👥 Who you know: Thin: 2nd-degrees in sales/marketing only (Jessica Fisher — mutual Alejandra Owens). No path near the AI seat.
hard blocker — hybrid Bridgewater NJHybridreq R3458 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Bridgewater, NJ
$255,000 – $347,500 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/22
Fit
80%
Owns the enterprise AI transformation strategy, working with therapeutic-area and functional leaders to prioritise use cases and turn them into business value.
Strengths
The posting says outright this is not an IT or engineering role — it is a business leadership seat that bridges non-technical stakeholders and the data-science side, sits on the AI Governance Committee, champions AI literacy and upskilling, and owns the business-case and ROI process. That is your through-line stated almost word for word: adoption as an operating-model problem, not a training problem. Executive Director clears the level band comfortably, and the posted range tops out at $347,500.
Gaps
VERIFIED 2026-08-24: the posting is explicit — “Workplace Type: Hybrid”, “a hybrid role based out of our Bridgewater, NJ office”, ~190 miles from Annapolis, plus ~20% domestic and international travel. It also sets a domain bar you do not meet: “at least 15 years of progressive business leadership experience in life sciences”. Content is the closest match on this board (non-technical enterprise AI adoption, change, AI literacy, governance, $255,000–$347,500, no people-management requirement) — kept visible for your own call, but it does not pass the location screen. Hybrid out of Bridgewater, NJ — roughly a three-hour drive, so this is not a daily commute. The posting softens that (“You’ll work remotely most of the time, with in-person collaboration when it matters most”), which is the most favourable hybrid language of anything in today’s run, but it is still an office-anchored role and you would need to establish up front what “when it matters most” means in days per month. Pharma domain experience is not something you carry.
Senior Director, Change Management Activation Lead
Cencora
Remotereq R2613284 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Remote — PA, NC, IL, TX and FL named, plus a general “Remote, USA” entry
$141,600 – $283,250 · posted (national average; actual range varies by locale)
🔍 Found via: Gmail alert sweep — the specific alert provider is not recorded
Fit
78%
Owns end-to-end change management for a digital-transformation and SAP S/4HANA platform-modernisation programme — impact assessment, governance, readiness, change network and adoption measurement.
Strengths
Line for line this is change and adoption work rather than project management: “own the end-to-end change management strategy across platform modernization and transformation initiatives,” “build and enable a change network (e.g., sponsors, champions, power users) to support adoption and feedback loops,” and “monitor adoption metrics, qualitative feedback, and sentiment trends; adjust strategies as needed.” No P&L, no revenue ownership, no stated years of people management and no team size. Prosci-or-equivalent certification is preferred, which your GAQM certification answers directly. Senior Director clears the band and the posted top is $283,250. Note also that the two separate LinkedIn listings for Pennsylvania and Texas are the same single requisition.
Gaps
Maryland is not among the named remote states. There is a general “Remote, USA” location on the same requisition, so it may not be a hard bar — but confirm it before you spend an application on it. The programme is an ERP implementation (“experience with large ERP systems (SAP) a plus”), and the posting asks for “ability to support extended hours during critical deployment and go-live periods.” The stated experience bar is ten to twelve years leading enterprise change.
Global pharmaceutical sourcing and distribution company.
👥 Who you know: Genevieve Dolan (Executive Comms & Change & Transformation) is 2nd-degree; Angela Ricketts, Sr Director Product (mutual: Ricki Fairley).
Not statedposting body could not be retrievedlink not verified
📍 Detroit, MI
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/22
Fit
73%
Law-firm AI adoption leadership. The posting’s description body could not be retrieved.
Strengths
Title is a literal match for your lane — “Director of AI Adoption” is the job you have been doing, and a partnership adopting AI is an operating-model problem before it is a technology one. The Nixon Peabody role on Aug 21 is the same shape and scored 80. Level band is clean.
Gaps
Two real unknowns, and they are the deciding ones. The firm’s job portal is returning a server error where the description should be, so nobody — including me — can currently read what the role actually owns. And the posting states no work arrangement at all; it is listed for Detroit and Grand Rapids, neither drivable from Annapolis, so whether this is remote-eligible decides everything. Worth one call to WNJ recruiting rather than an application in the dark.
Michigan-based law firm. · ~230 attorneys
👥 Who you know: None — zero 1st/2nd-degree connections rendered (checked 8/28). Michigan firm outside your network.
hard blocker — on-site Princeton NJHybrid — not remote-eligiblereq REQ-10031381 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Princeton, NJ
$176,400 – $327,600 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/22
Fit
72%
Business leader for AI strategy, transformation and enablement across Sandoz North America, reporting to the SVP, Strategy & Growth.
Strengths
On content this is the strongest match in the run. The posting says the role operates “through influence rather than direct authority” and owns AI literacy and change leadership across Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance, Regulatory, P&O and IT — enterprise scope, named functions, value realisation. Reports to an SVP, so the seat has altitude.
Gaps
VERIFIED 2026-08-24: “This role will not have the ability to be located remotely.” Princeton NJ HQ, ~50% on-site, ~180 miles from Annapolis, and “preference will be given to local candidates not requiring relocation”. Every other requirement is clearable — bachelor's degree, 10+ years in strategy/transformation, explicitly an influence role with no direct reports, $176,400–$327,600. Geography is the only blocker, which makes it worth a call to the recruiter rather than a silent drop. The posting closes the door explicitly: “This role will not have the ability to be located remotely.” Princeton is not a drivable hybrid from Annapolis, and unlike the Insmed role there is no mostly-remote language to negotiate against. Everything else fits; the location is a hard blocker, and it is the reason this sits at 72 rather than the mid-80s.
Generic and biosimilar medicines company, spun out of Novartis. · ~20,000 employees
👥 Who you know: Thin: Jeanne LaCour (Public Affairs & Global Communications) is the one relevant 2nd-degree.
hard blocker — on-site New Brunswick NJHybridreq R-094079 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 New Brunswick, NJ
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/22
Fit
70%
Defines and runs enterprise HR AI enablement and automation across the hire-to-retire lifecycle, leading a team and owning the responsible-AI governance framework for HR.
Strengths
Enterprise scope inside a people function, with a governance framework and value-realisation KPIs attached — close to the adoption operating-model work you have led, and it is a people-leader role rather than an individual contributor one.
Gaps
VERIFIED 2026-08-24: Workday CXS confirms the req is live and posted (R-094079, closes 2026-09-11) and based in New Brunswick, New Jersey — roughly 190 miles from Annapolis, outside the DC–Baltimore–Annapolis corridor. Same location screen that removed the three J&J AI Strategy & Transformation reqs. J&J files this under Job Function “Technology Product & Platform Management” and Sub Function “Intelligent Automation Engineering,” which signals they may screen for automation engineering depth rather than adoption and change leadership. No pay range is published — the field is empty in the requisition itself, not just on the page. Hybrid in New Brunswick, NJ, which is not drivable.
Healthcare and pharmaceutical company. · ~130,000 employees
👥 Who you know: ⭐ 1st-degree: Melanie Kramer (Sr Manager, JNJ.com Global Digital Strategy & Content). Clare Boyle (Enterprise Strategic Comms) and Susan Segrest (Global Editor-in-Chief, JNJ.com) are 2nd-degree.
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Director, AI & Innovation
Nixon Peabody LLP
Hybrid★ drivablereq 4699 · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Washington, DC
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/21
Fit
80%
Leads AI and innovation for a national law firm.
Strengths
Director-level AI and innovation ownership, posted into the Washington DC-Baltimore area, so it is drive-able — which Rule 17 puts at the top of your list. A professional-services firm adopting AI across a partnership is an operating-model problem before it is a technology one, which is your through-line. DLA Piper on your applied list shows you already read well to law firms.
Gaps
Confirmed on Nixon Peabody’s own recruiting system (job 4699, opened July 7, posted to Multiple Offices with a remote arrangement available) — but the firm does not publish which office is hiring, so DC may not be it. “Innovation” at a law firm often means practice technology and legal-workflow tooling rather than employee adoption; confirm which before investing.
National law firm. · ~1,700 employees
👥 Who you know: Nicholas Braude, Director of Media Relations (2nd-degree); Beverly Crockett-Taylor, Regional HR Director (mutual: Phyllis Woods).
Remotesurfaced by the corrected alert · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Fully remote · HQ Chicago, IL
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert
Fit
80%
Leads change management for a healthcare advisory firm.
Strengths
AVP sits above Director, so this clears the level band with room. Change management is a primary lane. You already have an application in flight at Chartis — the AVP, Internal Communication role, submitted Aug 17 — so your profile is in their system and a second application signals genuine interest in the firm rather than a scattergun.
Gaps
Healthcare advisory means the change work may be client-delivery rather than internal, which is a standing exclusion — confirm before applying. Posting not read; scope, comp and reporting line unverified. Applying to two roles at one firm can read as unfocused if the pitches are not clearly different.
Healthcare advisory firm serving providers, payers and health services organisations. · ~1,000 employees
👥 Who you know:Carrie Sheehan, AVP Talent Development (mutual: Keith Greene) — a peer of this AVP band, and useful on your pending Internal Communications application too.
Hybrid★ drivablesurfaced by the corrected alert · verified on the employer’s own system⚠ closes Aug 31 — three days
📍 Washington, DC
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: Gmail alert sweep — the specific alert provider is not recorded
Fit
78%
Leads strategic change management from the Washington, DC office.
Strengths
Director-level change management, posted into Washington DC as hybrid, so it is drive-able — Rule 17 puts that at the top of your list. Eight AARP alumni show as working at KPMG, which is a warm-network signal worth checking before you apply.
Gaps
KPMG is a professional-services firm, so this may be billable client delivery rather than internal change leadership — that distinction decides whether this is a real fit and the posting has not been read. Big-four hiring processes are long and credential-conscious.
Big-four audit, tax and advisory firm. · ~39,000 US employees
👥 Who you know:Very warm: Amy G. in Corporate Affairs shares 53 mutuals with you incl. Sami Hassanyeh; Maureen Davenport, Head of Corporate Affairs, is 2nd-degree. Closes Aug 31 — the intro ask has to happen today or tomorrow.
📍 Fully remote · HQ Fairfield, CT / Washington, DC
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: Glassdoor digest, 8/21
Fit
76%
Leads AI, digital and data for a large international children's charity.
Strengths
A mission-driven non-profit at national scale is the closest structural analog to AARP on your whole board — same kind of organisation, same kind of adoption problem, and you have fifteen years of exactly that context. Senior Director clears the level band. Remote.
Gaps
Surfaced only through a Glassdoor 'jobs for you' email, which gives a tracking redirect rather than a real posting URL, and the role does not appear on Save the Children's own careers overview — their listings sit behind UltiPro, which I could not read. Title bundles Data alongside AI and Digital, so part of the job may be data engineering rather than adoption. Verify the posting before spending time on it.
International non-governmental organisation working on children's health, education and emergency response. · ~2,000 US employees
⊘ Posting closed
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Director, AI Enablement, Commercial & Medical Affairs
BeOne Medicines
hard blocker — degree + hands-on buildRemotesurfaced by the corrected alert · verified on the employer’s own system
📍 Fully remote · HQ Cambridge, MA / Basel
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert
Fit
76%
Leads AI enablement across the commercial and medical affairs organisations.
Strengths
"Director, AI Enablement" is the target title verbatim and the scope is named business functions rather than an engineering team — which is adoption work, your lane. Fully remote.
Gaps
VERIFIED 2026-08-24: this is an AI platform engineering role behind an enablement title. “Required Education: Master's or PhD in AI, Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science”, plus “7+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, platform development, or data engineering” and hands-on RAG architectures, LangChain/LlamaIndex, vector databases, LLMOps and “proficiency in Python, SQL”. Enablement here means developer enablement, not workforce adoption. Remote and $173,200–$233,200, but not a role you qualify for. Oncology biotech; commercial and medical affairs both carry regulatory constraints that are new to you. Posting not read — confirm the role is adoption and enablement rather than building AI tooling, and check whether pharma commercial experience is a stated requirement.
Global oncology company (formerly BeiGene). · ~11,000 employees
👥 Who you know: Navneet Miller, Sr Director Corporate Communications (mutual: Jim Nedohon).
Read from Monumental's own Greenhouse posting today, the responsibilities are a near-literal restatement of your background: executive speeches and company-wide updates, strategic counsel to senior leaders, "communication strategies supporting organizational change and transformation", town halls and all-staff moments, internal-comms governance frameworks, and analytics-driven measurement. The requirement is "8+ years of experience in internal communications, corporate communications, executive communications" plus experience leading comms for "organizational change, business transformation, or large-scale strategic initiatives" — you clear both comfortably. Washington, DC, so drive-able.
Gaps
The posted band is $110,000–$125,000, which is materially below your target and below every role you have applied to this month — this is the deciding factor, not a detail. The posting does not state a work model, so office expectations are unknown. It partners with Corporate Communications rather than owning the whole function, and sports/entertainment would be a new vertical.
Sports and entertainment company — owns the Washington Capitals, Wizards and Mystics.
⊘ Posting closed
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
1 new match ≥70%
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Director, Strategic Initiatives - Legal AI
Thomson Reuters
Remote★ drivable
📍 Washington, DC (1 of 7 listed locations)
$137,200–$254,800 · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert
Fit
76%
Turns Thomson Reuters' stated ambition of a $1B legal-AI business by July 2028 into charters, roadmaps and decision points — building the program operating system (governance, forums, cadence, decision rights, risk escalation) and mobilising Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Data, Finance and Legal around it.
Strengths
The required list reads like your operating-model thesis written by someone else: "Build program operating systems including governance, forums, team cadence, decision rights, and risk escalation", "Develop executive communications, business cases, and decision briefs highlighting tradeoffs", and "Partner on change management and capability building for sustainable adoption". Washington, DC is a confirmed location on the requisition, so this one is drive-able. No JD, bar admission or attorney experience is required or even mentioned — "Legal AI" names the product line (CoCounsel, Westlaw), not the candidate.
Gaps
Every impact clause in the posting is commercial — "delivering measurable commercial, customer, product, or operational impact" and "commercial impact assessment" — and you have no revenue-side ownership. Legal technology, SaaS and the Salesforce/Gainsight/Gong stack are all named under Preferred and all new to you. The work model is unsettled: the Workday remoteType field reads "Remote", but the posting's only flexibility language is "work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year", which reads office-anchored. Confirm with the recruiter before assuming remote.
Professional-information and software company — Westlaw, Practical Law, CoCounsel, Checkpoint and Reuters News, serving legal, tax, accounting, risk and government customers. · ~26,000–27,000 employees
👥 Who you know: Newsroom-side only — Reuters journalists via Kia Johnson; weak path into the Legal-AI product org where this role sits.
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Senior Director, Transformation
Conduent
Remoteposting closed
📍 Fully remote · HQ Florham Park, NJ
$181K–$210K · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/15
Fit
76%
Strengths
'Senior Director, Transformation' is the primary lane. Enterprise scale (64K employees). Posted comp ($181K–$210K) in range.
Gaps
BPO/IT services culture — transformation may be operational or technology-led rather than AI-adoption specific. Post-Xerox spinoff in restructuring mode.
Business process and technology services company. Publicly traded, ~$3.5B revenue. · ~64,000 employees
⊘ Posting closed
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Thursday, August 13, 2026
1 new match ≥70%
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Director, AI Strategy & Transformation
ButterflyMX
Remotelink not verified
📍 Fully remote · HQ New York, NY
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/13
Fit
75%
Strengths
AI Strategy and Transformation is the primary lane. Fully remote, a growing company where direction is set rather than inherited.
Gaps
VC-backed startup; equity-heavy comp and funding uncertainty. Smart building / proptech domain is new. Full JD not captured.
Cloud-based video intercom and smart access control platform for multifamily residential and commercial buildings. · ~300–500 employees
👥 Who you know: Thin: Erik Finch, VP Revenue Operations (mutual: Pam Boiros).
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Head of Internal Communications
Vanta
Remoteverified on the employer’s own system
📍 Fully remote · HQ San Francisco, CA
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/11
Fit
80%
Strengths
Head of Internal Communications is the second primary lane. Vanta is high-growth — building and owning the function, not inheriting a stale playbook. Remote and fully US.
Gaps
Startup pace; lean function. Full JD not captured — confirm scope, reporting line, and comp before applying.
Trust management platform automating SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and other security compliance. · ~600–800 employees
👥 Who you know: Erika Cober, Recruiting Operations + Enablement (mutual: Maha Shami) — the practical path in.
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Director, AI Enablement
HealthEquity
Remotelink not verified
📍 Fully remote · HQ Draper, UT
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/10
Fit
85%
Strengths
'Director, AI Enablement' is squarely the target title and lane. HealthEquity is mission-adjacent to AARP in healthcare administration.
Gaps
Full JD not captured from employer's site — confirm no hard blockers. Role may have a technical lean depending on team structure.
Health savings accounts, FSA, HRA, and employee benefits administration platform. · ~3,000 employees
👥 Who you know:Theresa Graff works IN Workforce Transformation / AI Enablement — the hiring function (mutual: Joshua Kersey). The CCO (Stacey Ullrich) and CMO are also 2nd-degree.
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Senior Director, AI Transformation
Amplify
Remoteposting closed
📍 Fully remote · HQ Brooklyn, NY
$190K–210K · posted
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/7
Fit
87%
Strengths
Senior-director AI transformation is squarely the lane, and the AARP AI-adoption program is a close analog for a mission-driven, content-heavy org.
Gaps
Requires 'demonstrated consulting experience' (internal is stretchable). K-12 curriculum and school-year cadence would be new.
K-12 education-technology company (curriculum and assessment software). · ~1,500–2,000 employees
⊘ Posting closed
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Director, Internal and CEO Communications
Upwork
Remoteposting closed
📍 Fully remote · HQ Palo Alto, CA
$163K–274K · posted
🔍 Found via: Gmail alert sweep — the specific alert provider is not recorded
Fit
84%
Strengths
Internal comms, executive comms, all-hands and distributed workforce is a near-literal restatement of background. Posting explicitly wants AI used in the drafting workflow.
Gaps
Reports to VP of Communications, not the top comms seat. Upwork hires in 21 states — confirm DC or MD is included before applying.
Publicly traded online work marketplace connecting businesses with independent professionals. · ~1,000 employees
⊘ Posting closed
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Senior Director, AI Transformation
NICE
Remote
📍 Fully remote · HQ Hoboken, NJ
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/9
Fit
79%
Strengths
Senior Director AI Transformation matches the primary lane and title level. NICE is one of the largest enterprise AI vendors in the market.
Gaps
May lean toward product, GTM, or customer-facing AI rather than internal enterprise adoption. Contact center domain knowledge may be expected. Full JD not captured.
Enterprise AI platform for contact center, CX, workforce management, and analytics. Publicly traded (NICE Ltd.). · ~8,000 employees
⊘ Posting closed
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Saturday, August 8, 2026
1 new match ≥70%
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Director, AI Transformation
Airtable
Remoteposting closed
📍 Fully remote · HQ San Francisco, CA
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/8
Fit
83%
Strengths
'Director, AI Transformation' is the primary lane title. Airtable is embedding AI natively into its platform — internal adoption leadership at a product-AI company is a differentiated credential.
Gaps
May lean product/GTM rather than internal enterprise adoption. Full JD not captured to confirm scope and reporting line.
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Director, AI Adoption & Change Management
phData
Remote
📍 Fully remote · HQ Minneapolis, MN
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/5
Fit
82%
Strengths
'Director, AI Adoption & Change Management' is a literal match to the primary lane and core competencies. Client-facing AI adoption leadership at scale.
Gaps
Consulting role means billable client delivery, not internal enterprise leadership. Technical depth around cloud data platforms may be expected. Small firm.
Data and AI consulting firm specializing in Snowflake, Databricks, and cloud AI platforms. · ~400 employees
👥 Who you know:Ernie Campos, their Principal Recruiter covering AI Adoption roles, is 2nd-degree — exactly the person a note should reach.
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Director, GTO Digital Transformation
AstraZeneca
delisted 2026-08-24Hybridverified on the employer’s own system
📍 Wilmington, DE
no range in the posting
🔍 Found via: LinkedIn job alert, 8/2
Fit
80%
Strengths
Director-level Digital Transformation at large enterprise scale; AARP AI-adoption work is an analogue for mission-driven, regulated-industry transformation.
Gaps
Pharma/biopharma domain is a new vertical. GTO may lean IT infrastructure rather than AI-adoption change management. Full JD not captured.
Global biopharmaceutical company (oncology, cardiovascular, rare diseases). · ~83,000 employees