Executive Events & Communications Manager

Location: Hybrid position based at G.E.H.A.'s headquarters in Lee's Summit, Missouri, with regular in-office presence required; occasional travel is required. Employees must work from an allowed U.S. location; G.E.H.A. does not hire from U.S. territories or Alaska, Hawaii, California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, New York, Connecticut, Vermont, Pennsylvania, or Maine.

Target hiring range: $122,840–$155,400 USD; current maximum salary: $173,160 USD.

Company

hirify.global is a nonprofit member association providing health and dental benefits to federal employees, retirees, military retirees, and their families.

What you will do

• Support executive engagement, CEO visibility, thought leadership, speaking engagements, media interviews, and leadership events.
• Coordinate executive briefing materials, talking points, presentations, run-of-show documents, stakeholder profiles, event logistics, and post-event communications.
• Plan and execute employee Town Halls, leadership meetings, corporate celebrations, board-related activities, community initiatives, and other internal and external events.
• Manage event timelines, project plans, budgets, vendors, venues, registrations, audiovisual production, photography, videography, catering, transportation, and signage.
• Coordinate with IT and Facilities on virtual, hybrid, and in-person events and collaborate across functions to maximize executive and stakeholder engagement.
• Monitor event analytics, participation metrics, and stakeholder feedback; prepare reports, recaps, and recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Business Administration, Hospitality Management, or a related field.
• 7–10+ years of experience in corporate communications, executive communications, public relations, corporate affairs, employee communications, event communications, or related fields.
• Demonstrated success planning and executing complex internal and external events, including both in-person and virtual events.
• Strong communications, project management, organizational, writing, verbal, presentation development, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing vendors, agencies, and event partners.
• Ability to interact confidently with senior leaders, Board members, external stakeholders, and community partners while handling sensitive information with discretion.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, and related collaboration tools.
• Ability to work regularly from the Lee's Summit headquarters and travel occasionally for executive appearances, conferences, community events, and stakeholder engagements.
• Home office must have non-cellular high-speed internet with minimum 30 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload, latency below 80 ms, and a dedicated space protecting member PHI/HIPAA information; hotspots, satellite, and wireless internet are not allowed.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting senior executives, executive communications, and leadership engagement initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid and work-from-home options are available for many roles, with this position requiring regular headquarters presence.
• Health, vision, and dental benefits are effective from day one.
• 401(k) plan with dollar-for-dollar matching up to a 4% employee contribution plus a 6% annual company contribution.
• Incentive plan, paid time off, personal community enrichment time, and employee well-being program.
• Company-provided life, accidental death and dismemberment, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
• Tuition assistance program.