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About the Role
This role is a critical position within our Governance & Corporate Stewardship (GCS) team, offering clients strategic guidance on corporate governance, shareholder engagement, and sustainability reporting. The team works closely with company executives and boards of directors to identify risks and opportunities and develop strategic communications for governance and corporate responsibility programs.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of proxy statements and other governance communications, translating complex compensation, governance, and strategic matters into clear, compelling investor-facing narratives.
- Counsel clients through contested or high-risk annual meeting situations, including shareholder activism, proxy advisor opposition, vote solicitation challenges, supplemental disclosures, and engagement with institutional investors and proxy advisory firms.
- Serve as a senior client advisor on governance and investor relations issues, anticipating emerging risks and developing effective strategies to build shareholder support, including preparation of annual meeting materials, talking points, investor Q&A, briefing documents, and post-engagement follow-up.
- Provide strategic counsel on complex executive compensation matters, including special and retention awards, performance-based equity programs, incentive plan design, pay-for-performance alignment, and anticipated shareholder and proxy advisor perceptions.
- Mentor and oversee junior team members, provide substantive review of client deliverables, and contribute to the firm’s thought leadership, business development, and client relationship-management efforts.
- Provide counsel on corporate sustainability strategies and reporting, aligned with long-term business objectives.
- Support full development of corporate sustainability reports, including stakeholder interviews and narrative development, in close collaboration with the Design team.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in corporate governance, executive compensation, shareholder engagement, or related strategic communications.
- Demonstrated knowledge of proxy disclosure, annual meeting and shareholder proposal matters, evolving governance expectations, the regulatory landscape, and institutional investor and proxy advisor perspectives.
- Well-developed critical thinking, exceptional writing skills, and attention to detail.
- Familiarity with TCFD, ISSB, SASB, GRI, and TNFD reporting frameworks.
- Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and proactively monitors emerging trends, industry developments, and best practices to drive innovative solutions and informed decision-making.
- Collaborates effectively with colleagues, demonstrating flexibility and a strong commitment to doing what it takes to achieve shared goals and delivering results under changing priorities.
- The ability to effectively organize and prioritize multiple projects while under intense pressure and time constraints.
- Eligible to work in the United States.
Skills
- Corporate governance
- Executive compensation
- Shareholder engagement
- Strategic communications
- Proxy disclosure
- Annual meeting matters
- Shareholder proposal matters
- Governance expectations
- Regulatory landscape
- Institutional investor perspectives
- Proxy advisor perspectives
- Critical thinking
- Writing skills
- Attention to detail
- TCFD
- ISSB
- SASB
- GRI
- TNFD reporting frameworks
- Intellectual curiosity
- Trend monitoring
- Collaboration
- Flexibility
- Project organization
- Prioritization
- Sustainability strategies
- Sustainability reporting
Experience Level
- 7+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $250,000 - $330,000
About the Company
- Joele Frank is a leading strategic communications firm that helps clients communicate effectively with their stakeholders during market-moving transactions, high-stakes moments, and for ongoing corporate communications, investor relations, and reputation management.
- Originally founded as a Minority and Women-Owned business, Joele Frank values diversity and inclusion.
Equal Opportunity
- Joele Frank is an equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V.